Sunday, November 2, 2008
Kunsthalle Basel presents:

Catching Breath - Film programme and artist talk
In addition to the solo show Mutual Issues, Inventive Acts by Ahmet Ögüt (APT Dubai) in April this year (20.04.-08.06.2008), Kunsthalle Basel presents an event in two parts:

11am-12.30pm Part 1:
Film programme with works from Ziad Antar, Lamia Joreige, Mounira Al Solh (APT Dubai), Ahmet Ögüt (APT Dubai) and Erkan Özgen.
With an introduction by the curator November Paynter.
Location: STADTKINO BASEL, Klostergasse 5

2pm-3pm Part 2:
Artist talk - Ahmet Ögüt and November Paynter (Director, APT Dubai) in conversation
Location: Kunsthalle BAR, Steinenberg 7

Picking up on the expression of hope often used by Ahmet Ögüt to describe a certain aspect of his practice, this video programme includes works by Ögüt as well as by other artists that appreciate and elaborate the many nuances of this feeling. The artists' references range from the inspiration created on encountering the unexpected, to the anticipation of certain forms of freedom imagined via acts of escape, to the lure of the other and personal moments alone, with each video individually involving its own perspective of hope that is experienced like a breath of fresh air.


Single admission: CHF 12.-/6.- for members of Basler Kunstverein
Combi-Ticket for films and talk: CHF 20.-/10.- for members of Basler Kunstverein
Reservation: 061 206 99 00/01

In cooperation with CULTURESCAPES - Türkiye.
Further information on the festival www.culturescapes.ch

Further information on the event
www.kunsthallebasel.ch/events/events/340