Extra Muros

22 January 2026, 7 pm - 8:30 pm

Extra Muros | Discussion: What to Do in the Face of the Climate Crisis?

Location: GGG Stadtbibliothek Schmiedenhof, Admission: CHF 7 with library card / CHF 10 without card, in German


Two perspectives—one goal
Literary and cultural studies meet climate activism—two perspectives on the same challenge: the climate crisis. How can words and actions drive change? What does it take to initiate systemic transformation? And how different are the approaches to achieve it?
The discussion will feature literary and cultural scholar Boris Previšić (Zeitkollaps) as well as climate activist and author Cyrill Hermann (What do we want?).
Moderator: Anne-Lise Hilty
followed by an aperitif

 

An event in cooperation with GGG Stadtbibliothek Basel


Oliver Ressler. Scenes from the Invention of Democracy
24 September 2025 - 1 March 2026

Oliver Ressler. Scenes from the Invention of Democracy

‘What is Democracy?’ This is the question at the centre of Oliver Ressler's eponymous video installation from 2009, for which he interviewed activists and analysts around the world. In view of climate change and the rise of the right in Europe, the question of political participation is as urgent as ever. Ressler’s new work, presented here for the first time, also deals with protest, in this case against the planned expansion of a car testing track that threatens a forest in Apulia, a drought-stricken region in Italy.


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