Opening on Monday, June 10 at 1pm.
Parcours Night on Wednesday, June 12 from 8 to 11pm.

As part of the Parcours sector at Art Basel, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster presents a collaborative work with the philosopher Paul B. Preciado, titled In remembrance of the coming alien (Alienor) (2022), in Claramatte park. Parcours is a distinctive showcase of site-specific installations and performances situated in public spaces and historic sites throughout the city of Basel.

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerste’s sculpture Alienor, developed in collaboration with writer and philosopher Paul B. Preciado at the occasion of her exhibition Alienarium 5 at the Serpentine (2022) invites us for a possible encounters and conversation with extraterrestrials. The work is a queer and critical version of Le Corbusier’s (1887-1965) Modulor (1946), the anthropomorphic scale of measure standardized by the architect to structures his buildings, and a tribute to the historical and complex figure Eleanor (or Alienor) of Aquitaine, Queen of France (1137-1152) and England (1154-1189). Intertwining historical and speculative futuristic narratives, the sculpture is representative of Gonzalez-Foerster's long-standing fascination with science fiction and her exploration of cosmic life and interstellar communication. Alienor is a portal, a site of transmission and an invitation to engage across time and space.

Presented in collaboration with Galerie Chantal Crousel (Paris), 303 Gallery (New York), Albarrán Bourdais (Madrid), Corvi-Mora (London), Jan Mot (Brussels) and Esther Schipper (Berlin, Paris, Seoul).

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