From Iconoclash to H3K Basel | Talk with Sabine Himmelsbach

BEYOND MATTER: Cultural Heritage on the Verge of Virtual Reality
| Online Discussion


[16.11.2020]


The project »BEYOND MATTER: Cultural Heritage on the Verge of
Virtual Reality« serves to revive past, groundbreaking
exhibitions. One of them, »Iconoclash. Beyond the Image Wars in
Science, Religion and Art«, was presented at the ZKM Karlsruhe in
2002.


In the context of the series of talks »BEYOND MATTER? – A Revival
of Clashes between Materiality and Representation« Sabine
Himmelsbach remembers the preparatory phase for the exhibition
»Iconoclash«. With a leap into the present, she shares her
current practice as the director of H3K (Haus der elektronischen
Künste Basel), focusing on the institution’s reaction to the
recent lockdowns and the possible ramifications of these
measures.