WORK / LIVE 干活 Exhibition & Lecture at Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel

'Constellations of Hope, Sharing Grounds', curated by Li Jia Zhang, brings together four artist/activist collectives active between Asia and Europe. Through socially engaged and activist art, they address social justice, particularly those concerning migrants, diasporic populations and sexual minorities, while cultivating solidarity, autonomy, and care. Rather than focusing on individual works, the exhibition foregrounds collectivity itself as an artistic infrastructure, supporting activist practices, fostering transnational connections, and inspiring imaginative futures.

It is a gathering across distance: a journey beyond borders, an encounter across continents, and a Constellations of Hope, Sharing Grounds

11.-19. October, 2025

Asian Future Collective

Chen Yifei

Social Sensibility R&D Department

Zheng Ningyuan & WUXU

curated by: Li Jia

Opening Day & Vernissage

Sa. 11. October, 13-21 Uhr

Finissage mit der Kuratorin Li Jia

So. 19. October, 17 Uhr

Programm Opening Day:

14-17

Have you eaten yet?

by Asian Futures Collective

Asian Futures Collective invites you into a participatory gathering of care and imagination. Through small gestures of sharing, nourishing, and creating together, we will weave traces of diasporic belonging that linger in the space throughout the opening.

18:00 Vernissage

18:30 Puppet-Theater

Revolutionary Tofu by Chen Yifei and Li Jia

19:00 Lecture by Alessandro Rolandi

Social Sensibility R&D Department