Les pralinés – pour tous
Vom 18. Juli bis 14. September 2025 entstand an der Frobenstrasse 41 in Basel ein Raum für Kunst, Design, Austausch und gemeinsames Gestalten. «Les pralinés – pour tous» war ein temporäres Kulturprojekt, das Ausstellungen, Pop-ups, Workshops, Lesungen und spielerische Events miteinander verband, zugänglich und lebendig.
Getragen von rund 50 Mitwirkenden aus Kunst, Design und Organisation schuf das Projekt Raum für junge, nicht-etablierte Kreative, die sich ausprobieren, vernetzen und sichtbar werden wollten. Im Mittelpunkt standen kollektive Verantwortung, niedrigschwellige Teilhabe und kreative Eigeninitiative.
Ob Cheap-Fine-Dining, Cocktails zur Ausstellung oder «Mal mir eine Blume und bekomm einen Kaffee» – das Programm lud zum Mitmachen und Verweilen ein.
Les pralinés – pour tous
From July 18 to September 14, 2025, a space for art, design, exchange, and collaborative creation took shape at Frobenstrasse 41 in Basel.
“Les pralinés – pour tous” was a temporary cultural project that brought together exhibitions, pop-ups, workshops, readings, and playful events, accessible and vibrant.
Supported by around 50 contributors from the fields of art, design, and organization, the project created a platform for young, non-established creatives who wanted to experiment, connect, and gain visibility.
At its core were collective responsibility, low-barrier participation, and creative initiative.
Whether it was cheap fine dining, cocktails at an exhibition, or “Paint me a flower and get a coffee”, the program invited everyone to join in and linger.
Kommt vorbei! - come by!
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Unterstützt durch die Abteilung
Kultur Basel-Stadt und CATAPULT
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Archiv
2026
08.10. - 11.10 Boxes
2025
18.07 - 23.07 infinity
20.07 TasteTalk Vol.2
25.07 - 30.07 PLAYGROUND
03.08 POP UP
08.08 - 13-08 Werkbänkli
16.08 - 20.08 Swan Agenda
22.08 - 27.08 badtime happiness
23.08 zmorgä mit kollektiv ässä
24.08 Alles Papier
27.08 the wall is the horizon
29.08 - 03.09 I’m full of it
05.09 - 10.09
Listening through the wall with a soft plastic cup
12.09 - 14.09 Bâton d‘Olive
About us
The name of our project draws on the history of the place: the premises once housed the shop of a chocolate factory that stood behind the building. We pick up this story and carry it forward, in a broader sense:
For us, pralines stand not only for sweet delicacies, but symbolically for the beautiful, the special, the enjoyable. Our aim is to make such special moments, experiences, and content accessible to everyone, rather than reserving them for a privileged few.
The project is carried by around 50 co-creators who engage in a wide range of roles: from art, design, and curation to graphics, communication, and technical work, as well as photography, gastronomy, and organization. We are artists, designers, jewelry makers, and creative organizers. Most of us live, study, or work in the Basel region.
Together, we are shaping a self-curated space as a learning field and a platform for new ideas. We develop content, design the visual identity, take care of installation, lighting, and sound, document the project photographically, create culinary formats, and coordinate processes. Conceptual impulses and the further development of the project also emerge from this shared commitment.
Our actions are based on voluntary participation, personal initiative, and collective responsibility.
We all look forward to your visit, and to you becoming part of this project.
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Archiv
Listening through the wall with a soft plastic cup
05.09 - 10.09
Listening through the wall with a soft plastic cup
curated by Estéfana Román Matesanz @estfna.rm
with works from
Andrea Aguilera @andreaguiilera
Louis Pauli @itschigee
Nolan Lucidi @nonlucido
"There is a peculiar pull in overhearing a phone call when the chance presents itself—or rather, half of one. What reaches you is not a complete dialogue, but only one side. The other half, the distant voice at the other end of the line, remains out of reach. But by then it’s too late; curiosity holds you still for a little longer. This asymmetry turns what you hear into a partial version of the conversation, a half-dialogue. The mind, unsettled by the narrative gaps, asks for more, striving to imagine invisible replies and to reconstruct what is missing."
"In this new situation, which takes the form of an exhibition, Andrea, Louis, and Nolan sustain a fragmented conversation over a call. They catch up on what is happening, intertwining experiences, gestures, and objects, while a listener—myself, or anyone entering the space—through attentive, curious listening, tries to piece together what is missing, what is lost, and what remains open. In that intermediate space of enjoyment, between what is said and what is imagined, a new scene takes shape—like a fully furnished room."
Vernissage 05.09 starting 18:00
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