DAVIDE-CHRISTELLE SANVEE. «Salle noire»

Kunsttage Basel, Kunstmuseum Basel and Theaterfestival Basel are jointly inviting you to "Super Saturday" on 31 August from 6 pm. All institutions are organising happenings and inviting you to performances, concerts and an after-party. Let's gather all together!

Kunsttage present:

“Salle noire” is a dance performance in which artist Davide-Christelle Sanvee leads a quest for space: The auditorium.

In “Salle noire”, the performer confronts the social architectures that have shaped her life. These architectures are not specific to any place other than her own flesh. Davide-Christelle Sanvee brings us closer to the daily violence through which she has had to build herself: the violence of systemic racism and the discrimination that goes with it. She shares with us her inner architecture and the shakes that emerge from it. (Extract written by Dîlan Kiliç)

Selected by Ines Goldbach, Kunsthaus Baselland.

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Davide-Christelle Sanvee (*1993) is a performer from Geneva with Togolese roots. Through performative and narrative actions, she activates or reproduces architectural and behavioural elements to awaken these spaces. She pays particular attention to the invisible presence of certain people. The collective memory of places is the material that Davide-Christelle Sanvee moulds to transport viewers into a live moment, an immersion that reflects their political and social realities. Shortly after completing her Master's degree at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam, she was awarded the Swiss Performance Prize. In 2023 she was awarded the Kiefer Hablitzel Prize, 2024, she completed a research residency at the Kaserne Basel.

kHaus promotes exchange, synergies, interactions and encounters – within the building with our users, organisers and visitors, but also on the grounds, in the lively neighbourhood, with neighbours and interested parties in the city and beyond. We are committed to creating a space with multiple uses, where people can try things out and experiment, where we can constructively engage with political and social issues.

During Kunsttage, kHaus serves as the info point for the entire event and other offerings on site.