mumok cinema

mumok cinema

mumok cinema, designed by artist Heimo Zobernig together with architect Michael Wallraff, is presenting manifold links between fine art and film, showing the great significance of the moving image for classical modernist art, for art in the 1960s and 1970s, and especially for contemporary developments in art.

In a regular Wednesday evening film program, we offer a forum for thematic series of films and conversations about current issues in art. These programs also facilitate discussion on new works and trends.

With its numerous partners mumok cinema is an experimental venue of transfer for artistic approaches and discourses, and also for direct exchange with the audience. mumok cinema also offers opportunities to complement our current exhibitions with related film screenings and to explore and utilize our comprehensive collection of contemporary media art.

Times & Fees

Wednesdays, 7 pm

Admission to the program at mumok cinema is free of charge. Only online registration for a free event ticket is required. Please note that entry is only possible with a pre-booked free ticket; there will be no evening box office. Registration for each date is available on the mumok website.

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Videostill mit einer liegenden Person in bestickter Kleidung, die eine Brille trägt, wodurch die Augenflächen teilweise verdeckt sind. / Video still showing a person lying down wearing embroidered clothing and glasses that partially obscure the eye areas.

mumok cinema
Fields
Program curated by Clara Chavan and Selma Meuli

Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 7 pm

Fields was conceived by Clara Chavan and Selma Meuli at the invitation of Swiss artist Jan van Oordt, as part of his screening series Orbits, presented at the independent Basel art space InfoSpace. Fields draws on the literal and conceptual framework of La Dépendance, a rural artist residency founded by van Oordt in the Swiss village of Saint-Imier. There, artists are invited to live and work for periods ranging from a few days to several weeks. Reflecting La Dépendance’s methodology and outcomes, Fields features works that critically engage with their times; moving-image pieces addressing the consequences, pathologies, and absurdities of capitalism while proposing possible responses.

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