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.

Program

David Wojnarowicz with Jesse Hultberg, Beautiful People, 1988, 35 min
Martha Rosler, Flower Fields, 1974, 4 min
Liam Gillick, Underground (Trailer for a Book), 2004, 7 min
Bernadette Corporation, Hell Frozen Over, 2000, 19 min

(Intermission)

Tony Cokes, Ad Vice, 1999, 7 min
Guadalupe Ruiz & Janosch Perler, La Pastora de las Cosas, 2022, 17 min
Rafael França, As If Exiled In Paradise, 1986, 9 min
Meriem Bennani, Orian Barki, 2 Lizards, 2020, 23 min

Presented by Clara Chavan and Selma Meuli together with Jan van Oordt

Clara Chavan and Selma Meuli are longtime friends and curators based in Switzerland. Their collaborative practice has evolved over several years. Clara is co-director and curator of Forde, Geneva, and Selma is curator at Kunsthaus Biel Centre d’art Bienne (KBCB).

Jan van Oordt is an artist based in Saint-Imier, where he founded and runs the art space and residency La Dépendance. The program fosters informal gatherings and conversations, positioning itself as a space of experimental noticing rather than production.