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9/6/2009

Il Tempo del Postino

Theater Basel, Basel

There will be three presentations of "Il Tempo del Postino", on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, June 10 – 12, 2009 at 8.30 pm at Theater Basel.

The presentation of "Il Tempo del Postino" at Theater Basel will be one of the most spectacular events at this year’s Art Basel. The Independent called this unique show "The world's first visual arts opera" after its first and only presentation at the Manchester International Festival in 2007. A group of the world’s leading visual artists created a major experimental presentation.

Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Philippe Parreno as a group exhibition that would occupy time rather than space, "Il Tempo del Postino" (Postman time) is presenting a sequential display of time based art on the theatre stage. Each of the over fifteen artists is creating an act of different length. In Basel "Il Tempo del Postino" will be directed by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Philippe Parreno, Anri Sala and Rirkrit Tiravanija.

In addition to the artists who participated in Manchester in 2007, Doug Aitken, Matthew Barney & Jonathan Bepler, Tacita Dean, Trisha Donnelly, Olafur Eliasson, Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Douglas Gordon, Carsten Höller, Pierre Huyghe, Koo Jeong-A, Philippe Parreno, Anri Sala, Tino Sehgal and Rirkrit Tiravanija, "Il Tempo del Postino" in Basel will include new contributions by Thomas Demand and Peter Fischli / David Weiss. The graphic design for Manchester was created by Peter Saville, for Basel it was created by Ludovic Balland.

By focusing on time-based work, this unique group show aims to redefine how the visual arts can be experienced. Set in a classic theater architecture, it transforms the established exhibition model into an exhilarating, shared audience experience. "Il Tempo del Postino" is organized by Art Basel, Fondation Beyeler and Theater Basel and was originally co-commissioned by the Manchester International Festival and Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris for the World Premiere in Manchester in July 2007.

The question that was originally posed by the curators was: "What happens if having an exhibition is not a way to occupy space, but a way to occupy time?" For "Il Tempo del Postino" each artist creates their own piece, including the presentation
of installations, and inviting performing artists, singers, actors, dancers and a full orchestra playing specially commissioned music."Il Tempo del Postino" is delivered to the audience in its own presentation time, rather than the audience walking through it in their own time; the final production was created collaboratively with all participating artists feeding into the overallstructure, assisted by a creative team of experienced theatre practitioners and technicians.

Organized by Art Basel, the Fondation Beyeler, and Theater Basel, Il Tempo del Postino was originally commissioned by the Manchester International Festival and the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, for the world premiere in Manchester in July 2007.

Image: Philippe Parreno, postman, time 02

Press Contacts:

Communications Manager
Maike Cruse
Telephone +41 58 206 27 06 Fax +41 58 206 31 30 maike.cruse@artbasel.com

Britta Fischer, Public Relations, Uhlandstrasse 15, D-65189 Wiesbaden. Tel. +49 611 30 08 77, Fax +49 611 30 24 83, bfpr@brittafischer-pr.com

PR & Advertising Manager
Sonja Dörig Telephone +41 58 206 22 56 Fax +41 58 206 31 30 sonja.doerig@artbasel.com

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, June 10 – 12, 2009 at 8.30 pm - 23.00pm

Theater Basel
Elisabethenstr. 16 CH-4051 Basel

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