HEK (Haus der Elektronischen Künste)

Om museet

The HEK is dedicated to digital culture and the new art forms of the information age. The Haus für Elektronische Künste Foundation began its work on 1 January 2011 to create a place in Basel for the mediation, promotion and documentation of electronic arts. As one of the pioneers in the Dreispitz area, which served for decades as a free-trade warehouse and materials handling site, the house first opened in 2011 in temporary premises on Oslostrasse.

Today the HEK sees itself as a Swiss centre of excellence for engagement with art, technology and media. It shows contemporary art that explores and shapes new technologies, and raises questions about the aesthetic, social and economic consequences of media technologies. The collection includes media art with a focus on "born-digital" works by Swiss artists, whose long-term preservation requires new conservation approaches.

Around the building there are public art works, including a "glitch" in the facade by !Mediengruppe Bitnik and a 3D-rendered mushroom sculpture on the roof. With "Electrical Walks Basel" by Christina Kubisch, the area can be explored acoustically with special headphones. The programme is complemented by workshops, a bistro and programmes for children, schools and adults.

Højdepunkter

• Swiss centre of excellence for media art and digital culture
• Collection focusing on born-digital works by Swiss artists
• "Electrical Walks Basel" by Christina Kubisch with headphones available to borrow
• Public art by !Mediengruppe Bitnik and other artists
• Workshops, tours and children's birthday parties on technology and art

Permanent udstilling

• Electrical Walks Basel (Christina Kubisch) – A work from the HEK collection: with special headphones, electromagnetic fields in the Dreispitz area become audible as sounds; the headphones can be borrowed during opening hours.

Grundlagt

2011

Ejer

Stiftung Haus für Elektronische Künste

Ledelse

Sabine Himmelsbach

Entrépriser & rabatter

Gratis entré: First Sunday of every month (Happy Sunday); Wednesday to Friday 5–6 p.m. (Happy Hour)

Reduced or free admission also with, among others, artCard (50%), BaselCard (25%), Familienpass (adults CHF 5, children free), Friends of HEK, ICOM, KulturLegi, Raiffeisen Member Plus, Swiss Museum Pass and Museums-Pass-Musée; media professionals with a press card free. Annual membership via "Friends of HEK".

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator
• Handicaptoilet
• Handicapparkering
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The entire museum is step-free; the entrance has a staircase with 8 steps or a ramp to its left. The basement (toilet, event room) is reachable by lift, the wheelchair toilet with a Eurokey. No induction loop is installed; room texts are available at the ticket desk, and video works are partly subtitled. Pick-up service from the tram stop on request; disabled parking space directly in front of the building.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Børnefødselsdage

The education programme is also aimed at children and young people; children's birthday parties with a robot or solar lamp workshop (ages 6 and 8 and up respectively, up to 10 children, approx. 3 hours, CHF 350, with Familienpass CHF 320).

Transport & parkering

From the A2 motorway take the St. Jakob exit and follow the signs to Dreispitz.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Garderobe
• Opbevaringsskabe
• Wi-fi

Bistro "ela" in the building; unattended cloakroom with lockers; free Wi-Fi (HEK-Guest).

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Private fester
• Firmaarrangementer

The event room in the basement, workshop room and foyer with outdoor area are available for hire for meetings, seminars, symposia, lectures, concerts and private events; costs depend on size and duration.

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