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Culture Machine Vol. 25: University as Infrastructure

Universities have become increasingly dependent on a proliferation of outsourced services, database providers and information management systems. This special issue aims to take stock of the challenges and possibilities here for University as Infrastructure.

Postdoc Lecturer / Wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter:in (60%)

Come work with us and join the team of the MA Transversal Design.

We are looking for an enthusiastic self-starter who thrives in diverse, transdisciplinary settings, and has a passion for designing-otherwise across programme, community and curriculum in collaboration with creative and critical practitioners.

You will be joining an eclectic and dedicated team who are building the new MA Transversal Design — a research-oriented master’s programme which explores social, ecological, political, and creative processes in their complex interdependencies.

Apply by 4 August 2025

The Howling Zine

The MA Transversal Design launched a new online zine that will continue to evolve into a living web journal to document and reflect on the activities and practices of the study programme.

https://transversaldesign.ch

IXDM.distro at I Never Read

18–21 June 2025, Kaserne Basel

IXDM.distro explores more-than-human publics with two book launches and a selection of publications at this year’s edition of I Never Read, Art Book Fair Basel.

The Mountain Speaks to the Sea

Friday, 20 June 2025, 4–6 PM

Join curator Silvia Franceschini in conversation with artist and filmmaker Tekla Aslanishvili about her latest cinematic project, The Mountain Speaks to the Sea (2024), and the accompanying publication released alongside her solo exhibition at Onomatopee.

Statement of Solidarity

On the escalation of violence in the SWANA region

Statement in solidarity

with student encampments and peoples subjected to genocidal violence

Practice-based Forms of Reading and Writing

11 & 12 June 2025, HGK Basel

With Jackie Wang, Cassandra Troyan, مشترى هلال (Moshtari Hilal), சிந்துஜன் வரதராஜா (Sinthujan Varatharajah), Sarah E. Truman, fantastic little splash (Lera Malchenko & Oleksandr Hants), and Délphine Chapuis-Schmitz.

Willful Inflorescence / Lush Damage

Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 18.00 @ CML

British artist Jane Prophet discusses her new work WILD Flowers, which immerses viewers in a larger-than-life wildflower meadow, richly weaving together a wide range of media, methods and techniques across various scales and relationships.