VOLTA Basel 2026
Presented with APANAGE
Ort: Basel
Datum: June 17–21, 2026
"In the Space Between"
I will be presenting my work together with APANAGE at VOLTA Basel.
The exhibition brings together different material approaches — from aluminium and light to digital image-based works — as different manifestations of the same underlying inquiry.
The presentation emerged through an ongoing curatorial dialogue with APANAGE and understands the works not as separate bodies of work, but as different expressions of a shared artistic investigation.
I am less interested in the finished image than in what emerges between states: between construction and transformation, nature and technology, observation and interpretation, analogue and digital.
Rather than presenting materials as technical demonstrations, the exhibition understands them as distinct forms through which the same questions can unfold.
For VOLTA Basel, a concentrated solo presentation of my work is being developed for the first time within t
he context of an international art fair.
Location
VOLTA Basel 2026
Hall 4.U – Congress Center Basel
Section: Fresh!
Presented with APANAGE
Links:
→ VOLTA Basel
→ APANAGE
“The Dialogue of Elements: Balance in a Modern World”
About the artist
Christoph Pauschenwein is a Swiss artist whose work emerges at the intersection of natural observation, artistic craftsmanship and digital image development. His works evolve through an open process in which analog and digital methods interact. Rather than focusing on a predetermined result, his practice is driven by exploration – a continuous experimentation with form, structure and transformation.
Many of his works begin with the observation of natural phenomena: plant structures, geological formations, or the movements of water and wind. These impressions are later translated into painterly or digital processes, where they develop into independent visual worlds. The resulting forms appear both organic and constructed – as if natural processes were continuing to grow within a digital environment.
A central theme in his work is the tension between the micro and the macro. Structures that appear as cosmic bodies from a distance reveal complex, almost landscape-like surfaces when viewed up close. These shifts in scale open new spaces of perception and invite viewers to experience familiar forms from a different perspective.
The Planet Series is one example of this artistic exploration. The works present seemingly distant celestial bodies that, upon closer inspection, reveal themselves as energetic systems of lines, structures and movements. Through slow transformations and subtle camera movements, these worlds unfold gradually – between stillness and motion, stability and change.
Pauschenwein’s works exist in the field between nature, technology and human imagination. They are less representations than open visual spaces that invite the viewer to pause for a moment and rediscover familiar forms in a new way..
© 2024 Christoph Pauschenwein.
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