Sonus Silentii (Teil 1 und Teil 2) with Steven Schoch and Sanja Lukanović

Sonus Silentii is an evening of performance art based on the strength and sound of silence. The evening focuses on accessibility for the deaf and includes performances, interactions and an experience that many people know and to which we all have different relationships: Silence. The entire evening will be noiseless, with all communication via hand-written messages. The audience is asked not to make any unnecessary sounds. In the second part of the evening, a DJ will fill the room with a bass performance. Bass as a means of perceiving music in a way other than through the ear.

Steven Schoch is a visual artist, actor, choreographer, dancer and singer based in Basel, Switzerland. His work usually moves between performance, theatre, video and installation and is characterised by its interdisciplinary approach and engagement with the audience. It deals with our everyday existence, which is characterised by contradictions, confusion and constant navigation. Among other things, peace processes, power structures, identity dispositives, community, faith, science and transcendental knowledge are analysed in terms of their aesthetics using various means.

Sanja Lukanović born 1983 in Novo mesto (SLO, ex-YUG), lives and works in Basel (CH). Since autumn 2023 she has been studying Contemporary Art Practice at the Bern University of the Arts (HKB). Over the past 15 years, Sanja Lukanović has initiated numerous artistic projects as an art mediator and project manager. In her own artistic work, she explores various facets of migration stories, power structures, role distributions and histories that are anchored in our society.