A workshop sharing experiences of working with archives and exploring how research materials can be organized, interpreted, and reimagined.
Drawing on their collective experiences, the first part of the workshop reflects on Hybrid Project Space’s work with a shared archive of notes, feedback, conversations, and documentation gathered through an interdisciplinary research project. Sharing their approach to this archive—the questions that emerged as they tried to organize, interpret, and give it form—Hybrid Project Space then invites a broader discussion about the archive as both a practical tool and a cultural structure that shapes knowledge and narratives.
Together, in the second part, participants explore how archives influence what is remembered, what becomes visible, and what remains excluded. You are invited to bring materials from your own practice—documents, images, notes, or any traces of a working process—to exchange and spark discussion. We will also draw on the archive on-site at DOCK art space.
Through discussion and hands-on reflection, the session creates space for rethinking how archives can function within artistic and research practices, including more experimental and collective approaches to engaging with archival material.
Event language: English (with close-captions for online participants).
Hybrid Project Space is an interdisciplinary research collective and creative platform dedicated to fostering inclusivity in art and cultural spaces. We amplify diverse perspectives to design strategies that challenge cultural norms and build meaningful connections. Hybrid Project Space is a collective of people from the fields of museum studies, curation, media production, art, architecture and graphic design. Founded in 2023 and based in Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, the nonprofit association Hybrid Project Space is dedicated to promoting accessibility and diversity in art and culture. It aims to increase the visibility of process-oriented formats and actors addressing questions of participation and diversity in art and cultural spaces. Hybrid Project Space consists of Nahom Mehret, Laura Schläpfer, Ananda Jade, Gourav Neogi, Semaya Mehret, and Edward Wang.
Registrations open a month ahead
On-Site event info:
Open doors:
The venue will be open 30 minutes ahead. Please make sure to arrive at least 10 minutes early, as the workshop starts on time due to the hybrid format.
Venue address:
DOCK
Klybeckstrasse 29, 4005 Basel, Switzerland
Accessibility:
Please note that DOCK is only partly accessible by wheelchair: The toilets are not wheelchair-accessible, and there are no parking spots at the venue. We apologize for this exclusion and will make sure to do better in the future.
This event is part of the Engaging Publics hybrid workshop series exploring community-based research from facilitation, process-documentation, engaged writing, and more.
All workshops are free and open to all. Registrations will open a month ahead.
Except the on-site-only workshop in November, all events can be accessed online via Zoom or on site at DOCK cultural space in Basel, Switzerland.
June 20, 2026 | 3:30–6:30 pm CEST | Workshop | online and at DOCK Basel
Practices of Regard: Images, Memories, Words
with Darcy Alexandra (she/her), Visual Anthropologist, Filmmaker & Poet
Sep 5, 2026 | 3:30–6:30 pm CEST | Workshop | online and at DOCK Basel
Public Fictions: Methods for (World)Building Different Futures
with Ann Mbuti (she/her), Independent Writer
Sep 19, 2026 | 3:30–6:30 pm CEST | Workshop | online and at DOCK Basel
Working with the Archive: Reflecting on Collective Research
With Hybrid Project Space, Interdisciplinary Collective
Oct 17, 2026 | 3:30–6:30 pm CEST | Workshop | online and at DOCK Basel
Letters I Never Sent: Yearning in Science Fiction
With Sherida Kuffour(she/her), Art Director, Design Educator & Publisher
Oct 31, 2026 | 3:30–6:30 pm CET | Workshop | online and at DOCK Basel
The Language of Art: Celebrating Connection Through Doing Art
With Habib Afsar (he/none), Expressive Arts Practitioner, Relational Artist & Public Health Physician
Nov 07, 2026 | 3:30–6:30 pm CET | Workshop | on-site only at DOCK Basel
Co-Producing Publics: Questioning, Performative Acts, and Temporary Interventions
With Circuit Sessions Collective
and Eva Chen (she/her) Scenographer & Art Educator
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