This event is wheelchair accessible.
A sensory performance invites you to immerse yourself in the world of aromatic plants, flowers, and natural materials—with all your senses: smell, touch, sight, and taste. You will hear stories from healers about love, loss, and the connection to nature. Inspired by women from Lebanon and Switzerland, artist-in-residence Petra shows how important mutual care is – and invites you to discover and try her homemade tinctures, ointments, and other natural products.
Meeting point: Infopoint in front of the villa, Merian Gärten
out & about - Kaserne Basel x Merian Gärten
14:00-17:00 Alma Söderberg: Sound a Rose In
15:00 Milo Probst: Anarchistische Ökologien
18:00 Petra Serhal: Gestures of Care: Sihr
19:30 ALICE
21:00 Bruno Freire: Life is not useful
23:00 Jacob Bussmann: Sceptical Birds
23:45 Patricija Katica Bronic, Jasmin Albash: KLAPA
With a ticket for a single event from out & about, you can attend all events from out & about - Kaserne Basel x Merian Gärten on September 6, 2025!
Petra Serhal
Petra Serhal is a multidisciplinary artist and performer from Beirut. She creates multisensory works. Her work revolves around the experiential aspects of performative experiences, using choreography as her primary tool for research and practice. Recently, Serhal's work has focused on olfactory art, exploring the power of scents and nature as a means of identity, rootedness, and spatial design. Throughout her career, she has experimented with various artistic forms of expression to present her works, including performance installations, sculptures, live performances, dance, multimedia, sound installations, and olfactory art. In her projects, Serhal has collaborated with researchers from various disciplines, including physics, chemistry, economics, and history.
