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WAX THE CHURCH, WAX THE FUTURE, WAX THE RICH (Basel Edition)
Experimental Runway & Fashion Show of the WAX Collection (Kumasi, Accra, Basel, Berlin)
If patterns are narratives, what happens when we reprint them? The WAX Collection reads textiles as archives of global movements: from industrial reproduction in Europe to their reinterpretations in West Africa. The starting point for this show is the historical connection between Basel and Ghana—copied fabrics, shifted meanings, circulating power relations. WAX COLLECTION reverses this movement.
The exhibition WAX THE CHURCH, WAX THE FUTURE, WAX THE RICH transforms this history into a visual intervention that understands fashion as a global space for thought: clothing speaks and contradicts. Created in collaborative processes between Accra, Kumasi, Basel, Berlin, Paris, and Palermo, the show combines experimental materials and transparent layers to form a collective textile manifesto: a catwalk as a place of aesthetic research and future imagination.
Followed by a public discussion.
Please also note the shows of WAX TRADER (GROUP50:50, Bertschy / Kossakamvwe) on April 18, April, 21 and April, 22
A GROUP50:50 production
https://www.group5050.net/
Credits
Artistic direction WAX: Austin Nortey & Elia Rediger
Designs: Austin Nortey, Miss Ama Frimpomaa Bimpong, Jeffery Kusi
Text / Archives: Austin Nortey
Print Kumasi & Graphics Kumasi: Reindolf Amponsah Monnie
Stage & Lights: Elia Rediger, Sylvain Faye
Graphic Assets Online: tristesse
3D Design & Objects: Michael von zu Mühlen
Talents Kumasi Show (Film): Bryte, Gyasi Owusu Prempeh, Kofi Amankwah Emmanuel, Benedicta Asiamah
Talents Basel: tbc
Music: Ria Boss, Elia Rediger
Production Management: Camille Florence Jamet
WAX Collection is an artist-initiated fashion and networking project by GROUP50:50, in co-production with Kaserne Basel.
With financial support from: Fachausschuss Tanz & Theater Basel-Stadt / Basel-Landschaft, Pro Helvetia – Schweizer Kulturstiftung, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Anne-Marie Schindler Stiftung, Südkulturfonds
With the support of: Oskar Hämmerle GmbH and HOH Hoferhecht Stickereien in Lustenau.
Content Notes
Currently, there are no specific notes on content that we or the artists would like to share with the audience. If you have any specific questions about content notes, the venue representative will be available on the evening of the performance.
