What does it mean today to create art in public space? How can artists intervene in urban and unconventional contexts in ways that are radical, poetic, and transformative?
From 5 to 10 June 2025, BASE Milano and ZONA K will host one of the five immersive labs promoted by the IN SITU PLATFORM, the European network dedicated to artistic creation in public space, of which BASE is a partner. The lab brings together 11 emerging artists selected through a European open call that received over 550 applications from 27 countries — an opportunity to explore practices, visions, and site-specific approaches in an international context.
A European journey for artists inhabiting public space
In February 2025, 27 international programmers from the IN SITU network gathered in Prague to select emerging artists working — or aiming to work — in public and non-traditional spaces.
The call resulted in the selection of 51 promising projects, which are now taking part in a training programme that combines online preparation with five immersive, in-person labs held in France, Italy, Austria, and Denmark.
The Milan-based lab, co-curated by BASE Milano and ZONA K, is embedded in a cultural ecosystem where art, research, and urban activation intersect.
Training, exchange, and immersive practices
The Immersive Lab is designed as an intensive, multidisciplinary seminar:
→ A concrete opportunity for artists to learn how to clearly and effectively present their projects through hands-on sessions in pitching and storytelling;
→ Moments of exchange between artists and IN SITU network partners, offering space for sharing experiences, methods, and professional trajectories;
→ Thematic workshops led by Chiara Organtini, Johannes Bellinkx, and Anna Serlenga, created to explore new approaches to artistic creation in public and relational contexts.
Performances and visions in dialogue with the city
Enriching the programme is a curated selection of performances, installations, and artistic visions interwoven with the BASE Milano calendar and the activities of IN SITU partners:
→ Parcel by Johannes Bellinkx
→ Dear Laila by Basel Zaraa ↗
→ Performances from the TUTTA BASE festival ↗
→ Documentary screenings selected from the DiG Festival
The Milan lab welcomes artists from across Europe, including:
Deo Art Olsen & Danielle Emilie Olsen, R3LN4CHT (Didi Kreike & Lodewijk Van Dijk), Hyacinthe Hennae, Marcos Krivocapich, Margarida Montenÿ, Cie Jil Z (Mehdi Dahkan), Meryl Zaytoun Murman & Sebastian Tsifis, Wojciech Rybicki, Diona Kusari.
Alongside them, several long-standing IN SITU network partners:
Artopolis (Hungary), Cifas (Belgium), Lieux Publics (France), Freedom Festival (United Kingdom), CCHAR (Switzerland).
Led by Lieux publics, European and national centre for artistic creation in public space
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