by WebmestreFG | Jan 20, 2026
Starting next week, the Elisabethenkirche will host a light show unlike anything Basel has ever seen. French director Damien Fontaine will use, among other things, 20 laser video projectors and 200 light sources to tell “The Forgotten Legend of Basel”—a...
by WebmestreFG | Jan 20, 2026
The light and projection effects are phenomenal! St. Elizabeth’s Church constantly changes its shape and colors; sometimes it collapses, sometimes it rebuilds itself, then it’s underwater or full of people. History takes a back seat: you can sit back and...
by WebmestreFG | Jan 20, 2026
The narrative is accompanied by a top-class artistic ensemble: the aerial artists of Les Passagers, the poetic dragon figures of Ventil’oh, the luminous stilt walker who represents the time regulator, and imaginative costumes by the internationally active designer...
by WebmestreFG | Jan 20, 2026
Twenty video projectors, 200 lights, and floating dancers – next week, St. Elizabeth’s Church will be transformed into a sea of lights. Accompanied by a great deal of technology, “The Forgotten Legend of Basel” tells the story of Basel’s city...
by WebmestreFG | Jan 20, 2026
Holograms, aerial acrobatics, and artistic choreography immerse us in a Basel fantasy world. At its heart is the story of Christoph and Margaret, whose fate, against the backdrop of Basel’s “Year Without a Summer” of 1816, becomes intertwined with a...
