SIBYLLA

Freie Musikschule Basel, Basileia, 2026. Curated by Sonia Taborda e Joerg Bader

SIBYLLA unfolds as an exhibition that evokes the Latin name as a way of thinking about human connection beyond time.

In Greco-Roman mythology, sibyls were mystical women believed to be inspired by the gods, such as Apollo, to deliver prophecies and communicate divine insights. Taking its name from Maria Sibylla Merian, the pioneering female botanist whose life and work are deeply connected to Basel, the project invokes Sibylla not only as a scientist, but also as an oracle: a figure able to read the visible world and reveal the invisible forces that shape it.

Across the exhibition, traces of hidden histories, natural cycles, and silent forms of knowledge emerge through gestures, materials, sounds, and images. In dialogue with this legacy, Uriel Orlow’s practice becomes a central axis, extending Merian’s attentive gaze into contemporary questions of ecology, memory, and the more-than-human.

— Sonia Taborda & Joerg Bader

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