MESH Festival

Mesh is a recurring festival for art and technology in Basel. The programme spans exhibitions, performances, screenings and workshops, complemented by a conference of talks and panel discussions. This year's edition, titled Infrastructures of Care, asks after good social relations, fair technologies and a mindful relationship with the environment. Mesh creates spaces for connection, exchange and solidarity, understanding Care as something held in common — something that can be shaped together. At its centre stands one question: how is technology changing the way we live together?

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First highlights of the 2026 edition

Mesh opens on Wednesday evening with the opening ceremony and is then open daily from Thursday to Sunday. Exhibitions, workshops, and screenings run throughout the festival week, while the evenings are given over to performances and club nights.

Exhibitions: Gabriel Abrantes; Simona Andrioletti; Sophia Bulgakova; Sohyun Jun; Martin Messier; Isis Fahmy & Benoît Renaudin; Tatjana Vall and others

Workshops: metaLAB; TouchDesigner and others

Screenings: Michaela Büsse; Felipe Castelblanco; Dwayne LeBlanc; An Laphan; Florencia Levy; Amanda Lickers; Puck Verkade and others