As a prelude to her exhibition I fear / J’ai peur presented in Gallery 3 at the museum, opening on 20 September 2023, American artist Ser Serpas is proposing a musical soirée titled BASEMENT SCENE. For this event, she has invited performing artists who, on the basis of written instructions, will construct and assemble found and abandoned objects into sculptures, all to the beat of one of her DJ sets. The evening concludes with two musical performances by DJs from New York and Tokyo’s underground scenes, Lydo and ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U. 

On the following day, the resulting installation, LOCKED CLUB, will be presented for two days as a snapshot of an afterparty. Performed and formed in the basement of the Bourse de Commerce, the sculptures will be moved into Gallery 3, where they will join Ser Serpas’ exhibition, thereby “cannibalising” the entire space.  

A second version of BASEMENT SCENE will be presented during the de-installation of the exhibition in early February 2024. 

Programme for BASEMENT SCENE:  

• 8:00 p.m.: Doors open to the public

• 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.: Performance + DJ set by Ser Serpas 

• 9:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m: Lydo (DJ set) 

• 11:00 p.m – 12:30 a.m.:  ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U (DJ set) 

• 12:30 a.m.: End 

More information on this event can be found here.