Museum Tinguely

THINGS TO DO, BASEL Updated : Jun 1, 2016, 03.47 PM IST

Anita Rao Kashi

Anita Rao Kashi is a freelance travel and food writer based in Bangalore. After nearly 12 years with The Times of India in Bangalore,she went freelance in Jan 2006 to write about travel and food. Her stories have appeared in such publications as Lonely Planet Magazine India, National Geographic Magazine India, Economic Times, Jetwings, Femina, Tiger Tales, Silkwinds, Bangalore Mirror, The Star of Malaysia etc. Apart from writing for various national and international magazines, newspapers and websites, as well blogging on travel and food, she has worked on travel and food guides.

Photo courtesy: Museum Tinguely
A bright brick-coloured building of Museum Tinguely on the Rhine is a tribute to one of the most avant-garde Swiss painters and sculptors Jean Tinguely. Built by the famous Swiss architect Mario Botta, the museum itself is a work of art, worthy of the exhibits inside. It showcases quirky and fascinating kinetic artworks of Tinguely, a follower of Dada tradition. Be it a sculpture, installation, fist-sized creation or one that occupies a whole room, each of the exhibits (also called metamechanics) is entirely interactive and can be activated by a touch of a button. And some of them can be downright scary like a petite and harmless vintage refrigerator which sets off a deafening and screeching fire alarm when you open the door!

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