UPCOMING 4-DAY RETREAT IN COLLABORATION WITH NEW RITUALS exhibition at HEK Basel

We live inside acceleration with feeds, forecasts, avatars, optimization loops shaping how we perceive and relate. The present dissolves into constant transmission where our identies become interfaces and attention a currency.

This upcoming transformative retreat interrupts that condition.

Guided by artist and sensual researcher Christiane Peschek, this immersive 4-days experience confronts contemporary existence at its core: the convergence of transhumanist imaginaries, internet-based spiritualities, and algorithmic conditioning. Rather than rejecting these forces, they are brought into direct examination, in the body, in relationship and in real time.

Working exclusively with a small group, the process unfolds through silence, guided contemplations, somatic grounding, and ritualized transitions. Each element is precisely composed to destabilize mediated identity and return perception to lived presence.

What emerges is what Peschek defines as extreme presence — a state of heightened immediacy where perception sharpens and time becomes embodied again. Entering this state requires acknowledging impermanence. In a system built on endless continuity, this becomes a quiet act of resistance.

The upcoming alpine retreat will be hostet at the secluded property of PEPPER COLLECTION in Lech am Arlberg, Austria. In the midst of an ever faster moving and digitalized world, where urban lifestyles pull us away from nature and its rhythms, this hideout is the perfect space for rest, focus and growth.

Dates: August 5-9, 2026

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Four times a year, I open my studio for an intimate encounter with my sensual research limited to ten participants. Across three hours, a sequence unfolds through tea, scent, and sound. Each element enters with precision, gradually altering the atmosphere and guiding perception back toward the senses.

This format follows my ongoing line of sensual research. Materials, timing, and composition change with each iteration. No ceremony is repeated. Each evening exists only once and is shaped by those present and the conditions of that moment.

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Next date: August 21, 2026