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A non-profit in Basel that facilitates institutional transformation through project-based initiatives, with private companies and public institutions.
Three levels carry every initiative, from the first question to the finished project. Here is what each one looks like in practice.
We follow how technology and society are changing, and turn what we learn into questions, papers and new formats.
In practiceLife BowlBiomedical research, turned into an experience the public can enter.
We create formats that bring together people, disciplines and milieus that rarely meet, and open new ways in.
In practiceMangrove EcologiesArtists and researchers working between Lamu and Basel.
With institutions, companies and public partners we turn ideas into projects, and see them through.
In practiceGo Milieu!Culinary city tours, hands-on workshops and open kitchens in Basel.
Life Bowl teaser, 49 s. From lifebowl.org
Immersive exhibition and knowledge platform, Basel and Hong Kong
Life Bowl bridges science, art, and the public to address one of society’s greatest challenges: extending healthy human life.
Life Bowl turns biomedical research into an experience people can enter. Visitors step into an immersive 360° environment and talk with an AI that draws on conversations with leading scientists.
With the University of Basel (Biozentrum) and Hong Kong Baptist University. First full public edition planned for Basel in 2027.
About Life Bowl
Mangrove Ecologies · Residency, Lamu
Two Kenyan and two Swiss artists explored the mangroves of Lamu together, with Critical Urbanisms at the University of Basel and EPFL+ECAL Lab as research partners.
Made possible through Synergies by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.
About the residencyLamu, Kenya.
Mangrove Ecologies · Exhibition, Lamu, Kenya
The works of the residency were first shown in Lamu, where they were made, with talks in the courtyard for residents and guests.
About the exhibitionResidency exhibition, Lamu, Kenya.
Mangrove Ecologies · Art Basel 2025, Botanical Garden Basel
During Art Basel 2025 the sound installation turned the Viktoriahaus into a listening garden, in cooperation with the Botanical Garden of the University of Basel.
Open daily from 16 to 22 June 2025, free entry.
About Radio Mikoko+Botanical Garden Basel, June 2025. Photo: Kevin Rodriguez
Culinary experience platform, Basel, pilot edition
Go Milieu! is a platform that invites people to rediscover their immediate surroundings—the city of Basel and its region.
The first edition focuses on the unifying theme of food and culinary culture.
About Go Milieu!Münsterplatz, Basel. Photo: Anita Brechbühl. Brand: T.O.T Studio
Where Cora began · Kunstmuseum Basel, 2019
In 2019 the founders of Cora transformed the new building of the Kunstmuseum Basel into ON, an event format for contemporary music, art and design.
It laid the foundation for the institute.
What partners saidON, Kunstmuseum Basel, 2019. Photo: Monir Salihi
Residency «Life between Ebb & Flow», Lamu, Kenya.
We build the bridge between the analogue and the digital world, so that the values of today stay alive for the generations to come.
The Outreach Programme is a series of public events for everyone who wants to help shape what comes next. We bring generations, milieus and institutions together, explore the connections between art and technology, and enrich our culture with new, forward-looking formats.
Those who know both worlds can translate between them, and bring the best of each into the other.
Deepening the social bond between us, so that technology serves the way we live together.
Technological progress in the service of an open, democratic and inclusive future.
Leave us your name and email, and we will tell you when the first events are announced.
Life Bowl is an interdisciplinary initiative that connects cutting-edge life sciences research with immersive technology, AI, and cultural production to create new forms of public engagement and understanding.
From the presentation «Life Bowl – Exhibition Platform»
Presented as a public activation during Art Basel 2025, this sound installation transforms the Viktoriahaus of the University of Basel into a listening garden shaped by ecological research and translocal exchange.
Botanischer Garten Basel.
We are thrilled to announce that Cora has joined the European Reset! Network and the Swiss ArtTech Foundation.
What partners said about ON at Kunstmuseum Basel, where Cora began in 2019.
«I was deeply impressed by the potential for architecture and for the public.»
Christ & Gantenbein, Emanuel Christ, Co-FounderTranslated from German
«ON at Kunstmuseum Basel, was an example of how museums and galleries can hold music events... and do it right.»
Hunger Magazine, Jam Steward, Senior Editor
«The event was a huge success»
Kunstmuseum Basel, Elena Filipovic, Director Kunstmuseum Basel
Lamu, Kenya.
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Cora is an association under Swiss law, carried by its members. Members vote at the general assembly and hear first-hand from the board how the institute is doing.
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