Artists, curators, designers, philosophers, scientists, and interspecies relationship experts come together to explore making kin and imagine new ways of connecting living beings with the worlds around them.
TALkins is a series of public events that delves into the concept of kinship through different languages, perspectives, and formats.
In this first part of 2025, Making Kin ↗ finds a particularly fertile expression in artistic and curatorial practices that center around relational systems, nourishment, rituals, and conviviality—tools for exploring and transforming social and environmental dynamics.
Each event offers a unique experience, moving from discourse to practice, inviting the audience to reflect and participate in an informal and horizontal setting.
All TALkins events
The first three TALkins are presented in partnership with Felicia.
Felicia is a brand by Andriani S.p.A. Società Benefit and B-Corp, a leading name in healthy pasta in Italy, specializing in high-quality, innovative, organic, and naturally gluten-free pasta made from whole grain cereals and organic legumes.
Felicia chose to partner with BASE Milano out of an affinity that goes beyond mere collaboration, finding a shared foundation in the intersection of culture, innovation, and sustainability. This alliance bridges physical and intellectual nourishment, celebrating the power of creative thinking to shape new paradigms and drive positive change.
01. TALkins
W/ Chus Martínez
Philosopher, art historian, director of the Institute of Art, Gender, and Nature at FHNW Academy of Arts and Design in Basel, and associate curator at TBA21 in Madrid/Venice, Chus Martínez opens the series with a theoretical and visionary reflection on interspecies democracy, intertwining art, ecology, and the future of human and non-human relationships.
02. TALkins
W/ Ester Azzola
Chef and nutritionist with a background in biology, specializing in nutrition and neuroscience, Ester Azzola designs and creates positive, exploratory, and reflective food experiences centered on human beings, their health, and their behaviors.
03. TALkins
W/Andrea D’Amore
Through the language of art and experiential practices, artist Andrea D’Amore invites the audience to engage with the concept of making kin in a direct and multisensory way through an immersive performative installation.
Every TALkins event is a unique experience
From moments of participatory reflection to hands-on workshops, from collective sensory experiences to intimate interactions with food, TALkins aims to offer a series of encounters that feel familiar yet re––written, re––assembled.
Set in an informal environment, these moments seek to create, as they unfold, new forms of relationships.