Amanda Coulson, executive director of Volta

“VOLTA has historically always given over space at the Basel fair to non-profits and some local artists because we feel quite strongly that as “foreigners” coming in we should do more than profit off the commercial side of the art business; Basel has also become our “home” in a certain sense and we take that commitment seriously. Furthermore, the city of Basel itself — a place where the borders of Germany, France and Switzerland meet — is a city that reflects the coming together of cultures and languages many of us on the VOLTA team are hybrids (American/Bahamian/German; Italian/German/Swiss; Swiss/French) and are ourselves living in a place that was not our country or city of origin. We therefore all felt very strongly connected to the concept behind HomeBase Project was a very current topic and one that deserved the benefit of a major international platform and we are extremely pleased to have them with us.”