Wir kommen wieder.

Basement’s Wir kommen wieder. is an exhibition focused on the complex phenomenon of tourism, examining it through a range of contemporary artistic perspectives as a subject for critical and reflective inquiry. The title sets out the exhibition’s agenda: “We’ll be back” can express enthusiasm or threat — perspective dictates whether it is read as a promise or a warning. Tourism creates societal tension that combines economic dynamics, cultural exchange, ecological consequences, and social conflict. It is a global economic sector that shapes infrastructure, living spaces, and cityscapes. It accelerates displacements, overuse issues, and gentrification. The exhibition opens multi-perspectival approaches to an inherently contradictory phenomenon: something that promises rest and relaxation while simultaneously deepening social and ecological rifts.