Interview with Chloe Wise

At the Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger, Canadian artist Chloe Wise explores what eludes sensory perception and language. A conversation

The title of your exhibition in Basel refers to the supernatural, what’s beyond the senses. Could you expand on "Extrasensory", your three-channel video installation?

I wanted to explore the divine, the paranormal, the sixth sense, and experiences of awe. My starting point is the idea that what once was perceived as contact with angels in a more religious epoch—such as biblical apparitions, beings of…