Neon installation on the façade of Klybeckstrasse 18, merging iconic song titles into a luminous dialog.

A dialog from: Jahic / Roethlisberger (2020)

With the neon installation "I Drove All Night - Thinking About You", Swiss artists Jahic & Roethlisberger make a poetic statement in public space. Song titles from pop history become both language and sculpture: "I Drove All Night" (Céline Dion, 2003) and "Thinking About You" (Whitney Houston, 1985) transform the façade at Klybeckstrasse 18 in Basel into a stage for memories, emotion and collective projection.

The work is part of the series "Music - A Conversation Through Song Titles", in which Jahic & Roethlisberger have been exchanging ideas exclusively with song titles for years. The illuminated letters are visible around the clock - but the work unfolds its full atmospheric effect at dusk and at night, when the language of pop culture lights up in neon.

The installation is part of a broader collaboration with the KBH.G Foundation, in whose rooms the exhibition "Music" was on display in 2021.

Basel Tourism would like to thank the following parties for their committed cooperation and support:

Mediator & Coordinator: Artstübli Basel
Producer: Neon Atelier Bern
Further supporters: Kulturstiftung Geiger.

as of now | Klybeckstrasse 18 | open to the public