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Museum Tinguely

Rebecca Moss / Augustin Rebetez: Scream Machines – Art Ghost Train

22. Mai – 30. August 2025

Scream Machines, a large-scale installation designed by British artist Rebecca Moss and Swiss artist Augustin Rebetez, takes visitors on a journey through an immersive artistic landscape. The installation pays homage to Le Crocrodrome de Zig et Puce, a work by Jean Tinguely created in 1977 in collaboration with Bernhard Luginbühl, Daniel Spoerri, and Niki de Saint Phalle for the opening of the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

For the opening of the Centre Pompidou in Paris in 1977, the artists created the Crocrodrome de Zig et Puce, a huge, walk-in sculpture for the large entrance hall with a specially designed ghost train, rods and wheels, a marble run, illuminated lettering, a ‚Musée Sentimental‘ and a crocodile leg completely covered in chocolate. To mark the anniversary, Museum Tinguely is reviving this event and initiating the temporary artistic transformation of an existing ghost train, the ‚Wiener Prater Geisterbahn‘, built in 1935. It was a guest at the Basel Autumn Fair for many years and has provided a special thrill for generations of passengers young and old.

Rebecca Moss and Augustin Rebetez have set up a course for the Tinguely ghost train, which consists of both their own and new creations. The art ghost train is in operation from 22 May (Tinguely’s birthday) to 30 August (Tinguely’s day of death) 2025 in Solitude Park, in front of Museum Tinguely, during museum opening hours. The price of a ride is 4 CHF.

In the telephone booth of the museum, the smallest exhibition space in the building, a selection of humorous short films by Rebecca Moss is also presented.