So about Basel
Basel is
home to top-flight art galleries, museums and avant-garde architecture, and
boasts an enchanting Old Town.
So about
the Hostel
The
reason the description about Basel is so small is because we hardly left the
hostel, it's a great pace to spend a few days. This Hostel is ran and owned by
a pair called Thomas and Stefan, What
lovely and welcoming people they were with us. When we need art supplies, they paid the cost, when we
needed a beer they gave us a beer, when we said we've bought our own beer, they
said have a shot of Swiss liquor, top blokes!
This
hostel has a great urban vibe about it, with lots of art all over the place, from
the huge jungle scene leading up the stairs to a graffiti piece done by a young
skater, but the biggest influence has to be by Stefan one of the owners and a
really good artist too. His collages
and artist touches make this feel like a cool and happening place.
We would
also say a big thank you for Thomas for buying 10 of the IDa4 vinyl art. What
we do with the exchange idea is amazing in the fact that money is never involved,
and we like that. We don't want to
profit from this experience, that's not the point, but we all need to eat and
the vinyl art is the way we support our self on the road. SO A BIG THANK YOU
THOMAS x
The Rooms
are to a very high standard and the one we stayed in felt like a New York apartment. When We were there they were in the middle of
converting some space into two luxury apartment type rooms, if they are up to
the standard of our room, they will absolutely lush!
So About
the Art
It's nice
when you come to a hostel and the owners give you carte blanche to do your art
and don't have a tight brief in what they want.
This was the case here with the amazing Thomas just saying, please make
the common room a more brighter and happier place. This we can do...
With this
Room IDa4 wanted the feeling of Heart, Body, Mind and Soul. With them all interacting with each other on
the three walls.
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