Image: HeK (House of Electronic Arts Basel)
HEK (House of Electronic Arts Basel) will open Casey Reas’s solo exhibition 'Omnia Ex Natura: In Situ' online on 28 August 2026, with the project running on virtual.hek.ch through 25 October 2026. The announcement appears alongside the institution’s August programme, which also includes on-site exhibitions and events in Basel. For Reas, the HEK presentation is framed as a software-based body of work that unfolds in a digital space rather than a conventional gallery setting.
The exhibition page describes the project as a three-month engagement with virtual.hek.ch in which Reas will treat the platform as a distant studio and develop a new sketch for a work each week. According to the site, he begins every Friday by making a small watercolor, which is then translated into a score for software agents moving through a synthetic environment. The work is said to extend the concerns of his 'Process Series' from 2004 to 2010, carrying forward its interest in ecology and emergence.
HEK’s description places the exhibition at the intersection of generative systems, abstract imagery and contemporary visual culture. The institution says Reas’s software-based practice brings these elements into contact, and the online format gives that approach a direct digital framework. The exhibition’s title, 'Omnia Ex Natura: In Situ', is presented as part of this virtual presentation rather than an installation at HEK’s physical address in Münchenstein/Basel.
The online opening on 28 August is one of the main exhibition highlights in HEK’s August newsletter. The same communication also notes a separate presentation by Studio Lemercier, 'Thresholds', opening on 21 August and running from 22 August to 15 November 2026. That show is described as transforming HEK into an immersive environment with light, water, projections and plotter drawings, underscoring the institution’s continued emphasis on digital and media-based practices across different formats.
HEK’s August programme also includes the closing weekend of 'Neue Rituale [für das Ende der Welt]' on 9 August, plus workshops and family programming later in the month. The newsletter gives '404_LAND' on virtual.hek.ch until 9 August and lists a BitFabrik workshop on 29 August as well as a Family Day with HEK x KHBL on 30 August. Within that larger schedule, Reas’s exhibition stands out as the next online opening in the institution’s calendar.
The artist is identified by HEK simply as Casey Reas, while the exhibition is curated by Sabine Himmelsbach, according to the exhibition page. The project will be visible exclusively online from 28 August to 25 October 2026 at virtual.hek.ch.
