Zurich is a city where you will never feel bored...being one of the major art trade center in the world, culture is the second name of Zurich! It's a small but very exciting city where you can enjoy a vast and mixed variety of attractions, from museums and art galleries, different kind and type of designers shops and amazing night life. Besides, it has a spectacular view on the Uetliberg mountain.
One place, culturally speaking, you should not miss is The Cabaret Voltaire or Dada Haus! Not only for the place itself but specially for it's story.
The so called Dada movement was born at the Cabaret Voltaire, house founded on the February 5, 1916, by Hugo Ball and it's companion Emmy Hennings, as a cabaret for artistic and political purposes.
The Dada art movement, or anarchic art movement, was to be an expression, a "protest against the madness of the time" and proved to be crucial on it's foundlings. The soirees were full of cultural events with artists, musicians, dancers, poetry, were the art being exhibited was often chaotic or even brutal.
The building which housed Cabaret Voltaire fell into disrepair in the recent years, but a new Dada Era marked a new begging. A group of artist so called neo-Dadaist, illegally occupied the cabaret to protest against its closure, this was a signal that a new generation of artist wanted to revive Dada and its cultural and artistic movement.
Today, Cabaret Voltaire, houses many exhibitions and events, a bar and a small specialized library, a good place to visit even if just for a coffee while you read a book in their cozy bar.
Today, Cabaret Voltaire, houses many exhibitions and events, a bar and a small specialized library, a good place to visit even if just for a coffee while you read a book in their cozy bar.
Photos: the blue chic
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