We find ourselves in the year 2008 AD. The entire Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich is dedicated to commerce and luxury. The entire street? No! With imagination and humour, a small group of artists resist the shopping frenzy. To understand how they do, attend the rehearsals of OONA Project. Founded by Marisa Godoy and Michael Rüegg in 2004, the group sees itself as a pool of artists, a forum for highly diverse collaborative work. Look closely: you will see that there are not only bank vaults under the Bahnhofstrasse, but also a tiny refuge for creative artists, who – cast out of the Gessnerallee by IETM – have found a means of escape amidst a world of finance and commerce, elegance and exclusivity. 

OONA Project (guide), with: Trixa Arnold, Lana Baldanova, Marisa Godoy, Ilja Komarov, Yvonne Nünlist, Nic Tillein, Michael Omlin, Jan Ratschko, Michael Rüegg, Slava Zubkov, www.oonaproject.ch.

Drift‘s city walk passes old and new buildings. Accompanying you to art and to curiosities, we will guide you from the surface to below the ground, turning right and left. Presentations and interventions performed by artists of the Drift Company will take you on a stroll along the distortions of money, spirit and history.  

Peter Schelling (guide), with Béatrice Jaccard, Massimo Bertinelli, François Gendre, Judith Rohrbach, www.drift.ch. 

Where is Zurich’s cultural, human, artistic and social added value created? Where exactly do artists, actors and other creative people thrive? One of the most creative city neighborhoods is Kreis 4, in the heart of the city, where Zurich’s pulse can be felt more than anywhere else. This neighborhood, both working-class and trendy, is an (inter)cultural habitat, an exuberant, quaint vivarium, a melting pot, an urban space undergoing radical transformation. During this visit to various hotspots that vitalise the whole city, it is planned to meet members of the theatre world – an artistic tour of public places with a collective of artists. An emphasis will be put on artistic productions which are not dissociated from their environment, which draw their strength from the intense exchange with urban space and human surroundings.

Sandrine Charlot Zinsli (guide), www.auxartsetc.ch.
Nadine Schneider (guide), www.zweimalzwei.ch.
Kunsthaus Aussersihl, www.kunsthausaussersihl.ch.
Maxim Theater, www.maximtheater.ch.
Laura Kalauz (performer)
and others / et d’autres encore

We find ourselves in the year 2008 AD. The entire Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich is dedicated to commerce and luxury. The entire street? No! With imagination and humour, a small group of artists resist the shopping frenzy. To understand how they do, attend the rehearsals of OONA Project. Founded by Marisa Godoy and Michael Rüegg in 2004, the group sees itself as a pool of artists, a forum for highly diverse collaborative work. Look closely: you will see that there are not only bank vaults under the Bahnhofstrasse, but also a tiny refuge for creative artists, who – cast out of the Gessnerallee by IETM – have found a means of escape amidst a world of finance and commerce, elegance and exclusivity. 

OONA Project (guide), with: Trixa Arnold, Lana Baldanova, Marisa Godoy, Ilja Komarov, Yvonne Nünlist, Nic Tillein, Michael Omlin, Jan Ratschko, Michael Rüegg, Slava Zubkov, www.oonaproject.ch.

Let your conference-weary bodies and performance-stressed souls relax on a bike tour through the most beautiful streets, lanes, riverbanks and courtyards of the city’s extended centre. During regular stops, you will discover interesting facts and anecdotes about the city’s history and its development. 

Tours will take place only if the weather permits. 

Brigitte Oberholzer, Anette Michel (guides).
Zurich by Bike, www.zurichbybike.ch.
Züri rollt, www.zuerirollt.ch.

Where is Zurich’s cultural, human, artistic and social added value created? Where exactly do artists, actors and other creative people thrive? One of the most creative city neighborhoods is Kreis 4, in the heart of the city, where Zurich’s pulse can be felt more than anywhere else. This neighborhood, both working-class and trendy, is an (inter)cultural habitat, an exuberant, quaint vivarium, a melting pot, an urban space undergoing radical transformation. During this visit to various hotspots that vitalise the whole city, it is planned to meet members of the theatre world – an artistic tour of public places with a collective of artists. An emphasis will be put on artistic productions which are not dissociated from their environment, which draw their strength from the intense exchange with urban space and human surroundings.

Sandrine Charlot Zinsli (guide), www.auxartsetc.ch.
Nadine Schneider (guide), www.zweimalzwei.ch.
Kunsthaus Aussersihl, www.kunsthausaussersihl.ch.
Maxim Theater, www.maximtheater.ch.
Laura Kalauz (performer)
and others / et d’autres encore

Let your conference-weary bodies and performance-stressed souls relax on a bike tour through the most beautiful streets, lanes, riverbanks and courtyards of the city’s extended centre. During regular stops, you will discover interesting facts and anecdotes about the city’s history and its development. 

Tours will take place only if the weather permits. 

Brigitte Oberholzer, Anette Michel (guides).
Zurich by Bike, www.zurichbybike.ch.
Züri rollt, www.zuerirollt.ch.

Drift‘s city walk passes old and new buildings. Accompanying you to art and to curiosities, we will guide you from the surface to below the ground, turning right and left. Presentations and interventions performed by artists of the Drift Company will take you on a stroll along the distortions of money, spirit and history.  

Peter Schelling (guide), with Béatrice Jaccard, Massimo Bertinelli, François Gendre, Judith Rohrbach, www.drift.ch. 

On a boat on the lake of Zurich, on your way to Rote Fabrik, Gerber and Luz will change your life. In the framework of their theatrical field research, «this could possibly change your life», the trip becomes a quick, subjective expedition giving the opportunity to reflect shortly on the universe and the human condition. The trip ends in the rehearsal rooms of the Rote Fabrik, where Heike Marianne Goetze, theatre director and artist in residence at Fabriktheater Rote Fabrik 2008/09, illustrates her work on themes related to families, communication and the body. Beverages and food will be available on site before and after the performance programme.

Markus Gerber & Thom Luz (guides), www.feldforschung.blogspot.com.
Heike Marianne Goetze, Fabriktheater Rote Fabrik, www.rotefabrik.ch.

On a boat on the lake of Zurich, on your way to Rote Fabrik, Gerber and Luz will change your life. In the framework of their theatrical field research, «this could possibly change your life», the trip becomes a quick, subjective expedition giving the opportunity to reflect shortly on the universe and the human condition. The trip ends in the rehearsal rooms of the Rote Fabrik, where Heike Marianne Goetze, theatre director and artist in residence at Fabriktheater Rote Fabrik 2008/09, illustrates her work on themes related to families, communication and the body. Beverages and food will be available on site before and after the performance programme.

Markus Gerber & Thom Luz (guides), www.feldforschung.blogspot.com.
Heike Marianne Goetze, Fabriktheater Rote Fabrik, www.rotefabrik.ch.

Narrow lanes, snug little squares and covered riverbanks invite us to join a journey through time and discover Zurich’s old town. We will visit innovative cultural sites set amidst a historic backdrop: at the Theater an der Winkelwiese, Art Nouveau architecture meets with contemporary drama; the puppets will tell you what’s on at Theater Stadelhofen, and at Cabaret Voltaire – the birthplace of Dadaism – the electorate has the final say. 

Anne-Laure Jean (guide).
Theater an der Winkelwiese, www.winkelwiese.ch.
Theater Stadelhofen, puppeteers: Maria Rodriguez & Gertrud Huber, www.theater-stadelhofen.ch.
Cabaret Voltaire, www.cabaretvoltaire.ch. 

Accompanied by performers to the «Schweizerisches Landesmuseum» (National Museum), in the midst of the historically influenced atmosphere, attend «terra incognita», an artistic intervention with the artists working with the Swiss choreographer Salome Schneebeli. The next part of the tour takes you along the river Limmat, over and beneath the bridges, through the territory of the Zurich Performance Festival «stromereien», where more surprises are in store. We will then head to the Tanzhaus Zürich where all the doors to rooms and studios are open, and where members of the international Zurich dance scene will let you have a glimpse of their rehearsals and their artistic work. Before the start of the performance programme, everyone is invited to meet up for a fondue.

Salome Schneebeli (guide) with artists.
Tanzhaus Zürich, www.tanzhaus-zuerich.ch.
Performance Festival stromereien, www.stromereien.ch.
Schweizerisches Landesmuseum Zürich, www.landesmuseum.ch.

We find ourselves in the year 2008 AD. The entire Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich is dedicated to commerce and luxury. The entire street? No! With imagination and humour, a small group of artists resist the shopping frenzy. To understand how they do, attend the rehearsals of OONA Project. Founded by Marisa Godoy and Michael Rüegg in 2004, the group sees itself as a pool of artists, a forum for highly diverse collaborative work. Look closely: you will see that there are not only bank vaults under the Bahnhofstrasse, but also a tiny refuge for creative artists, who – cast out of the Gessnerallee by IETM – have found a means of escape amidst a world of finance and commerce, elegance and exclusivity. 

OONA Project (guide), with: Trixa Arnold, Lana Baldanova, Marisa Godoy, Ilja Komarov, Yvonne Nünlist, Nic Tillein, Michael Omlin, Jan Ratschko, Michael Rüegg, Slava Zubkov, www.oonaproject.ch.

Narrow lanes, snug little squares and covered riverbanks invite us to join a journey through time and discover Zurich’s old town. We will visit innovative cultural sites set amidst a historic backdrop: at the Theater an der Winkelwiese, Art Nouveau architecture meets with contemporary drama; the puppets will tell you what’s on at Theater Stadelhofen, and at Cabaret Voltaire – the birthplace of Dadaism – the electorate has the final say. 

Anne-Laure Jean (guide).
Theater an der Winkelwiese, www.winkelwiese.ch.
Theater Stadelhofen, puppeteers: Maria Rodriguez & Gertrud Huber, www.theater-stadelhofen.ch.
Cabaret Voltaire, www.cabaretvoltaire.ch. 

Accompanied by performers to the «Schweizerisches Landesmuseum» (National Museum), in the midst of the historically influenced atmosphere, attend «terra incognita», an artistic intervention with the artists working with the Swiss choreographer Salome Schneebeli. The next part of the tour takes you along the river Limmat, over and beneath the bridges, through the territory of the Zurich Performance Festival «stromereien», where more surprises are in store. We will then head to the Tanzhaus Zürich where all the doors to rooms and studios are open, and where members of the international Zurich dance scene will let you have a glimpse of their rehearsals and their artistic work. Before the start of the performance programme, everyone is invited to meet up for a fondue.

Salome Schneebeli (guide) with artists.
Tanzhaus Zürich, www.tanzhaus-zuerich.ch.
Performance Festival stromereien, www.stromereien.ch.
Schweizerisches Landesmuseum Zürich, www.landesmuseum.ch.

We find ourselves in the year 2008 AD. The entire Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich is dedicated to commerce and luxury. The entire street? No! With imagination and humour, a small group of artists resist the shopping frenzy. To understand how they do, attend the rehearsals of OONA Project. Founded by Marisa Godoy and Michael Rüegg in 2004, the group sees itself as a pool of artists, a forum for highly diverse collaborative work. Look closely: you will see that there are not only bank vaults under the Bahnhofstrasse, but also a tiny refuge for creative artists, who – cast out of the Gessnerallee by IETM – have found a means of escape amidst a world of finance and commerce, elegance and exclusivity. 

OONA Project (guide), with: Trixa Arnold, Lana Baldanova, Marisa Godoy, Ilja Komarov, Yvonne Nünlist, Nic Tillein, Michael Omlin, Jan Ratschko, Michael Rüegg, Slava Zubkov, www.oonaproject.ch.

Narrow lanes, snug little squares and covered riverbanks invite us to join a journey through time and discover Zurich’s old town. We will visit innovative cultural sites set amidst a historic backdrop: at the Theater an der Winkelwiese, Art Nouveau architecture meets with contemporary drama; the puppets will tell you what’s on at Theater Stadelhofen, and at Cabaret Voltaire – the birthplace of Dadaism – the electorate has the final say. 

Anne-Laure Jean (guide).
Theater an der Winkelwiese, www.winkelwiese.ch.
Theater Stadelhofen, puppeteers: Maria Rodriguez & Gertrud Huber, www.theater-stadelhofen.ch.
Cabaret Voltaire, www.cabaretvoltaire.ch. 

Let your conference-weary bodies and performance-stressed souls relax on a bike tour through the most beautiful streets, lanes, riverbanks and courtyards of the city’s extended centre. During regular stops, you will discover interesting facts and anecdotes about the city’s history and its development. 

Tours will take place only if the weather permits. 

Brigitte Oberholzer, Anette Michel (guides).
Zurich by Bike, www.zurichbybike.ch.
Züri rollt, www.zuerirollt.ch.

Narrow lanes, snug little squares and covered riverbanks invite us to join a journey through time and discover Zurich’s old town. We will visit innovative cultural sites set amidst a historic backdrop: at the Theater an der Winkelwiese, Art Nouveau architecture meets with contemporary drama; the puppets will tell you what’s on at Theater Stadelhofen, and at Cabaret Voltaire – the birthplace of Dadaism – the electorate has the final say. 

Anne-Laure Jean (guide).
Theater an der Winkelwiese, www.winkelwiese.ch.
Theater Stadelhofen, puppeteers: Maria Rodriguez & Gertrud Huber, www.theater-stadelhofen.ch.
Cabaret Voltaire, www.cabaretvoltaire.ch. 

Drift‘s city walk passes old and new buildings. Accompanying you to art and to curiosities, we will guide you from the surface to below the ground, turning right and left. Presentations and interventions performed by artists of the Drift Company will take you on a stroll along the distortions of money, spirit and history.  

Peter Schelling (guide), with Béatrice Jaccard, Massimo Bertinelli, François Gendre, Judith Rohrbach, www.drift.ch. 

An unknown vantage point, an exciting piece of urban wasteland, a fascinating non-existent place, a cosy cafe: we will visit residential and commercial districts, performance locations and recreation sites – a piece of everyday life in Zurich by the interdisciplinary performance group, annas kollektiv. Two dancers, two architects and a video artist have been creating city-oriented performances under this name since 1999, achieving new perceptions of (public) places. Criss-crossing Kreis 5, this walk provides an insight into Zurich’s cultural life and its working environment. 

annas kollektiv (guide), with Martin Bölsterli, Anna Bürgi, Boris Hitz, Katrin Oettli, Deborah Suhner, www.annaskollektiv.ch, www.bolsterlihitz.ch. 

Drift‘s city walk passes old and new buildings. Accompanying you to art and to curiosities, we will guide you from the surface to below the ground, turning right and left. Presentations and interventions performed by artists of the Drift Company will take you on a stroll along the distortions of money, spirit and history.  

Peter Schelling (guide), with Béatrice Jaccard, Massimo Bertinelli, François Gendre, Judith Rohrbach, www.drift.ch. 

Where is Zurich’s cultural, human, artistic and social added value created? Where exactly do artists, actors and other creative people thrive? One of the most creative city neighborhoods is Kreis 4, in the heart of the city, where Zurich’s pulse can be felt more than anywhere else. This neighborhood, both working-class and trendy, is an (inter)cultural habitat, an exuberant, quaint vivarium, a melting pot, an urban space undergoing radical transformation. During this visit to various hotspots that vitalise the whole city, it is planned to meet members of the theatre world – an artistic tour of public places with a collective of artists. An emphasis will be put on artistic productions which are not dissociated from their environment, which draw their strength from the intense exchange with urban space and human surroundings.

Sandrine Charlot Zinsli (guide), www.auxartsetc.ch.
Nadine Schneider (guide), www.zweimalzwei.ch.
Kunsthaus Aussersihl, www.kunsthausaussersihl.ch.
Maxim Theater, www.maximtheater.ch.
Laura Kalauz (performer)
and others / et d’autres encore

Let your conference-weary bodies and performance-stressed souls relax on a bike tour through the most beautiful streets, lanes, riverbanks and courtyards of the city’s extended centre. During regular stops, you will discover interesting facts and anecdotes about the city’s history and its development. 

Tours will take place only if the weather permits. 

Brigitte Oberholzer, Anette Michel (guides).
Zurich by Bike, www.zurichbybike.ch.
Züri rollt, www.zuerirollt.ch.

An unknown vantage point, an exciting piece of urban wasteland, a fascinating non-existent place, a cosy cafe: we will visit residential and commercial districts, performance locations and recreation sites – a piece of everyday life in Zurich by the interdisciplinary performance group, annas kollektiv. Two dancers, two architects and a video artist have been creating city-oriented performances under this name since 1999, achieving new perceptions of (public) places. Criss-crossing Kreis 5, this walk provides an insight into Zurich’s cultural life and its working environment. 

annas kollektiv (guide), with Martin Bölsterli, Anna Bürgi, Boris Hitz, Katrin Oettli, Deborah Suhner, www.annaskollektiv.ch, www.bolsterlihitz.ch. 

Where is Zurich’s cultural, human, artistic and social added value created? Where exactly do artists, actors and other creative people thrive? One of the most creative city neighborhoods is Kreis 4, in the heart of the city, where Zurich’s pulse can be felt more than anywhere else. This neighborhood, both working-class and trendy, is an (inter)cultural habitat, an exuberant, quaint vivarium, a melting pot, an urban space undergoing radical transformation. During this visit to various hotspots that vitalise the whole city, it is planned to meet members of the theatre world – an artistic tour of public places with a collective of artists. An emphasis will be put on artistic productions which are not dissociated from their environment, which draw their strength from the intense exchange with urban space and human surroundings.

Sandrine Charlot Zinsli (guide), www.auxartsetc.ch.
Nadine Schneider (guide), www.zweimalzwei.ch.
Kunsthaus Aussersihl, www.kunsthausaussersihl.ch.
Maxim Theater, www.maximtheater.ch.
Laura Kalauz (performer)
and others / et d’autres encore