Instant City Reloaded is a project shared by the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and today’s incarnation of Cabaret Voltaire, the birthplace of Dada in Zurich, in collaboration with Central Saint Martins - UAL. It is adapted from a concept by Archigram, the experimental architecture group from London active in the 1960s and 1970s, sought to bring together in art disparate parts of society by means of provisional performance spaces. On May 21 a large delegation from Zurich infiltrated King’s Cross with their inflatable “Dada tent”. In an orgiastic 12-hour event-marathon where artists, lecturers, poets, performers and students from all over the world traded metaphorical as well as physical blows inside a very real boxing ring.The event-marathon formed tribute to the proto-Dadaist, pugilist and poet Arthur Cravan. His parents were British, his language was French, his passport was Swiss. He was the self-proclaimed nephew of Oscar Wilde and he believed passionately that art was not just a matter of the mind, but also of heart and guts.The event-marathon also celebrated the encounter of most distinct artists and art forms on a same shared platform. Instant City Reloaded took place within the festival Zurich meets London - a festival of two cities. Follow @zurichmeets and get the latest news about Instant City Reloaded and the Dada infiltration sites and happenings! #InstantCityReloaded
When Schwitters wanted to join the Dada Club in Berlin, Huelsenbeck said: No, we don't take a citizen and idiot. Later Schwitters said: There is a Huelsendada, which is not art, but just an empty shell.
„Archidada Assemblage“ pays tribute to Dada’s plea for a new understanding of art and society rebuilding, to Archigram’s liberating attitude towards technology, consumerism and architecture and to the iconic boxing ring as a space of collision between two elements that potentially create a new one. The performance leads to an ephemeral collective assemblage.
Welcome to the new world! We bomb and kill, we dictate and create. A wild flamenco dictator will bring her welded sculpture of `the new world` to a boxing ring where she will replicate the destruction of the Mundo metaphorically through fireworks and confetti cannons.
The body as an inspirational source and communicator with the others. Sanghoon Lee experiments about self-awareness, stillness, emptiness and meaninglessness. What moves us, what are we, what is fundamental and what is purity?