YALLA DADA: Adrian Notz, Cabaret Voltaire

TALK | Cabaret Voltaire as Gesamtkunstwerk: The Art of the Upswing | Adrian Notz – Cabaret Voltaire (Dada – Zürich)

Followed by discussion with Saleh Barakat (Saleh Barakat Gallery) and Catherine Hansen (art historian, AUB)

After analyzing and researching the last 100 years of Dada, we turn towards the next 100 years. By looking at the ideas and achievements of the Dadaists and the myth of Cabaret Voltaire, we can create a «Gesamtkunstwerk» (Total work of Art) out of the monument of the Birthplace of Dada, located in the spa of the world, Zurich. This «Art of the Upswing» will help us to gain attitude and style and become the trickster of the future.

Adrian Christopher Notz, born 1977 in Zurich. Director of Cabaret Voltaire since 2004 where he first started as curatorial assistant then became co-director in 2006. Adrian was Head of Faculty of Fine Arts at the School of Arts and Design in St Gallen between 2010-15. Since 2007 he is also Diplomat of NSK State and since 2008 Ambassador of the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland for Zurich.