Lara Stoll
Lara Stoll presents a ‘Lesung Plus’! Texts and narration intertwine with instruments, which the artist masters to varying degrees – specially conceived for the ZW. (in german)

Les Reines Prochaines
Les Reines Prochaines perform in Zurich for the first time their new project « Scissor*hood ». The concert performed by les reines (Muda Mathis, Fränzi Madörin, Sus Zwick ) features songs from their latest album, performative numbers and typographic projections from their in-house video studio. 
We tailor the world to suit ourselves. Scissors stand for skill and drive, for independent, self-determined work and life, and for that you need scissors, because they are the tools for doing it yourself. Scisser*hood means sisterhood with scissors, and scissor sisterhood means doing things together and knowing how.!

POETiK P
The POETiK P team creates a sensual performance – a dedication to their pulsating bodies, a celebration of poetic demands, indeed: a protest song for sexual self-determination! The pearl represents material, metaphor and motto: delicate and desirable like the clitoris, yet strong enough to weave itself into a resilient network. In this way, different perspectives are linked and form a self-determined language of sexualities. Through dance and spoken word, a space is created – the pluriverse of pussybilities – reminiscent of a feminist strip club and inviting the audience to become part of it.

Initiated by Donya Speaks, POETiK P has been working and researching in various formats in Switzerland and Rwanda since 2022. The artists – Aline Amike, Soukey, Nina Balmer, Souzy Muisha, Natacha Muziramakenga, Julia Urech, Nina Jaun, Eulalie Déguénon and Donya Speaks – live and work between Bern, Zurich, Kigali and Goma. They question Euro-patriarchal narratives about their sexuality(ies) and seek to understand and transform them in a cultural-historical context. How can one find (or reinvent) one’s own language? What does it take to be transnational and feminist?

Sex is good (but have you tried?)
Understanding the difficulties on speaking about sex, Katya Vavrynchuk and Zora Rohr gather in Pluto to create an easy, comfortable atmosphere, which allows uncertainty and vulnerability to take place.

As we hope for a better future with sex education in it, we understand, that t a l k I n g helps. We believe that bringing up sex talks to people’s ears and faces, popularising and normalizing this practice, will break the cranky stigmas around this topic.

We aren’t sex experts (except that we all love to have sex), but we believe, that to contribute to breaking the stigmas you don’t necessarily need to be one. In fact, we all are experts, of our own sex journeys. A few topics for a discussion will be chosen based on the public survey.

This is a hybrid on-spot event taking place in Pluto, at the same time transmitted online on the Pluto Radio.

About ZW-Fourever Festival

ZW-Fourever is our fourth anniversary. ZW officially opened in 2021, celebrating this occasion every year at the same time. The festival runs from Tuesday to Sunday and each day is composed differently, reflecting ZW’s broad cultural interest and vision.
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All good things come in four, we say in Swiss German. Or something like that, whatever. We feel like it is good at the moment. And it will be fourever. What‘s to come and what to foursee is difficult, but we know now it will be something. You showed us that once again!

Zurich wants a place not fuelled by corporate logic, monetary interests, and inhumane business plans. We don’t want to divide and conquer; we want to get together and get lost. Zurich can be a cold and harsh city, like we once said, but it is also full of life, plenty of curious, funny, and loving people looking for alternatives to the narrative of cleanliness and performance. Google what, Google where, we say! We want to drink up the last drops of Zwinglianism and dance on the shattered remains of Zurich’s neoliberal walls, spaces to the people and culture however we want it, four you four me four us four now and four ever!

the festival

Tuesday is concert time.
Wednesday, we eat together.
Thursday, we listen and watch various performing arts.
Friday, we go wild for the first time.
And Saturday, we go even wilder.

tickets

Tickets can be bought for each day or for the weekend from Thursday to Sunday. Entry for individual program points is not possible.

gastronomy

During the time of the festival, our restaurant is open as usual for lunch service. In the evenings, the opening hours differ. When our restaurant closes, entry to the venue is only with a valid ticket.

The opening hours of the restaurant are as follows:

Monday
Closed

Tuesday
11:30 – 24:00

Wednesday
11:30 – 24:00 (special food event in Halle, no dinner in KW)

Thursday
11:30 – 24:00

Friday
11:30 – 18:00 (no dinner in KW)

Saturday
14:00 – 20:00 (no dinner in KW)

accessibility, location & care

ZW is best reached by public transport; if you come by Tram and Bus Station, we recommend the stop „Schiffbau“, and if you travel from further by train, your best exit is „Hardbrücke“.

We do not have parking options.

The venue is accessible to wheelchairs.

ZW has three main rooms called BR (Beschallungsraum), KW (Kleinwäscherei aka the restaurant), and Halle. Pictures are available through the access rider.

During every day of the festival, fog machines will be used. Strobe and other flashy lights might be used as well, most probably Tuesday (Halle), Friday (Halle), and Saturday (BR).

ZW has an awareness concept and a trained awareness team present on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

If you have concerns/access questions/needs, please contact us at care@zentralwaescherei.space!