Agenda

23.05 - 03.08.2025

ProtoZone19

curated by Phila Bergmann & Thea Reifler, curatorial assistant Vanessa Bosch
01.08.2025

Queer Bay Day 2025

September 2025

ProtoZone20 (final ProtoZone of the current curatorium)

program tba. Curated by Lucie Tuma, Michelangelo Miccolis, Phila Bergmann & Thea Reifler, curatorial assistant Vanessa Bosch
2025-03-05

Proto-Club 6 x Chair of Art in Space and Time

In short

Dark Screen: Narratives Beyond Data

05.03.2025, 14-19h

 

As technological advancements and conversational agents transform our relationship with knowledge, the digital screens through which we engage with this reality have never seemed so opaque. The program Black Screen: Narratives Beyond Data seeks to explore new paradigms of knowledge in the digital era.

 

In the first part of the afternoon, the program is introduced by Jonathan Pouthier and engages with the film Ancestral Clouds Ancestral Claims by Arjuna Neuman & Denise Ferreira da Silva. In the evening, Elizabeth Prize will be at Shedhalle to share her artistic practice and exchange with the audience.

 

Opening times:

14:00-19:00

Shedhalle – Proto-Club 6 x Chair of Art in Space and Time

Elizabeth Price, The Woolworths Choir of 1979, 2012, 20min. (detail) © Elizabeth Price

2025-01-13

Winter Break

In short

Shedhalle is on its winter break – the last big break before ProtoZones 2020-2025 comes to an end in September. Hard to believe, isn’t it?
Before that happens, let’s take a deep breath and gather energy – because from March 14, ProtoZone18, curated by Michelangelo Miccolis, will continue.
We can hardly wait to experience this last year together with you!

 

💛 THANK YOU to all the artists, partners and visitors who made our year so unique! 💛

 

Click here for information on renting Shedhalle.

Shedhalle – Winter Break

The Institute for Embodied Creative Practices 2024 at Shedhalle

2024-12-07

Reading
Burning
Tulips

In short

During Protozone17, we co-host an event by queer space working group. Queer(y)ing Achitectures of Home and Diaspora explores homemaking as a means of queer liberation across global diasporic communities.

 

07.12. 18-20h
Reading Burning Tulips – Poetry reading by Niloofar Rasooli (ETH Zurich) and Sandra Cane

Shedhalle – “Reading Burning Tulips” – Poetry Reading by Niloofar Rasooli (ETH Zurich) and Sandra Cane
Shedhalle – “Reading Burning Tulips” – Poetry Reading by Niloofar Rasooli (ETH Zurich) and Sandra Cane
Shedhalle – “Reading Burning Tulips” – Poetry Reading by Niloofar Rasooli (ETH Zurich) and Sandra Cane
2024-11-02

Book Launch with Mîrkan Deniz

In short

Out of Place, 2024

 

The artist’s book Out of Place brings together several works by Mîrkan Deniz. The main work Masa (English: Table) refers to the Treaty of Lausanne, signed in 1923. It redrew the borders of Turkey and Greece while also dividing Kurdistan between Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria, effectively disenfranchising both the Kurds and Armenians.

 

During a state visit to Ankara in November 2008 to mark 80 years of diplomatic relations, Pascal Couchepin, then President of the Swiss Confederation, presented Turkey with the table on which the treaty was signed. Masa deals with the places and objects connected to this historic accord and recreates the signing table, raising questions about Switzerland’s role in the process.

 

Other works such as Untitled (300) examine military surveillance through abstract drawings, while Barikat focuses on Kurdish resistance. Untitled (Out of Place) uses a frayed, unfinished black carpet to draw parallels between colonial relics and contemporary protests.

 

The book consists of four separate volumes of 48 pages each, bound together by frontal wire stitching. The works subvert the rational order of the volumes and thus transcend their boundaries, switching between different printing techniques and types of paper. The book includes essays by art historians Yasmin Afshar and Matthieu Jaccard, who contextualise Deniz’s work both historically and artistically.

 

Out of Place is published on the occasion of the 9th anniversary of the work Masa.
Supported by Stadt Zürich Kultur, Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich, Erna & Burgauer Stiftung, Ernst und Olga Gubler-Hablützel Stiftung.

 

Published by Jungle Books, St.Gallen
Designed by Data-Orbit, St.Gallen
Artist: Mîrkan Deniz
Editor: Mîrkan Deniz
Writer: Yasmin Afschar, Matthieu Jaccard
Language: English

Shedhalle – Book Launch with Mîrkan Deniz

Public action Palais de Rumine 2015

Shedhalle – Book Launch with Mîrkan Deniz

Public action Bundeshaus Bern 2016

Shedhalle – Book Launch with Mîrkan Deniz

Masa Sehdhalle Zürich 2015

Shedhalle – Book Launch with Mîrkan Deniz

Historical picture of the Lausanne Peace Treaty at Palais de Rumine, Lausanne, 1923

Shedhalle – Book Launch with Mîrkan Deniz

Public action Bundeshaus Bern 2016

Shedhalle – Book Launch with Mîrkan Deniz

Public action Palais de Rumine 2015

Shedhalle – Book Launch with Mîrkan Deniz

95th Anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne at the Château d‘Ouchy

Shedhalle – Book Launch with Mîrkan Deniz

95th Anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne at the Château d‘Ouchy

Shedhalle – Book Launch with Mîrkan Deniz

95th Anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne at the Château d‘Ouchy

2024-10-12

The Institute for Scene Experiments: Surplus Reality

In short

The Institute for Scene Experiments

Surplus Reality

 

You are invited to participate in a workshop with the Institute for Scene Experiments on Saturday 12th October from 15:30 to 20:00.

 

The workshop entitled ‘Surplus Reality’ is an experiment in collective practice and is set within a realist frame to examine social questions. We will collectively develop a short improvisational scene taking place in the exhibition space with two studio cameras, professional lighting and lavalier microphones: the starting point will be a realistic dialogue for two or more characters in a gallery, departing from a frame text derived from dialogues in the films of Swiss Filmmaker Anne-Marie Miéville. Once the parameters of the scene are established we will experiment in recording different ways to represent it. At the end of the workshop the raw footage will be shared with the participants.

 

Participation will require being in a variety of roles, from performing, sound, camerawork, lighting and text work. By participating in the workshop you consent to being filmed. To register E-Mail with a brief line about who you are and your interests in the workshop.

12.01.2024

PS:
Syncretic
Sites

In short

On Friday, January 12, Shedhalle invites you to a postscriptum of the fall exhibition, “PS: Syncretic Sites”. This in the face of the heated atmosphere and a climate of fear and concern, also in the local cultural scene, over the last three months.

Opening times:

10-12h Somatic practices

12-14h Lunch

14-16h Sharing and discussing of excerpts from texts and audio by the participants 1

16-18h Sharing and discussing of excerpts from texts and audio by the participants 2 or individual writing practices

18-20h Discussions in small groups and preparing food

20h Dinner

 

hosted by Lucie Tuma

 

The Program-Slots can be visited individually. However, attendance is required from the start of each slot.

 

Free entry and food

Shedhalle – PS: Syncretic Sites
2024-01-13

ProtoZone13 CLOSING with Chris Paxton
& Belia Winnewisser

In short

Join us on January 13 for the Closing of Feels Like… ProtoZone13:

 

Chris Paxton invites to delve into sonic ecologies, creating a soundscape while preparing a comforting vegetable curry together. Share your feelings, desires, and dreams for a disappearing Earth through poems, dreams, texts, or any resonant expression. Let’s converge minds, flourish ideas, and collectively envision a future beyond our current predicament.

 

The evening begins with collective cooking at 5pm, followed by shared food and drinks at 7pm. Come as you are—everyone is welcome to cook, share, and listen.

 

Belia Winnewisser will bring the evening to a beautiful close with a concert featuring some freshly composed songs at 9pm.

Opening times:

2pm exhibition opens

5pm Dreaming Communal (Cooking & Listening) with Chris Paxton

7pm shared food & drinks

9pm concert by Belia Winnewisser

Shedhalle – ProtoZone13 CLOSING w/ Chris Paxton & Belia Winnewisser

Dreaming Communal by Chris Paxton: excerpt of the soundscape played at Shedhalle, Protozone13 Closing, photo by Laila Kaletta

Shedhalle – ProtoZone13 CLOSING w/ Chris Paxton & Belia Winnewisser

Belia Winnewisser, Performance at Kunstraum Aarau 2023, Ullmann Photography

Shedhalle – ProtoZone13 CLOSING w/ Chris Paxton & Belia Winnewisser

Chris Paxton, Communal Dreaming, 2023

2023-11-27

Contemporary Queer Chinese Art

In short

Book Launch x Artist Talk x Conversation

 

featuring Diyi Mergenthaler, Ziwei Huang & Yumo Cheng and Daniel Berndt

Join us for the evening talk at Shedhalle. We will celebrate the beauty of queer Chinese art and relevant research work!

 
Shedhalle – Contemporary Queer Chinese Art
Shedhalle – Contemporary Queer Chinese Art
Shedhalle – Contemporary Queer Chinese Art
Shedhalle – Contemporary Queer Chinese Art
Shedhalle – Contemporary Queer Chinese Art
2023-11-18

Collective Worlding Workshop

In short

Winged Eros: Collective Wording Workshop

with Steph Holl-Trieu

 

Saturday 18.11.23

13h-15:30h

 

Registration at mail@shedhalle.ch

Shedhalle – Collective Worlding Workshop with Steph Holl-Trieu
01.08. 10-18h

Queer
Bay
Day

In short

LGBTQIA+Summer Party

On August 1, 2022, the bay behind Rote Fabrik will once again become “Queer Bay.” Queer Bay Day is a summer party for the LGBTQIA+ scene and culture in Zurich and Switzerland. We invite you to brunch, swim, dance and talk 💦 Bring your umbrellas, swim rings and of course your loved ones!

Shedhalle – Queer Bay Day