“Who misses what they have never, ever even imagined?”

― N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

After the time of hibernation, Shedhalle craves the bodily experience of music, of being and moving together. Therefore, Proto-Club: We all move together showcases video works by artists who deal with movements in their different manifestations. Social movements, club culture, music and dance converge.

Equipped with a strong function-one speaker-system, Shedhalle opens its doors to the public, dreaming up a “proto-club”: a communal space for experiencing music and movement as well as for personal exchange about it in times of covid-19.

Proto-Club: We all move together creates a framework that allows the audience to experience these works with their whole bodies in the space – while still making this encounter as safe as possible in consideration of the ongoing pandemic.

Shedhalle x Schauspielhaus: As part of this programme, works by the group Moved by the Motion, who work at Schauspielhaus Zurich, will be shown at Shedhalle. As an “outpost” of the Proto-Club, the installation Show’s over by Moved by the Motion will be shown at Pfauen.

Proto-Club is a new series by Shedhalle, circulating around queer culture, eco feminism and social movements. It seeks to create an ongoing process around these topics, connecting them to speculative and science-fictional ideas. Therefore, on a regular basis, Proto-Club invites artists, researchers, activists and scientists to Shedhalle to share their work, practices and thoughts – always in relation to the respective here&now.

Title “We all move together”: Quote by Inner City <3