Travel with me through the art scene of Zurich, Switzerland 🇨🇭

In Europe there are many art revolutions that have been evoked and many legends were born. Today I'd like to take you on a tour of the art revolution in Zurich—“Dadaism”.

When I was in Paris in Musée de I’Orangerie, I saw a collection of Dadaist paintings and art works, as well as some treasured Dadaistic video performances.

It also tells the origin of Dadaism, which is originated in Zurich.

It’s different with other art movements, the name of “Dada” is given by the artists themselves, not like usually what the later scholars gave them. How the name “Dada” was founded is not absolutely clear. One story is that when the group of the founders held a meeting, they stuck a paper knife into a French – German dictionary and the word they pointed was “dada”, a French word for “hobbyhorse”. However if it’s true or not, where word was chosen just randomly, same as there style of art.

As an art revolution, it represents disorder, anti-war and anti-art. Dadaism is a movement of nihilism, an anarchic art movement. A group of trendy people pursue human freedom and overturn tradition.

In 1916, when war swept across Europe, many exiled artists and thinkers came to neutral Switzerland. A street in Zurich, called Spiegelgasse, was inhabited by people who wanted to change the world. It all started at 1 Spiegel street in Niederdorf, Zurich. Today, there the Cabaret Voltaire still exists at the same place and still Dada art is exhibited and also performances are being held. At daytime, the place is popular for tourists to visit. At night it’s also a popular place for locals to go out and have a drink and chat with friends. The atmosphere is very cozy and it guarantees a nice and memorable evening!

在欧洲这片大陆上衍生了许多艺术革命，也留下了许多传奇。今天我想带大家探索一下发源于苏黎世的艺术革命“达达主义”。
在巴黎的莫奈橘园美术馆中收藏了许多达达主义的画作和艺术形式，以及一些珍藏的达达主义的演出影响。
在这里也讲述了达达主义的起源，原来达达主义起源于苏黎世。
其他艺术运动不同的是，达达是艺术家们自己起的名字，而非后世学者给予他们的。“达达”是他们拿一把刀，随手戳进一本词典里，随意戳中的词。
就是这么任性，就是这么随意。
作为一种艺术革命，代表无序，代表反战，反建制，反艺术。达达主义是一种虚无主义运动，是一种无政府主义的艺术运动。一群新潮人士追求人类自由，颠覆传统。
1916年，当战争席卷整个欧洲大陆的时候，很多流亡的艺术家和思想家都来到了中立国瑞士。当时的苏黎世的一条叫做Spiegelgasse的街上，住着一帮改变世界的人。一切都从苏黎世Niederdorf城区的Spiegel大街1号开始。如今，那里在沉睡了多年之后又开了一家伏尔泰酒吧Cabaret Voltaire 酒吧的正厅与100年前这里刚刚成为达达活动中心时几乎完全一致，墙上挂满了讽刺风格的图画。酒吧氛围非常轻松嬉皮，这里经常也有小型演出，最主要的是这里的酒水价格也很平易近人。这里虽然是著名的达达主义衍生地，但外国游客却非常的少，多是本国人或是expats。

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