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Dada Sounds

February 5, 2016 marked 100 years since the founding of the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, and thus the beginning of Dada.Dada Sounds

To mark the occasion, Cities and Memory: Dada Sounds celebrated a century of Dadaism by applying the techniques and practices of Dada to field recordings from around the world, bringing a Dadaist approach to the concepts of sound, place and memory and creating a new, Dada-inspired sound world.

The project features:

  • 28 countries, taking in everywhere from Iceland and Canada and from India to Vietnam.
  • Iconic Dada locations including Berlin, Paris and the very doorstep of the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich.
  • 77 sound artists, musicians and field recordists taking part from across the world, each bringing their own interpretation to the project.

You can explore the project in full here.