Zestival / ZW Opening

The "Zesitval" was the week-long grand opening celebration after the 3-year planning and construction process of the Asossciation Zentralwäscherei (ZW). This celebration united raves, concerts, theater, performance, screen printing and disscusion panels.

During the process, I planned, constructed and guided the whole technical setup from 2020 to end of 2021. Having a extremly small budget ment getting creative on all ends. What ensued was the biggest, legal, non-professional construction site in Switzerland. The created atmosphere brought a sense of wonder to the environment. People rising to the occasion, friendships beeing formed.

Every Newspaper wrote about the newly opened cultural space in the middle of Zurich and how its beeing looked at from the different political spectrums. Who it's benefitting and who it's leaving behind.

We as the association Zentralwäscherei are committed to a non profit, political, cultural space with a variety of uses, where people can try out and experiment. In particular, people, collectives, initiatives and projects that do this and do not yet have their own permanent place in the city of Zurich should find space in the ZW.
We do not operate for profit and there is no compulsion to consume. We strive to be self-supporting, without the lack of money for the use of the space being an insurmountable obstacle.
We want to promote exchange, synergies, collaborations and interactions - between the association, organizers, visitors, neighbors and other interested parties.
We create an inviting space in which many things are allowed to happen and which actively seeks the open participation of new people. We create a space of possibility that can also be actively shaped and experienced by visitors.
We strive for diversity in the organization, its structure and the program that emerges from it. We desire diversity in the areas of gender, age, social, cultural and ethnic origin, and sexual orientation.