The exhibition explores the linguistic experiments of the Dada movement that emerged at Zurich’s Cabaret Voltaire in 1916. No audio or film recordings of the original performances were made; prints, reports, sketches and scores therefore provide insight into what took place. Sound and simultaneous poems were recited, animal voices imitated, and the propaganda language of the First World War turned upside down. Experiences of migration, violence and precarity were translated into verses with and without words. Alongside historical documents, works by artists including Katalin Ladik and Babi Badalov connect these impulses with later and contemporary artistic practices. An accompanying programme invites dialogue with the public.