{"title": "unlesbar", "start": "2026-11-01T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Museum Strauhof", "address": "Augustinergasse 9, 8001 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art", "literature"], "description": "«unlesbar» is a special exhibition with 42 documents from the Swiss Literary Archive that are barely legible, distorted, encrypted, blacked out or crossed out. It asks what happens when we cannot read characters straight away: the illegible irritates, but also awakens curiosity and the allure of decipherment. Each document carries a riddle waiting to be solved, while at the same time developing a visual aesthetic of its own. The exhibition is a journey through time and space, from ancient writing systems via graphic design and unreadable classics to the whirl of signs in today's fast-moving present.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/unlesbar-59603/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ece1da2b3c056751ee3e1a4f5c1ea26b7d9a1adc143d443c1e75e5a6c0231a6e-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-01T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Museum Strauhof", "address": "Augustinergasse 9, 8001 Zürich", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "unlesbar", "start": "2026-10-09T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2027-01-03T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Strauhof", "address": "", "price": "CHF 10 / CHF 6 reduced; free for children up to 16 and members", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/design/graphic-design", "literature"], "description": "Unlesbar is an exhibition about writing that cannot be read at once, which unsettles yet also sparks curiosity. It is shown at the Strauhof and presents 42 documents from the Swiss Literary Archive, hardly legible or altered, enciphered, blacked out and struck through. The exhibition spans ancient writing systems, graphic design and typography up to (un)readable literary classics and the swirling signs of a fast-moving present. It develops a visual aesthetic that fascinates independently of the content.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/unlesbar-6296/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ccf1f6ed6c2335d08e74155ef7d9c46b75bdc8580d9466fc5f6d289d19e5a197-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Grafik. Visuelle Gestaltung im Alltag", "start": "2026-07-17T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2027-04-04T00:00:00+02:00", "place": "Landesmuseum", "address": "Museumstrasse 2", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.zuerich-kultur.ch/kultur/zuerich/museen/kunsthaus.zuerich/kunsthaus.zuerich.html#seg140471", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/design/graphic-design"], "description": "The exhibition \"Grafik. Visuelle Gestaltung im Alltag\" shows the power of visual communication in everyday life. It draws on the extensive graphics collection of the Swiss National Museum. Historical posters and objects illustrate how graphic design creates desire, conveys stereotypes and shapes cultural identities. The second part makes design tools and craft processes visible, and interactive stations invite visitors to try things out themselves.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/grafik-visuelle-gestaltung-im-alltag-69481/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dd602af7e9cdab973f1e764158a62c4584f10e83e6f4f126f0db58b91b543806-600.webp"}, {"title": "Silent Reading Rave", "start": "2026-11-06T22:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Literaturhaus Zürich", "address": "Limmatquai 62, 8001 Zürich", "price": "Eintritt frei, keine Anmeldung notwendig", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "A silent reading rave: a crowd reads side by side in the reading room of the Literaturhaus, a space otherwise open to members only. It is run by the Zurich association Silent Reading Rave, which brings people together to read all over Switzerland. You bring your own reading matter – comics, Goethe, pulp fiction – or pick a book from the book table provided by the Literaturhaus. Admission is free and no registration is needed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/silent-reading-rave-642/", "official_url": "https://literaturhaus.ch/veranstaltungen/silent-reading-rave-4/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9c07644628ed4260b208c95661665d124d8f30469d39ddf866a6459de19697e5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Poetischer Rundgang: Es knospt unter den Blättern", "start": "2026-11-08T15:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T16:00:00+01:00", "place": "Kunsthaus", "address": "Heimplatz 1, 8001 Zürich", "price": "CHF 30 (Erwachsene) / CHF 15 (Mitglieder)", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.kunsthaus.ch/besuch-planen/programm/poetischer-rundgang-26-2/tickets", "category": "tours", "tags": ["literature/poetry", "art"], "description": "\"Poetischer Rundgang: Es knospt unter den Blättern\" is a tour for adults at the Kunsthaus Zürich. On this dialogically guided walk with Barbara Hellermann, poetry and artworks meet and awaken new periods of time. The autumnally colourful walk opens up fresh insights into transience and eternity.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/poetischer-rundgang-es-knospt-unter-den-blattern-6123/", "official_url": "https://www.kunsthaus.ch/besuch-planen/programm/poetischer-rundgang-26-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0dbf3563ae5c40f2e4e1d4b504df8eebae644cbe0b2d09e55ae7ff8e774db074-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Kunstlabor für alle", "start": "2026-11-01T11:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T16:00:00+01:00", "place": "Kunsthaus Bibliothek", "address": "Rämistrasse 45, 8001 Zürich", "price": "Im Eintrittsticket inbegriffen", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://tickets.kunsthaus.ch/de/home", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "'Kunstlabor für alle' is a workshop titled 'Das intuitive Bild - Experimentieren mit Lassnig & Munch' at the Kunsthaus Zürich. It is a free experimentation space for personal expression where perfection and classical rules can be forgotten. Feelings, bodily perceptions and inner states are put directly and unfiltered onto paper, from wild colour combinations to unconventional tools. No registration is needed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/kunstlabor-fur-alle-28110/", "official_url": "https://www.kunsthaus.ch/besuch-planen/programm/kunstlabor-26-9/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/580752906071991cfa094c5a59a43df3c199a647b0b8c21d5d02dfa8d9a4ed2a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Silent Reading Rave", "start": "2026-10-31T11:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-31T14:00:00+01:00", "place": "Gleis", "address": "", "price": "gratis", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "Silent Reading Rave is a cultural project from Zurich that brings people together to read quietly in company. It is run by a non-profit association from Zurich that wants to celebrate the joy of reading and promote literature across Switzerland. For about two hours, everyone reads their own book – a novel, magazine or study texts – in as complete silence as possible. You bring your own reading material; some books from the publisher Kein&Aber are available.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/silent-reading-rave-20703/", "official_url": "https://www.silentreadingrave.com/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f6a8e46abb2170401788d74886c77b648b981c38a3e48c01c57a10d6443fe5f7-600.webp"}, {"title": "SHIT HAPPENS!", "start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kunstraum Hartdurm", "address": "", "price": "free entry", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://cryptoshit.info/draw", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/media-art/digital-art"], "description": "\"SHIT HAPPENS!\" is a special exhibition in which 128 works gradually disappear from the wall of an art space in Zurich. Behind the project is Zurich-based artist Marco Spitzbarth (iBulla), who generated the CRTSHT series algorithmically in 2021 and anchored it with all sorts of cryptic information. The works are distributed through three drawings known as \"draws\" – every ticket wins, and with each draw another picture disappears from the wall until the exhibition dissolves. Each 20 × 20 cm original print comes with an inlay full of references to the 2021 NFT hype, a sealed private key and more.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/shit-happens-59594/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5fda3260e4e45ac6a441281539117de3069f15d9d201e9183eab53bf65f0bb51-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Sabine Marcelis – Light and Color", "start": "2026-10-30T10:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Museum für Gestaltung", "address": "Ausstellungsstrasse 60, 8005 Zürich", "price": "kostenlos und ohne Anmeldung", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/design"], "description": "This is the opening (vernissage) of the exhibition \"Sabine Marcelis – Light and Color\" at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich at the Toni-Areal. It centers on designer Sabine Marcelis and her work with light and color, presented by the museum. The evening opens with welcome remarks and an introduction by museum director Christian Brändle and curator Damian Fopp, after which the exhibition is open. Admission is free and without registration, the event is accessible and offers sign language interpretation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/sabine-marcelis-light-and-color-6311/", "official_url": "https://museum-gestaltung.ch/de/events/sabine-marcelis-light-and-color-2026-10-29", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6ae593042cb7d31c34335bd77f1577f778966871f515ac1cff933847f4461390-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Silent Book Club", "start": "2026-11-05T14:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ETH OAT", "address": "Andreasstrasse 5, 8050 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "The Silent Book Club is a get-together where everyone reads quietly in their own book, as there is no prescribed reading. It is run by the Self-Access Center (SLZ) of the Language Center of the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich. We just meet and share our silent reading for an hour, and at the SLZ we help participants to find the ideal reading for their desired language, level and interests. Register online or just drop by!", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/silent-book-club-8318/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}