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"Das letzte Grasen“ bringt das Thema Ernährung und Klimawirkung als künstlerisch-kulturelles Format ins Quartier. Mit Installationen, Veranstaltungen und Dialogformaten wird ein spielerischer und reflektierter Zugang zu Konsum, Tierhaltung und Ernährung geschaffen. So entsteht ein öffentlicher Raum für Austausch, Irritation und neue Perspektiven.

«Hinweis des Projektteams: Der gewählte Standort bringt besondere Rahmenbedingungen mit sich. Für die Umsetzung ist zu prüfen, in welchem Umfang und in welcher Form die geplanten Elemente auf der Kollerwiese realisierbar sind oder andere Flächen genutzt werden könnten.»

The Last Grazing – A Meadow for the Future

Avatar: Soya the Cow Soya the Cow

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What should be created?
The Kollerwiese is the green living room of Alt-Wiedikon. This is where children play, young people chill out, residents walk — and this is where sparrows peck, dogs romp, earthworms burrow. With "The Last Grazing", the Kollerwiese becomes a place of encounter, questioning and cultural change: a multi-year cultural project that questions the relationship between city and nature, people and other animals, climate and nutrition and makes it possible to experience it in a different way. *** Nutrition is the biggest personal climate lever — and at the same time the most sensitive. Beef and dairy products are responsible for a large proportion of Switzerland's diet-related greenhouse gas emissions. We want to bring this topic into the neighborhood: not with pointing fingers and bans, but through a playful and honest approach to facts and one's own contradictions — with humor, art, real conversations and a big wooden cow. *** The project consists of seven elements: 🐄 1. THE COW SCULPTURE — A walk-in wooden sculpture made of Swiss wood, with a platform on its back as a stage for concerts, DJ sets, readings and performances. The visible heart of the project, which will stand on the meadow for the entire duration. 🎵 2. ARTISTIC PROGRAM — Regular events around sculpture: music, theater, spoken word, art walks through the neighborhood, curated by Soya the Cow (performance artist Daniel Hellmann). Artists can voluntarily sign a Pledge: Advocacy for Beef and Dairy-Free Diets in their work. 🌿 3. INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION — Seasonal open-air exhibition (spring-autumn) with stations spread across the meadow: an interactive climate scale (CO₂ equivalents of food), a walk-in cow diary (ecological footprint from calf to plate), a confessional (anonymous confession for beef eaters, without condemnation, with humorous absolution ritual), and a craving corner with tactile udder stations for those who miss dairy products. 🤝 4. EXIT BEEF — neighborhood dialogue program with restaurants, shops, supermarkets and canteens. Collaborative, not confrontational. Businesses that implement measures receive the label "Partner Das letzte Grasen" and are made visible in the neighbourhood. 📣 5. POSTERS & FLYER — The quarter is being used: advertising columns, tram stations, shop windows, bulletin boards. "The last grazing begins now." — "Kollerwiese. Something is growing here." 🐮 6. FLASH MOB "MOOING FOR THE CLIMATE" — Unique neighborhood flash mob with cow print clothing and collective mooing. Playful, collective, documented as a viral format. 💬 7. TALK SERIES "HOW WILL WE LIVE TOMORROW?" — Open discussion evenings on the meadow: What does Switzerland look like without industrial animal production? What happens to farms, areas, landscapes? How do we live as a neighbourhood and city in a post-animal industry society? Guests: Farmers with TransFARMation experience (Narr farm, over 200 farms accompanied), experts from Protein Transition Switzerland and Sentience Protein Lab.***
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MovingTowardsZero – Tanzhaus Zürich (26–28 June 2026) / Art Festival – Hof Narr (04–05 July 2026) / Tasty Future Food Initiative
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Association 3art3 / Daniel Hellmann in cooperation with Moin Moin Productions, a.o.
Are you implementing the idea alone or are you still looking for comrades-in-arms?
I/we are still looking for comrades-in-arms
Describe the place(s)
Kollerwiese
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