L'Usine
Bar, Salle de concert, Club, Magasin, Salle de répétition, Studio d'enregistrement | Divers
Opened in 1989, L'Usine is an important self-managed cultural center in Switzerland and is highly regarded by its European neighbors. The umbrella association claims a work ethic based on self-management, multiculturalism and openness to others.
L'Usine is an umbrella association that brings together about twenty collectives and associations, the most visible of which are the public places that offer a program of live shows, concerts, cinema, exhibitions, performances, festivals and parties. The Usine also hosts a multitude of workshops and creation spaces.
If each group has its own functioning, certain ideas and practices are shared by all: rejection of profit as the only goal of activities, of any form of competition or hierarchy between individuals and between disciplines.