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Hugo Ball (German:; 22 February 1886 – 14 September 1927) was a German author, poet, and essentially the founder of the Dada movement in European art in Zürich in 1916. Among other accomplishments, he was a pioneer in the development of sound poetry .
Cabaret Voltaire is the birthplace of the Dada art movement, founded in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1916. It was founded by Hugo Ball and Emmy Hennings as a cabaret intended for artistic and political purposes. Other founding members were Marcel Janco, Richard Huelsenbeck, Tristan Tzara, Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Jean Arp.
The Dada Manifesto (French: Le Manifeste DaDa) is a short text written by Hugo Ball detailing the ideals underlying the Dadaist movement. It was presented at Zur Waag guildhall in Zürich at the first public Dada gathering on July 14, 1916. [ 1 ]
Cabaret Voltaire was launched by the German writer Hugo Ball in Zürich [2] and appeared on 31 May 1916. [3] In the magazine Hugo Ball announced the opening of an artistic nightclub with the same name, Cabaret Voltaire. [2] The publisher of the magazine was Julius Heuberger. [4] Its size was 21.5 x 27 cm (8½ x 10½ inches), and it had thirty ...
Max Ernst, 1920, Punching Ball (l'Immortalité de Buonarroti), photomontage, gouache and ink on photograph. The Dadaglobe solicitation letter, sent from Paris in early November 1920, requested four types of visual submissions—photographic portraits (which could be manipulated, but should "retain clarity"); original drawings; photographs of artworks; and designs for book pages—along with ...
Hugo Ball (February 22, 1886 – September 14, 1927) André Breton (February 19, 1896 – September 28, 1966) Gino Cantarelli (1899 – 1950) John Covert (painter) (May 22, 1887 – November 1918?) Jean Crotti (April 24, 1878 – January 30, 1958) Theo van Doesburg (August 30, 1883 – March 7, 1931) Marcel Duchamp (July 28, 1887 – October 2 ...
June 16 – Cleveland Museum of Art opens in the United States. July 14 – Hugo Ball recites the Dada manifesto in Zürich. Summer – Paul Strand experiments with 'straight' abstract photography at Twin Lakes (Connecticut). August 31 – Kestnergesellschaft founded in Hanover, Germany.
Dada (sometimes called Dadaism) is a post-World War I cultural movement in visual art as well as literature (mainly poetry), theatre and graphic design.The movement was a protest of the barbarism of the war; its works were characterized by a deliberate irrationality and the rejection of the prevailing standards of art.