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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] The choice of this date, Bastille Day, was important to Ball as it carried significance as a protest ...
In 1916, Hugo Ball created the Dada Manifesto, making a political statement about his views on the terrible state of society and acknowledging his dislike for philosophies of the past that claimed to possess the ultimate truth. In the manifesto Ball aimed to legitimize the new artistic movement's ambition to not merely "write poetry with words ...
Hugo Ball recited the first Dada manifesto at Cabaret Voltaire on July 14, 1916. The second Dada manifesto was recited by Tristan Tzara at the Salle Meise on March 23, 1918, and published in Dada, No. 3 (Zurich, December 1918).
Tristan Tzara (French: [tʁistɑ̃ dzaʁa]; Romanian: [trisˈtan ˈt͡sara]; born Samuel or Samy Rosenstock, also known as S. Samyro; 28 April [ O.S. 16 April] 1896 [ 1 ] – 25 December 1963) was a Romanian avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist. Also active as a journalist, playwright, literary and art critic, composer and film ...
Cabaret Voltaire (Zürich) Coordinates: 47°22′18″N 8°32′38″E. Poster for the opening of the Cabaret Voltaire on 5 February 1916. Lithograph by Marcel Slodki. Cabaret Voltaire was the name of a short-lived nightclub in Zürich, Switzerland, in 1916, revived in the 21st century. It was founded by Hugo Ball, with his companion Emmy ...
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. September 19 – Edvard Munch 's paintings for the Aula ...
Movement. Dada. Raoul Hausmann (July 12, 1886 – February 1, 1971) was an Austrian artist and writer. One of the key figures in Berlin Dada, his experimental photographic collages, sound poetry, and institutional critiques would have a profound influence on the European Avant-Garde in the aftermath of World War I.
Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (June 19, 1884 – July 9, 1974) was a French writer and artist associated with the Dada movement. He was born in Montpellier and died in Saint-Jeannet. In addition to numerous early paintings, Ribemont-Dessaignes wrote plays, poetry, manifestos and opera librettos. He contributed to the Dada (and later surrealist ...