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 Hennings , in the back room of Holländische Meierei, Spiegelgasse 1, on February 5, 1916, 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 .
14-495: Cabaret Voltaire may refer to: Cabaret Voltaire (Zürich) , a Swiss cabaret founded in 1916, distinguished by the involvement of Dada artists Cabaret Voltaire (band) , a British industrial/techno musical group Cabaret Voltaire (magazine) , a Dada magazine published in 1916 in Zurich Cabaret Voltaire , a 1916 painting by Marcel Janco Cabaret Voltaire,
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42-517: A film projection by Werner Nekes , and the 2008 exhibition Dreamachine: David Woodard, Sheela Birnstiel, Christian Kracht. More recently, Cabaret Voltaire has adopted personalities and celebrated them as Dadaists, such as Alexander Archipenko , Tatsuo Okada and Mikhail Bakunin . Cabaret Voltaire sponsored the restoration of Bakunin's grave plate in the Bremgarten cemetery in Bern , adding
56-539: A group of artists describing themselves as neo-Dadaists, organised by Mark Divo , squatted the building to protest its planned closure. They declared that it was a signal for a new generation of artists to align themselves with a revival of Dada . Over a period of three months there was a number of performances, parties, poetry evenings and film nights. Among the participating artists were Ingo Giezendanner , Lennie Lee , Leumund Cult , Mickry3, xeno volcano, elektra sturmschnell, Aiana Calugar, and Dan Jones. The building
70-533: A portrait by Swiss artist Daniel Garbade and the Bakunin quote: "By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible." In 2020, the first season of the television show The Fugitive Game , which focusses on German poet Emmy Hennings , was filmed on location at Cabaret Voltaire. 47°22′18″N 8°32′38″E / 47.37167°N 8.54389°E / 47.37167; 8.54389 Cabaret Voltaire (magazine) Cabaret Voltaire
84-480: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cabaret Voltaire (Z%C3%BCrich) The cabaret proved pivotal in the founding of the anarchic art movement known as Dada . In 2013, the Cabaret Voltaire performances were collectively ranked by Dale Eisinger of Complex as the 25th best work of performance art in history. Cabaret Voltaire closed in
98-767: The back room for events. The press release on 2 February 1916 announcing the opening of the club reads: The Cabaret Voltaire. Under this name a group of young artists and writers has formed with the object of becoming a center for artistic entertainment. In principle, the Cabaret will be run by artists, permanent guests, who, following their daily reunions, will give musical or literary performances. Young Zürich artists, of all tendencies, are invited to join us with suggestions and proposals. The cabaret featured spoken word , dance and music. The soirees were often raucous events with artists experimenting with new forms of performance, such as sound poetry and simultaneous poetry. Mirroring
112-413: The face of their artistic disciplines; featured artists included Wassily Kandinsky , Paul Klee , Giorgio de Chirico , Sophie Taeuber-Arp , and Max Ernst . On 28 July 1916, Ball read out his Dada Manifesto . In June, Ball had also published a journal with the same name. It featured work from artists such as the poet Guillaume Apollinaire , and had a cover designed by Arp. The cabaret closed in
126-468: The maelstrom of World War I raging around it, the art it exhibited was often chaotic and brutal. On at least one occasion, the audience attacked the cabaret's stage. Though the cabaret was to be the birthplace of the Dadaist movement, it featured artists from every sector of the avant-garde, including Futurism's Marinetti . The cabaret exhibited radically experimental artists, many of whom went on to change
140-481: The same name, Cabaret Voltaire . The publisher of the magazine was Julius Heuberger. Its size was 21.5 x 27 cm (8½ x 10½ inches), and it had thirty-two pages. Five hundred copies of the magazine were issued. Cabaret Voltaire published articles in French and German. Its format was conventional, and the magazine featured work by the Dadaist, Futurist and Cubist artists. The successor of Cabaret Voltaire
154-567: The summer of 1916, but the Cabaret was revived in the same building in the 21st century. Switzerland was a neutral country during World War I and among the many refugees coming to Zürich were artists from all over Europe. Ball and Hennings approached Ephraim Jan, patron of the Holländische Meierei at Spiegelgasse 1, which had already hosted Zürich's first literary cabaret, the Pantagruel in 1915. Jan permitted them to use
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#1732772791035168-575: The summer of 1916. While the Dada movement was just beginning, by 1917 the excitement generated by Cabaret Voltaire had fizzled out, and the artists moved on to other places in Zürich such as the Galerie Dada at Bahnhofstrasse 19, and later Paris and Berlin. After the turn of the millennium, the building which had housed Cabaret Voltaire in 1916 had fallen into disrepair, and in the winter of 2001/2002
182-577: Was a one-issue Dadaist art magazine which was published in May 1916 in Zürich , Switzerland. Its subtitle was eine Sammlung künstlerischer und literarischer Beiträge (German: A collection of artistic and literary contributions ). Cabaret Voltaire was launched by the German writer Hugo Ball in Zürich and appeared on 31 May 1916. In the magazine Hugo Ball announced the opening of an artistic nightclub with
196-484: Was decorated on the outside as well as the inside. Thousands of people from around Zürich took part in the experiment. On April 2, 2002 police evicted the occupants. A new cabaret has since opened in the building, with an extensive programme of events such as, Hugo Ball: Fuga saeculi, in 2008, curated by Bazon Brock and included a performance of Gabriella Daris' corporeal poem LopLop: WORD or WOman biRD (an homage to Max Ernst 's namesake collage from 1921) as well as
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