Cabaret Voltaire 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).[1]
| Categories | Art magazine |
|---|---|
| Founder | Hugo Ball |
| Founded | 1916 |
| First issue | 31 May 1916 |
| Final issue | 31 May 1916 |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Based in | Zürich |
| Language |
History and profile edit
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-two pages.[3] Five hundred copies of the magazine were issued.[3]
Cabaret Voltaire published articles in French and German.[4] Its format was conventional, and the magazine featured work by the Dadaist, Futurist and Cubist artists.[4]
The successor of Cabaret Voltaire was Dada, an art and literary review launched by Tristan Tzara.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Cabaret Voltaire: eine Sammlung künstlerischer und literarischer Beiträge". Iowa University Library. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ a b Dietmar Elger (2004). Dadaism. Taschen. p. 19. ISBN 978-3-8228-2946-2.
- ^ a b c Emily Hage (2016). "A "Living Magazine": Hugo Ball's Cabaret Voltaire". The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory. 91 (4): 396, 399. doi:10.1080/00168890.2016.1224912. S2CID 191888004.
- ^ a b c d Irene E. Hofmann (1996). "Documents of Dada and Surrealism: Dada and Surrealist Journals in the Mary Reynolds Collection". Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies. 22 (2): 132–133. doi:10.2307/4104318. JSTOR 4104318.
External links edit
- Digital archive of the magazine, Iowa University Library