IRL 500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Jean Arp, Hugo Ball, Neutral Party
17 Jul 2016
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They will tell you a little bit, just enough to hook you into the game of authenticity. Leaving it up to you will diminish their power as artists. Will say the ultimate meaning is up to you, so they"re not dictators about it. When you have money and they could sell stuff to you. First introduced eu contemporary art to us audience. Am public"s first exposure, used to hierarchy--lots of reviewers said it was ugly, offensive, terrible--obviously this attracted more attention. Ww1, switzerland neutral party surrounded by warring countries so all the artists who didn"t want to fight moved there. Ad in paper, inviting people to join cabaret voltaire. Voltaire: 18th c philosopher, freedom etc, had to leave france for switzerland. @cv, anything goes--start of free form improv style. New order to restore balance between heaven and hell. Uhhh so fundamentals , heaven and hell he isn"t really rejecting the hierarchy. Saying fundamental implies art has essentials, is not subjective.
