Kurt schwitters ursonate wccmta, april 2628, victoria, bc example 6. He worked in several genres and media, including dadaism, constructivism, surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, collage, sculpture, typography and what came to be known as installation art. This fortyminute phonetic poem is one of the legends of dadaism, an artistic movement that arose in zurich. Schwitters is recognized for his unique contribution to twentiethcentury art and literature.
Placing the sound work of schwitters within his full merz project, the author assesses the relations between the ursonate and the final merzbau. The kurt schwitters society was founded in 2010 in order to facilitate communication between those interested in. Kurt schwitters was a german painter associated with the dada movement, who worked in several genres and media, including poetry, sound, painting, sculpture, graphic design, typography and what came to be known as installation art. Kurt schwitters, the lake poet by harriet staff poetry. Kay sage and yves tanguy exhibition with curators stephen robeson miller and jonathan stuhlman. My second channel for behind the scenes and other random things. Some words to kurt schwitters ursonate, by jaap blonk kurt schwitters was born in hannover in 1887. Ursonate, an album by kurt schwitters, alexander voigt on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Schwitters worked in several genres and mediums, including dada, constructivism, surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, collage, sculpture, typography and what came to be known as installations. Ursonate01sonate via cb bilingual edition pdf hypothesis. Ursonate was first performed by german artist kurt schwitters in potsdam, 1925. This is a segment from my historical documentaryinprogress on the dada movement titled, random acts of beauty. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
This essay centers on a rare and unknown version of the revolutionary sound poem, the ursonate, which the german avantgarde artist kurt schwitters composed between 1922 and 1932. Kurt schwitters was born on june 20, 1887 in hanover, germany. It became a regular and wellknown performance for the dadaist, undergoing several adaptations over the years. Hannover, alemania, 1887 ambleside, inglaterra, 1948. The hanover dadaist group was headed by kurt schwitters, an artist who, although inspired by the revolutionary atmosphere of postwar germany, was more in tune with the values of constructive abstraction than with the. Kurt hermann eduard karl julius schwitters 20 june 1887 8 january 1948 was a german artist who was born in hanover, germany.
Kurt schwitters june 20, 1887 january 8, 1948 was a german painter who played an important role in dada. Transmedia artist lynn book performed kurt schwitters ursonate 1922 in the charlotte and philip hanes arts gallery at wake forest university in north carolina on november 5, 20. Schwitters, kurt 18871948 german artist, poet, essayist, dramatist, novelist, and shortstory writer. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from kurt schwitters at the discogs marketplace. It is the primeval sound, at once before and beyond sense. This video was created for the university course artefatti e sistemi complessi at the politecnico of milan.
Kurt schwitters exhibition in mexico city of collages. Associated with the dada movement, painter, poet, and mixedmedia artist kurt schwitters is best known for his collage and assemblage works in which he transformed appropriated imagery and text from print media into dynamic and layered compositions. The importance of kurt schwitters extends to more branches of. Ursonate by kurt schwitters from amazons classical music store. Born in hanover, kurt schwitters studied at a local school of arts and crafts and then, from 1909 until 1914, at the royal academy of art in dresden.
Written in 1922 and continuously modified until it reached its final form around 1932, the ursonate, or sonate in urlauten sonata in primal sounds was one expression of schwitters very own brand of dadaism, which he referred to as merz. Color and collage when and where through june 26, princeton university art museum, elm lane, off nassau street, princeton, n. Aug 31, 2008 jaap blonks live performance of kurt schwitters ursonate, augmented by realtime live computational typography by golan levin. Blonk performs ursonate with realtime typography youtube. Percufest international percussion festival youtube. The final version, however, developed by way of innumerable performances given by schwitters between 1926 and 1932. Refused by the berlin dadaists, he started a oneman dada group in hannover called merz. Were excited to see that the tate is hosting a retrospective of kurt schwitters s late work. The most famous was the merzbau, the transformation of six or possibly more rooms of the family house in hannover, waldhausenstrasse 5. The pressing was officially destroyed and unofficially went underground. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. He wouldnt allow any other versions of the work except his fathers one. Mp3 introduction to lynn books performance by amy catanzano 8. As with his famed visual collages, schwitters poem breaks down language to its constituent parts and reassembles them to find new meaning in the seemingly irrational.
Performance at stuk kunstencentrum, leuven, january 2007. Schwitters worked in several genres and mediums, including dada, surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, collage, sculpture, and what came to be known as installations. When he was 14, he had his first epileptic fit, signifying the start of a recurring condition that the artist felt continually impacted how he related to the world. As a boy, he travelled with his father to the 1900 worlds fair in paris. Kurt schwitters june 20, 1887 january 8, 1948 was a german painter who was born in hannover, germany.
Written in 1922 and continuously modified until it reached its final form around 1932, the ursonate, or sonate in urlauten sonata in primal sounds was one expression of schwitters very own brand of. Schwitters worked in several genres and mediums, including dada, surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, collage, sculpture, and. Kurt schwitters ursonate famous sound poem by the dadaist kurt schwitters. Jaap blonks live performance of kurt schwitters ursonate, augmented by realtime live computational typography by golan levin. This performance marks the rare occasion of a woman publicly performing schwitters sound poem, first performed by book in 1984 at chicago filmmakers and more. Ursonate redcat roy and edna disneycalarts theater. This paper notes the importance of kurt schwitters s merz project to the modernist politics and poetics of exile of the 20th century. Event in munich, germany by muffatwerk on monday, october 30 2017. Since 1993, a cd containing the complete ursonate has been distributed as an original performance by kurt schwitters wergo, mainz, wer 63042. The exact date and place of this recording is unknown. May 18, 2005 kurt schwitters was born in hannover in 1887. Mp3 transmedia artist lynn book performed kurt schwitters ursonate 1922 in the. Schwitters studied at the dresden academy of art with otto dix and george grosz, and after.
Kurt schwitters epic sound poem ursonate is an enigma that has perplexed scholars for decades, or would have done, had its solution not long been considered a sisyphean impossibility. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Soon after world war i schwitters was attracted by the emerging dada school, a nihilistic literary and artistic movement dedicated to the destruction of existing aesthetic values. He is most famous for his collages, called merz pictures. Kinetic typography of the dada poetry ursonate by kurt schwitters. Schwitters worked in several genres and media, including dadaism. The exhibition, which features more than 180 works, traces schwitters journey in britain from an internment camp on the isle of man during the second world war to the london art scene to the lake district where he began work on his nowfamous merz barn until his death in 1948.
Kurt schwitters jaap blonk ursonate 1986, vinyl discogs. He discusses three of these relationscollage, found objects and the structures of. Composite rhythm of long additive process on fumms bo wo taa zaa uu pogiff the complete text of kurt schwitters ursonate may be found and downloaded at. These are the first lines of the kurt schwitters ursonate, or sonata in primal sounds. Get all the lyrics to songs by kurt schwitters and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Mz 410 irgendsowas something or other 1922 collage difficult c. Kurt hermann eduard karl julius schwitters 20 june 1887 8 january 1948 was a german artist who was born in hanover, germany schwitters worked in several genres and media, including dadaism, constructivism, surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, sculpture, graphic design, typography, and what came to be known as installation art. Kurt schwitters, german dada artist and poet, best known for his collages and relief constructions. Kurt schwitters ursonate in four movements on vimeo. It took artist kurt schwitters ten years to write the epic sound poem ursonate, a sonata in primordial sound.
One of the most important art works and myths in modern art, the inspiration for many installation artists, and still one of the most well known and published works by kurt schwitters 18871948, the merzbau, in fact, no longer exists. Ursonate, sprengel museum hannover, kurt schwitters archive kurt schwitters performing his ursonate, london. This segment introduces us to kurt schwitters, tells of his. Kurt schwitters ursonate is the sound poem to end all sound poems. The authenticity of the recording has been doubted since its release by artists, scholars, and critics due to the manner of the interpretation and the pitch of the speakers voice. For more than 90 years, the work has inspired visual artists, composers, choreographers, and musicians. View gigapixel image full size image download image view in virtual tour print page. Lynn book performing kurt schwitters ursonate ursonate performance, wake forest university, winstonsalem, north carolina, november 5, 20. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Schwitters took the poems first line from the opening of a poster poem by the dadaist raoul hausmann and, over a tenyear period, expanded it and developed.
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