1. . (1 3 Movies.info)(1 22 3 Movies.info)Tristan Tzara , Dada andSurrealismBy, Michael E. Moats 1 23 Movies.info

2. Tristan Tzara (bornSamuel or SamyRosenstock, a.ka. S.Samyro; April 16 1896, inRomaniaBorn into a Jewish family,his 1st language wasprobably Yiddish, hissecond Romanian, and hisadopted language French.In fact the majority of hiswork was written inFrench. Having been sent awayto boarding school at 11,he actually started hiswriting career with themagazine Simbolul, underthe direction of AdrianManiu, when he was 16.Dada 1, ed. Tristan Tzara (Zurich, July 1917), cover, and Dada 2, ed.(PoemHunter.com)Tristan Tzara (Zurich, December 1917), cover. (Hoffman) 3. So Tzara was a majorpresident in Dada, themovement to end allmovements, in reaction to thatWar to end all wars, WWI or theGreat War.Avant-garde poet, essayistand performance artist. Alsoactive as a journalist,playwright, literary and artcritic, composer and filmdirector (Hoffman) So Tzara collaborated withother Romanian Jews notably Marcel and GeorgesJanco to start the Dadaistmovement. (Sanderson)Dada 3, ed. Tristan Tzara (Zurich,December 1918), cover. (Hoffman) 4. During WWI, Tzara joined MarcelJanco in Switzerland at the CabaretVoltaire and performed drama,recited his poetry and his Dadaistmanifestos. Though nobody knows where theterm comes from, some say Dadain French it means hobby horse.In German it means good-bye, Getoff my back, Be seeing yousometime. In Romanian: Yes,indeed, you are right, thatsit. (Spencer)Dada 3, ed. Tristan Tzara (Zurich, December 1918).(Hoffman) 5. From Dada ManifestoDadaist Disgust (KennethDouglas) Dada 45 (Anthologie Dada), ed. Tristan Tzara (Zurich, May 1919), cover. (Hoffman) 6. In Zrich, Tzara met many writers and artist who would later found the Dadaist movement. Among these were Hugo Ball and his wife Emmy Hennings, who ren whoent The Troupe in ZrichHugo Ball and his wifeEmmy Hennings, Hans Arp,Arthur Segal, Otto VanRees, Max Oppenheimer,Marcel Janco, RichardHuelsenbeck, and MarcelStodki. (Gullette) Though the movementbegan as a literary venue,it quickly moved toperformance and visualarts movement. (Sayre)Der Dada 3, ed. Raoul Hausmann (Berlin, April 1920), cover.(Hoffman) 7. Many authors, andartists from France,Germany, and Italy joinedthe movement. Eventually, artists fromthe United States joinedthe fray. (Hartt) 391 2, ed. Francis Picabia (Barcelona, February 10, 1917), cover.(Hoffman) 8. From France, it was MarcelDuchamp who led themovement with hisoutrageous paintings andsculptures. In thispainting,MarcelDuchampintegratesthe Cubistto theFuturistsin a braveDadaistway. Marcel Duchamp: Nude Descending a Staircase 1912 (Swanson) The Blind Man 1, eds. Marcel Duchamp, Beatrice Wood, and Henri-Pierre Roch (New York, April 10, 1917), cover. (Hoffman) 9. The photo to the leftshows Duchampsreadymade sculpture of aurinal, which he aptlycalled Fountain. (Hoffman) he Blind Man 2, eds. Marcel Duchamp, Beatrice Wood, and Henri-Pierre Roch (New York, May 1917), pp. 23. (Hoffman) 10. IIn 1918, Francis Picabia,and Marcel Duchamp, fromFrance, and Man Ray fromthe U.S., formed the Nihilistoffshoot from Dada.This movement wasextreme Dada, Nihilism isthe belief that all valuesare baseless and thatnothing can be known or Neozubair.worldpress.comcommunicated. It is oftenassociated with extremepessimism and aradical skepticism thatcondemns existence. A truenihilist would believe innothing, have no loyalties,and no purpose other than,perhaps, an impulse todestroy. (Pratt)www.niilists.net 11. Dada in Paris, 1920With: Louis Aragon,Breton, and Ribemont-Dessaignes, Arp andTzara from Zurich, ManRay and Picabia fromNew York, and Max Ernstfrom Cologne. (Sayre) ,(Hoffman) & (ArtHistory.net) Dada 6 (Bulletin Dada), ed. Tristan Tzara (Paris, February 1920), cover. (Hoffman) 12. Dadaism eventuallyevolved into Surrealism.Andr Breton led thecharge and change tosurrealism. (Hoffman) but secondsourced fro Bretons Manifeste du surrealismeMinotaure 10, ed. Albert Skira (Paris, Winter 1937), cover(Hofman). 13. Though theSurrealist movementbegan as a literarygenre, it too quicklyevolved into a visualart movement.To name a few:Andr Breton,Salvador Dal, Giorgiode Chirico, RobertDesnos, MarcelDuchamp, and MichelLeiris. We should also addthe Ultraistas likeJorge Luis Borges.(Hoffman), (Pratt) & (Spenser) La Rvolution surraliste 12, ed. Andr Breton (Paris, December 15, 1929), cover. (Hoffman) 14. I wrote this tribute to Dal and his expressedphilosophy of Gastro Esthetic Cannibalism when Iwas 18:To Dal or Gastro Aesthetic CannibalismMunching on fingers,I assimilate,osmosize sculpture art;grace metaphors.Those mothsnot butterflies in stomach,feed on each other,death-head victor,rends gastric-wallsin carnivore jaws.Lust tastes, wants and screams insatiably more!more!That wind, of hate, hungers for our warmth,gnaws at corners of cloth-skins,and sins.Beauty-day consumes beast-ugly-night, (Salvidordalipaintings.blogspot.com)and moon that sunand we that son of God? My favorite surrealist artist isTears and rivers erode-bits of wealth- Salvador Dal and this painting isfrom Earth and brow; called The Persistence of Memory(both being faces and planets)leavingonlyrotting fearsome stenchand time.Life in lark exaltation, death in black-raven shriek-cosmic orality-consuming all. 15. .Poems from BorgesLluviaBruscamente la tarde se haRainaclaradoThe afternoon has brightened up at lastPorque ya cae la lluvia minuciosa.For rain is falling, sudden and minute.Cae o cay. La lluvia es una cosaFalling or fallen. There is no dispute:Que sin duda sucede en el pasado.Rain is a thing that happens in the past.Quien la oye caer ha recobradoWho hears it fall retrieves a time that fledEl tiempo en que la suerteWhen an uncanny windfall could discloseventurosaTo him a flower by the name of roseLe revel una flor llamada rosaAnd the perplexing redness of its red.Y el curioso color del colorado.Falling until it blinds each windowpaneEsta lluvia que ciega los cristalesOut in a lost suburbia this rainAlegrar en perdidos arrabalesShall liven black grapes on a vine insideLas negras uvas de una parra enciertoA certain patio that is no more.A longed-awaited voice through thePatio que ya no existe. La mojadadownpourTarde me trae la voz, la vozdeseada,Is from my father. He has never died. . (A. Z.De mi padre que vuelve y que no haForman)muerto. (A. Z. Forman) 16. Tristan Tzara dies in 1963 Image: (1 2 3 Movies.info) Video: (YouTube) 17. Image: (1 2 3 Movies.info) Video: You tube 18. 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