Dada • 1918 • II
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Kathryn Smith, Roger van Wyk
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4 August 2022
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Dada • 1918 • II
A Freudian-inspired adaptation of the play II re Cervo (King Stag) by the 18th-century Venetian satirist Carlo Gozzi opens at the Swiss Marionette Theatre in Zürich. Sophie Taeuber constructs the sets and marionettes for the various characters, including Dr. Oedipus Complex and the Ur-Libido Fairy.
An entry from the timeline included in the exhibition Dada South? Experimentation, Radicalism and Resistance (2009–2010) at the Iziko National Gallery, which proposed connections between art production in South Africa and abroad against the social and political contexts that framed them. A revised version of this timeline was later featured in the retroactive Flight Paths (2011) exhibition guide commissioned by Clare Butcher.