Karawane

E297086

Karawane is a famous sound poem by Dadaist artist Hugo Ball, known for its nonsensical syllables and performance in Zurich’s Cabaret Voltaire.

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Karawane canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dada work
poem
sound poem
artisticMovement Dada
associatedMovementFigure Emmy Hennings
Marcel Janco
Richard Huelsenbeck
Tristan Tzara
associatedWithArtist Hugo Ball
associatedWithVenue Cabaret Voltaire
author Hugo Ball
countryOfFirstPerformance Switzerland
creator Hugo Ball
firstPerformanceCity Zurich
firstPerformanceLocation Cabaret Voltaire
form sound poetry
genre nonsense poetry
hasCharacteristic emphasis on sound over sense
invented words
lack of semantic meaning
rhythmic repetition
hasInfluenceOn experimental performance art
later sound poetry
hasReception considered a key work of Dada sound poetry
hasStructure sequence of invented syllables
hasTitleLanguage German
historicalContext World War I era
language nonsense language
literaryPeriod modernism
literaryTradition 20th-century avant-garde literature
medium performance
printed text
movement Dada
movementContext European avant-garde
notableFor phonetic structure
use of nonsensical syllables
originalIntendedMode live recitation
partOf Dada performances at Cabaret Voltaire
performanceType spoken performance
publicationStatus published
theme critique of rationality through nonsense
subversion of conventional language
titleMeaning caravan in German
usesTechnique alliteration
assonance
rhythmic chanting

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Dada hasKeyWork Karawane
Hugo Ball notableWork Karawane