Georg Haslinger - by Nigel A JAMES
Georg Haslinger
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Dadi
Georg
Haslinger is an artist endifierence! His style and his life
which include painting, curating, theatre and much more, too, are
mature combinations of styles which lean to both
abstract and traditional. And, in order to understand the way that
he is and where he is going, a brief understanding of Dadaism is
called for!
Dadaism
was an artistic movement which started in Zurich during the first
world war. Its aims were to illustrate the perversity and absurdity
of war by demonstrating against all artistic convention by means of
its own designs and thinking. This almost dogmatic process
included fine arts, applied arts, literature, and
practically everything else as well! And, Kurt Switters was the
Dadaiist literary giant who influenced George Haslinger in a very big
way. For, he, too, just like Georg Haslinger, was a lone star shining
in the world of art and creation. And, that which Kurt Switters
wrote was deeply fantastic in a very wide meaning!
Kurt
Switters was – and still is - especially well known for two of his
“very open to interpretation” works. The first one being Anna
Blume, a penetratingly beautiful love poem, and, the second
was his great theatrical work The Ursonate, a play based upon Raoul
Hausmann's Poster Poems. And, its first performance in Switzerland
was not only provocative, but also a shocker! And, it's still just
as moving as always! And the good news is, The Ursonate is
coming again.
Georg Haslinger is putting it on again next March in Vienna. And, this
conventional unconventional piece is bound to touch all those
who see it in some way or other! And, The Ursonate's opening line is
possibly its best introduction.
“Fumms
bö wö tää zää Uu, pögiff, kwii Ee”
See
you at the theatre next March!
The
countdown has begun, da Da is rising again!
And,
Diarikom will be providing full details soon!
Selected Vocabulary
Selected Vocabulary
applied
arts – Angewandte Kunst
bound
to – guaranteed – mit Sicherheit
dogmatic
– dogmatisch
endifierence
– unique – einzigartig
fine
arts – Bildende Kunst
lean
– neigen
mature
– reif/e
moving
– bewegend
penetratingly
– tief eindringlich
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is sponsored by Mag. Karl Brieber
Wirtschaftstreuhänder
– Steuerberater – Unternehmensberater
