Jedermann sein eigner Fussball
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| - | :In [[1918]], there was a [[Dada manifesto]] by the [[German Dada]]ists that demanded the introduction of progressive [[unemployment]] through the comprehensive [[mechanization]] of every field of activity, for, "only by unemployment does it become possible for the individual to achieve certainty as to the truth of life and finally become accustomed to experience." | + | '''"Jedermann sein eigner Fussball"''' ("Everyman His Own Football") was an illustrated bimonthly published by [[Malik Verlag]] ([[Wieland Herzfelde]]'s publishing house). The satirical periodical in tabloid format was published on February 15, 1919, and confiscated immediately on publication by the police. It includes two photomontages by [[John Heartfield]] on the front cover and six line drawings by [[George Grosz]]. Texts by Herzfelde, [[Walter Mehring]], [[Mynona]]; other contributors jointly credited include [[Richard Huelsenbeck]], [[Erwin Piscator]], [[Karl Nierendorf]], and [[J.H. Kuhlemann]]. The cover's typeface and layout used satirise contemporary trends in conservative German newspaper design. |
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| - | The [[Dada]] groups in [[Germany]] were not as strongly ''[[anti-art]]'' as other groups. Their activity and art was more [[politics|political]] and [[social]], with corrosive [[art manifesto|manifestos]] and [[propaganda]], biting [[satire]], large public [[demonstration (people)|demonstrations]] and overt political activities. It has been suggested that this is at least partially due to [[Berlin]]'s proximity to the front, and that for an opposite effect, [[New York]]'s geographic distance from the war spawned its more theoretically-driven, less political nature. | + | |
| - | In February 1918, [[Richard Huelsenbeck]] gave his first Dada speech in Berlin, and produced a [[Dada manifesto]] later in the year. [[Hannah Höch]] and [[George Grosz]] used Dada to express [[post-World War I]] [[Communism|communist]] sympathies. Grosz, together with [[John Heartfield]], developed the [[technique]] of [[photomontage]] during this period. The artists published a series of short-lived political [[journal]]s, and held the [[International Dada Fair]] in 1920. | + | The issue contains photomontages such as Heartfield’s "Wer ist der Schönste? (who is the most beautiful?)," a proposed beauty contest of government leaders whose faces are playfully spread across an open fan. In spite of its absurdist amusements, this singular issue was a work of impassioned radical opinion, published only a few weeks after the communist revolt in [[Berlin]] had been quashed by [[Gustav Noske]]'s [[Freikorps|Free Corps]], and [[Karl Liebknecht]] and [[Rosa Luxemburg]] murdered. "Jedermann sein eigner Fussball" is an example of Berlin [[Dada]] in its most aggravated political phase. |
| - | The Berlin group saw much in-fighting; [[Kurt Schwitters]] and others were excluded from the group. Schwitters moved to [[Hanover]] where he developed his individual type of Dada, which he dubbed ''[[Merz]]''. | ||
| - | The Berlin group published [[periodical]]s such as ''Club Dada'', ''[[Der Dada]]'', ''[[Jedermann sein eigner Fussball|Everyman His Own Football]]'' , and ''Dada Almanach''. | ||
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| - | In [[Cologne]] (Köln), [[Max Ernst]], [[Johannes Theodor Baargeld]] and [[Jean Arp|Arp]] launched a controversial Dada exhibition in 1920 which focused on [[nonsense]] and [[anti-bourgeois]] sentiments. Cologne's Early Spring Exhibition was set up in a pub, and required that participants walk past urinals while being read [[lewd]] poetry by a woman in a communion dress. The police closed the exhibition on grounds of [[obscenity]], but it was re-opened when the charges were dropped. | ||
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"Jedermann sein eigner Fussball" ("Everyman His Own Football") was an illustrated bimonthly published by Malik Verlag (Wieland Herzfelde's publishing house). The satirical periodical in tabloid format was published on February 15, 1919, and confiscated immediately on publication by the police. It includes two photomontages by John Heartfield on the front cover and six line drawings by George Grosz. Texts by Herzfelde, Walter Mehring, Mynona; other contributors jointly credited include Richard Huelsenbeck, Erwin Piscator, Karl Nierendorf, and J.H. Kuhlemann. The cover's typeface and layout used satirise contemporary trends in conservative German newspaper design.
The issue contains photomontages such as Heartfield’s "Wer ist der Schönste? (who is the most beautiful?)," a proposed beauty contest of government leaders whose faces are playfully spread across an open fan. In spite of its absurdist amusements, this singular issue was a work of impassioned radical opinion, published only a few weeks after the communist revolt in Berlin had been quashed by Gustav Noske's Free Corps, and Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg murdered. "Jedermann sein eigner Fussball" is an example of Berlin Dada in its most aggravated political phase.
