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    The Puppet Show "König Hirsch" (1918)

    Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s First Installation: A Model for the Integration of the Arts

    Institute for Cultural Studies in the Arts (ICS) (bis 2019)

    This project explores Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s puppet show "König Hirsch", which is considered the incunabulum of modern abstract puppet theatre and an important testimony of Dadaistic production. Adopting an interdisciplinary artistic approach, the project discusses and interrelates aspects of free and applied art, literature, dance, theatre, and psychoanalysis.

    Sophie Taeuber’s puppet show is considered the incunabulum of modern abstract puppet theatre and exemplifies the central avant-gardist concern to connect art and life. The project is the first-ever in-depth study of this important testimony of early-twentieth century Dadaistic events and productions in Zurich. It approaches “König Hirsch” through a careful study of the extant historical sources and employs an interdisciplinary perspective able to account for the play’s particular character as a total work of art. The project facilitates interdisciplinary exchange through discussing and interrelating aspects of free and applied art, literature, dance, theatre, and psychoanalysis.

    Details

    • Research Focus
      • FSP Kulturanalyse in den Künsten (bis 2019)
    • Project Lead
      • Sigrid Schade (ICS (bis 2019))
    • Team
      • Eva Afuhs (ICS (bis 2019))
      • Kristin Haefele (ICS (bis 2019))
      • Medea Hoch (ICS (bis 2019))
      • Tanja Trampe (ICS (bis 2019))
    • Cooperations
      • Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau
      • Fondation Arp, F-Clamart
      • Museum für Gestaltung
      • Schweizerischer Werkbund SWB, Zürich
      • Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zürich
      • Stiftung Hans Arp und Sophie Taeuber-Arp e.V., D-Remagen-Rolandswerth
    • Duration

      01.05.2006 – 31.10.2008

    • Financing
      • Interne Projektfinanzierung ZHdK
      • Jubiläumsstiftung der Schweizerischen Mobiliar
      • Otto Gamma-Stiftung
      • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds SNF/DORE (01.05.2006 – 31.10.2008)
      • ZHdK
    • Research Approaches
      • Basic research
      • Scientific research
    • Disciplines

      Design, Fine Arts, Theatre

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