DADA CHRONOLOGY
ZURICH BERLIN PARIS BARCELONA NEW YORK
1913
1914
August 3 Germany declares war to France
1915 Creation of Die Freie Straße
by Franz Jung and Otto Gross
Issues 1, 2
1916 Feb 5, creation Cabaret Die F. S issues 3,4,5
Voltaire
Feb 26, arrival Huelsenbeck
March 16, Poem Simultan
"L'amiral charche une maison à
louer"
June publication of Cabaret
Voltaire.
June 23 End of Cabaret Voltaire
July 14 Janco & Tzara organize a
"Dada Soirée" at the rented room
Zur Waag Tzara prononces his
first Manifesto. Huelsenbeck gives
phonetic poem "Biribum biribum
saust der Ochs im Kreis herum"
and publishes Phantastische Gebete
Sept Ball leaves Zurich
1917 Jan Huelsenbeck leaves Zurich Jan Huelsenbeck back to Berlin Jan Picabia publishes
"Tired of abstract art" Die F. S. issues 6 [7,8] 391 1 in Barcelona
Jan Dada show at Galerie Coray
organized by Tzara. Arp, Janco,
and African art.
Feb17 Picabia publishes
391 2 in Barcelona
March Russian Revolution
March Ball comes back to Zurich. March Picabia publishes
Ball & Tzara negotiate the leasing 391 3 in Barcelone
of Galerie Coray as Galerie Dada
April 6 US in the war
April Tzara & Ball decide the
creation of a new journal DADA
May Ball leaves Zurich May Huelsenbeck publishes the
essay « Der Neue Mensch» [The
new man] in the extreme left journal
Neue Jugend [The New Youth].
Richard Huelsenbeck; Franz Jung,
Heartfield, John (d.i. Helmut Herzfeld),
Grosz, Georg; Gustav Landauer,
Mynona (d.i. S. Friedländer). Produced
by the Malik-Verlag publishing house.
June Picabia publishes in
New York 391 5 . Three
centers of the vanguard:
Paris, New York,
Barcelona.
July 17 Publication by Tzara of July Picabia publishes
DADA 1. 391 6 in NY.
Tzara officially the leader of Dada
Zurich. " Mysterious creation! magic
revolver! The DADA movement is
launched'.
August Picabia publishes
in New York
391
7.
Dec 17 Publication by Tzara
of
"Mouvement DADA announced
with Arp as Director and Tzara as
"Director of Publication".
1918 Feb In Berlin at the Neue Sezession Saal
Huelsenbeck presents DADA Zurich
March Creation of the Club DADA. by
Huelsenbeck, Jung and Hausmann.
Baader, Mehring, Grosz and the Herzfeld
brothers join in.
March Russia out of the war
March Tzara publishes
April Huelsenbeck publishes the DADA
July 23 Evening Tzara
November 11 End of hostilities
Dec 18 Publication by Tzara
of DADA 3
1919 Jan 16 Tzara's lecture on
"Abstract Art".
Jan Meeting of Tzara and
Picabia in Zurich
Feb Grosz & Herzfelde publish the
Feb 19 Picabia publishes 391 8 far left review
in Zurich. Publicité Jedermann sein eigner Fussball
with contributions of Arp, Tzara with John Heartfield, George Grosz,
Duchamp. Published by the Walter Mehring, Mynona, Huelsenbeck,
Dada Movement publisher". Erwin Piscator, Karl Nierendorf, and
April 9 Dada Soirée April Carl Einstein & G. Grosz publish
with the presence of Der Blutige Ernst 1.
Richter and Huelsenbeck
May Publication by Tzara
and in collaboration with
Picabia of Dada 4/5.
June Publication by Hausmann of
June 28 Treaty of Versailles/ End of WWI
August 11 Weimar Republic
Sept Tzara is arrested Sept Huelsenbeck and
Golyschev establish a
" Dada Central Comittee"
that is against Weimar and
defines itself as "Radical
Communism"
Nov Picabia publishes
391 9
Dec Picabia publishes
391 10
1920 Jan 16 Tzara leaves Zurich
Jan 17 Tzara arrives in Paris
Jan 23 Tzara reads for the
Littérature evening.
Feb 5 Tzara and first official
DADA activity in Paris
"Matinée Dada"at the Salon
des Indépendants
Feb 7 Soirée Dada
Feb 19 Dada at the university
Feb 20 Huelsenbeck, Baader and
Hausmann organize a Dada Tour
in the main cities in Germany and
central Europe (Prague).
Feb 23 Picabia publishes 391 11
March Huelsenbeck publishes the March 20 Tzara publishes
Dada Almanach Dada 6 in Paris.
March 25 Picabia publishes 391 12
March 27 Dada at the theater
March 29 Tzara publishes
Dada 7 ("Dadaphone")
March 30 Huelsenbeck publishes
En avant Dada! , that marks the
split between two groups within
Dada.
April 16 Opening of the library-salon
"Au Sans-Pareil", the Center of
Dada Paris. 37 Av. Kleber.
April 25 Picabia creates the new
journal Cannibale 1
May 25 Picabia publishes
Cannibale 2 with contributions of
A. Breton & P. Soupault
May 26 "Festival Dada"at the Salle
Gaveau, the largest Concert Hall
in Paris.
July Picabia publishes 391 13
this issue contains echos of
July Tzara leaves Paris
July Tzara comes back to Zurich
August Tzara leaves Zurich
for a lecture tour of Southern
Europe: Zagreb, Istanbul, etc.
Oct Tzare comes back to Paris
Nov Picabia publishes
391 14 in Paris with
contributions of Arp, Tzara
Duchamp. Published by
Ribemont-Desaignes editor.