Ball

“Dada is the soul of the world.“

jolifanto bambla ò falli bambla
grossiga m'pfa habla horem
égiga goramen

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Hugo-Ball-a-colori

Ball was the founder of Cabaret Voltaire and one of the most active entertainers who recites verses without words. He was completely covered in a strange rigid cloak and an extravagant metal cylinder shaped hat that made him look like a mannequin or an automaton. He is still famous for his appearance: one evening he dressed in  a multi-coloured, cylinder-shaped cubist suit made of cardboard and he declaimed a “resonant poem” based on meaningless words ” blassa galassasa tuffin i zimbrabim…”