{"id":15511,"title":"Flametti, or The Dandyism of the Poor","dimensions":"15,24 x 22,86 cm, 200 p., language : English, publisher : Wakefield Press, ISBN : 978-1-939663-03-0","date_begin":"1918-01-01","material":"ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp ","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2028/878","stream_count_app":6,"permalink":"flametti-or-the-dandyism-of-the-poor","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/035/129/large/Flametti.jpeg?1489857932","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eFishing in the local river to feed his company, dabbling in drugs, strolling through the vegetable market on the Gemüsebrücke in Zurich, ducking into a side street to avoid running into the police, Flametti marches through the pages of Ball\u0026rsquo;s novel passionately pursuing a career that culminates in the presentation of the theatrical extravaganza The Indians at the Krokodil in Zurich (a locale that still exists today as a Spanish restaurant). Overcoming odds and alternately averting, succumbing to and embracing financial ruin, Flametti ultimately emerges as a tragic figure\u0026mdash;a Willy Loman of vaudeville. Flametti portrays a frenetic Zurich that had been the backdrop to the Dada movement, and is comparable to other such literary cities and eras as Christopher Isherwood\u0026rsquo;s Berlin.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1916, Hugo Ball cofounded the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich and penned the \u0026ldquo;Dada Manifesto,\u0026rdquo; launching what would become the Zurich Dada movement. That same year he completed his semi-autobiographical novel, \u003cem\u003eFlametti, or The Dandyism of the Poor\u003c/em\u003e, which would be published two years later. Drawing from his pre-Dada period of struggle and poverty in the \u003cspan class=\"style13\"\u003enightclub\u003c/span\u003e circuit, Ball immerses us in the rise and fall of Max Flametti and his vaudeville company.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://wakefieldpress.com/ball_flametti.html\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":3048,"name":"Hugo Ball","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}