Global Art • 1958 • III
The Wiener Gruppe (Viennese Group), a collection of experimental poets interested in transforming the written word into action and music, stage their Literary Cabarets in Vienna. A precursor to the happenings of the 1960s, these 'total theatre' events include performances of 'sound poetry', sketches, and songs, and attract huge crowds.
An entry from the timeline included in the exhibition Dada South? Experimentation, Radicalism and Resistance (2009–2010) at the Iziko National Gallery, which proposed connections between art production in South Africa and abroad against the social and political contexts that framed them. A revised version of this timeline was later featured in the retroactive Flight Paths (2011) exhibition guide commissioned by Clare Butcher.