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PARIS's GHOST
SHOW CABARET'S
Ghostshows
inspired by the
Phantasmagoria
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Index postcard of Cabaret du Néant
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In
the history of the cabaret, probably
the two most famous are the
Folies
Bergére
and the
Moulin Rouge,
resp. founded in 1869 and
1889. See some of the
women
who performed there.
All cabarets were rather bizare
places, although some are perhaps more
peculiar than others? Three of these
even more bizar places in Paris where
the Ghost
Show Cabarets:
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Cabaret du Néant
(Cabaret of Nothingness or Death)
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Cabaret de l' Enfer
(Cabaret of Hell)
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Cabaret du Ciel
(Cabaret of Heaven)
Among photo historians and collectors,
the Cabaret du Néant is known from photographs
made by Eugene Atget. (1857-1927)
This cabaret,
located, 34 Boulevard de Clichy in Paris,
was founded by Dorville in 1892. |
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interesting Cabaret's where La fin du Monde, Le
voyage à Lilliput, Cabaret Bruyant, Le
Rat Mort, Le loup blanc, L'Ane rouge, La vache
enragée, Les rayons X..., etc.
Of course, the history of cabarets is interesting
in his own rights. However, especially the Cabaret
du Néant acquired an important place in
the history of Visual Media
and optical trikery. A variant of the optical
stage technique "Pepper's
Ghost" was performed there
often.
In the latter we see a man or a women changing
into a skeleton in front of our eyes, performed
with the aid of, hidden, optical trickery. |
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In
the Café of the
Cabaret du Néant,
"Salle d' Intoxication",
(room of
Intoxication or Drinking) the tables
were in the shape of coffins.
While entering the Cabaret du Néant, the
following exclamation was heard by the
visitors:
WELCOME,
O WEARY WANDERER, TO THE REALM OF DEATH!
ENTER! CHOOSE YOUR COFFIN, AND BE SEATED
BESIDE IT!
In the room of disintegration, see image
below, the Pepper's Ghost shown is seen.
A man is placing himself in a coffin and
turning into a skeleton before disappearing
in front of the public eyes. |
Cabaret du Néant:
Salle d' Intoxication
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Cabaret
du Néant: Optical arrangment
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Here we see an optical arrangment
on how the transformation of
a person into a skeleton can
be performed.
When the man in it's coffin
is strongly illuminated, the
spectators witness this scene
simply by looking true the glassplate.
When this the light is diminished
and instead the skeleton in
his coffin becomes strongly
illuminated, the spectators
are witnessing a transformation
of a person into a skeleton.
Due to the glasplate, the skeleton
in his coffin is seen in exactly
the same position of the man.
In other words, a
Pepper's
Ghost effect |
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Cabaret
du Néant: Caveau de Trépassés
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Cabaret
du Néant: Caveau, les Spectres gais
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Cabaret
du Néant: Caveau, Les Spectres tristes
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Cabaret
du Néant: Salle d' Intoxication
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Cabaret
du Néant: Lampadaire funéraire
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Cabaret
du Néant: moving shadow postcard
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Cabaret
de l' Enfer
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thomas
wynants |
