Laughing cabinet
Laughing cabinets are small, closed rooms ( cabinets ) in which visitors are made to laugh through bizarre attractions for an entrance fee : for example, through grotesquely distorted mirrors that make their own reflection extremely thick, thin or bent, through illusions and other optical effects laughing voices from loudspeakers etc.
They can usually be found in amusement parks such as the Vienna Prater , sometimes in castles and museums , but also occasionally at fairs or art events.
In a figurative sense, "Lachkabinett" stands for bizarre conversations or discussions, e.g. B. in politics, s. a. Laughing number ,
"Lachkabinett" is also the title of some cabarets , impromptu comedies and films. Mention should be made among others
- Karl Valentin's Large Laughing Cabinet (Collected Works, Bertelsmann Verlag 1971)
- Münchner Klapsmühle , Valentins Lachkabinett
- the film Kintopps Lachkabinett (Golden Age of Comedy), USA 1957
From May 25, 2019, the Mumok in Vienna is planning a discussion of the Spiegelkabinett in the exhibition "Really".
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kintopp's Laughing Cabinet. in the online film database.
- ↑ mumok relies on vertigo and mirrors in 2019 December 16, 2018, accessed December 16, 2018.