dada

     

Daa or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in neutral Zürich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature (poetry, art manifestoes, art theory), theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti war politic through a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through anti-art cultural works. Dada activities included public gatherings, demonstrations, and publication of art/literary journals. Passionate coverage of art, politics, and culture filled their publications. The movement influenced later styles, Avant-garde and Downtown music movements, and groups including Surrealism, Nouveau Réalisme, Pop Art and Fluxus.

Trivia about dada

  • It's the third name in Idi Amin's full name
  • Zurich & Paris were centers of this early 20th C, art movement based on chance & spontaneity
  • Editor & critic Clifton Fadiman called Gertrude Stein "the mama of" this art movement
  • The third part of Idi Amin's name
  • This double talk art style arose in part from the despair following WWI
  • Artistic movement that included Man Ray & Duchamp
  • In 1916 this movement was founded by a group of artists & poets in Zurich; come to ...
  • The name of this odd movement, French for "hobby-horse", was appropriately chosen at random from a dictionary