Artists, Writers, Performers, Intellectuals

Dadaa non-art, non-movement

centered in Zurich

iterations in Paris, New York, Berlin

response to WWI

approx. dates 1916-1923

Dada

French for “hobby horse” - a child’s toy

nonsense- or baby talk

anti-material non-art

humor

critique

shocking

scatological

obscene

performative

Duchampthe readymade

Duchampthe readymade

Duchampobjet trouvé

cabaret

readymades

found objects

collage

montage

assemblage

declaration of intentions

viewpoints

issues

politics

religions

artistic means

values

modes

anti-

A Manifesto

The Manifesto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSXYb5Q_TXw

1918, by Tristan Tzara

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkl92oV1kMc

Cabaret Voltaire

Hugo Ball performing at Cabaret Voltaire (Zurich), 1916