We had a dim premonition that power-mad gangsters would one day use art itself as a way of deadening men’s minds.
November 11, 2005 7:46 AM Subscribe
The Digital Dada Library. Because "any attempt to conciliate an inexplicable momentary state with logic strikes me as a boring kind of game."
This strikes me as an awfully un Dada thing to be doing. How can we preserve Dadaist work without simultaneously undoing it? Or does this serve as a warning, like a war memorial?
posted by alexst at 8:31 AM on November 11, 2005
posted by alexst at 8:31 AM on November 11, 2005
I wonder if the items in this collection are described with metadada?
posted by carter at 11:46 AM on November 11, 2005
posted by carter at 11:46 AM on November 11, 2005
I wonder if the items in this collection are described with metadada?
DaDa != Postmodern
posted by alexst at 11:56 AM on November 11, 2005
DaDa != Postmodern
posted by alexst at 11:56 AM on November 11, 2005
They're the police of the avant garde.
The Dada exhibit currently at the Centre Pompidou, will travel to the National Gallery, February 19, 2006 through May 14 and then to the Museum of Modern Art in New York from June 18 through September 11.
posted by xod at 3:47 PM on November 11, 2005
The Dada exhibit currently at the Centre Pompidou, will travel to the National Gallery, February 19, 2006 through May 14 and then to the Museum of Modern Art in New York from June 18 through September 11.
posted by xod at 3:47 PM on November 11, 2005
the dada holdings at Iowa are truly amazing -- great to see it online. Thanks!
posted by scody at 7:02 PM on November 11, 2005
posted by scody at 7:02 PM on November 11, 2005
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