Dada

Dada Dada, with a capital »d,« is the name of an anarchic, nihilistic arts movement begun in Zurich in 1916 by Tristan Tzara (pseudonym of Samuel Rosenstock, 1896 – 1963), Jan Arp (1887 – 1966), Hugo Ball (1886 – 1927), Max Ernst (1891 – 1976), and Francis Picabia (1897 – 1953). The subtitle of the review »Dada« was »Corporation for the Exploitation of Vocabulary.« Dada preaches the negation of everything, including itself. Says Tzara: »Disorganization, disorientation, and demoralization of all…