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Archives Dada: Tristan Tzara, Dada Manifesto, 23rd March 1918
“To launch a manifesto you have to want: A.B. & C., and fulminate against 1, 2, & 3,
work yourself up and sharpen you wings to conquer and circulate lower and upper case As, Bs & Cs, sign, shout, swear, organise prose into a form that is absolutely and irrefutably obvious, prove its ne plus ultra…
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(Source: oak-land, via archives-dada)
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Anonyme, George Grosz portant le masque de la mort (George Grosz wearing a death mask), 1919-1920, photographie
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Dada! Γιαυτό και γω σε χαιρετώ πουτάνα εξουσία, θα πα να βρω μαγνητισμό, μ’ λεκτρισμό θα δώσω γκάζια τρελά στα πεδία μου, να βρώ την ευτυχία μου.
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The artist of today, if he doesn’t want to evade the issues, or become an empty shell, must choose between technology and service in the class war. Either way, he must give up ‘pure art.’ Either he joins the ranks of architects, engineers and ad men whom the industrial powers employ and the world exploits, or he becomes a depicter and critic who critiques the face of our time, becoming a propagandist and defender of revolutionary ideas and of their supporters in the army of the oppressed, those who struggle for their just share of the world’s resources, and for a meaningful social order."
George Grosz, Art is in Danger! (1925)(Source: spacebaw-archive, via theinvisiblecommission)
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Dadaism demands “the introduction of progressive unemployment through comprehensive mechanization of every field of activity. Only by unemployment does it become possible for the individual to achieve certainty as to the truth of life and finally become accustomed to experience.” —”What is Dadaism and what does it want in Germany?” (1919), first published in Der Dada, no 1.
Illustration: Black and white photo of Mechanischer Kopf[1]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwiaoindCc1qz4yqio1_250.jpg)
Dadaism demands “the introduction of progressive unemployment through comprehensive mechanization of every field of activity. Only by unemployment does it become possible for the individual to achieve certainty as to the truth of life and finally become accustomed to experience.” —”What is Dadaism and what does it want in Germany?” (1919), first published in Der Dada, no 1.
Illustration: Black and white photo of Mechanischer Kopf[1]
(via situationnisme)
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Duchamp was here
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The Crass logo represented an amalgamation of several “icons of authority” including the Christian Cross, the swastika and the Union Flag combined with a two headed snake consuming itself (to symbolise the idea that power will eventually destroy itself). Using such deliberately mixed messages was also part of Crass’ strategy of presenting themselves as a “barrage of contradictions”, which also included using loud, aggressive music to promote a pacifist message, and was in part a reference to their own Dadaist and performance art backgrounds.
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