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confusion as intent
Dada. They brought to a sharp focus the dilemma in which making choices between so-called alternatives was a lost cause. Tristan Tzara ( of chess with Lenin fame ) saw opposites as essentially equivalent. Order=disroder. affirmation=negation. The efforts to incite … Continue reading
women and television : its raining men at the zoo
If something is not spiritual, then its opposite can be seen as nihilistic. There is a good possibility at that television and mass market entertainment is for the most part, rooted in Dadaist thought. The ready-made, the generic; the abolition … Continue reading
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I’m lovin’ it: burger all dressed with guilt
Is McDonald’s the ultimate symbol of imperialism? It seems to be a composite symbol of many factors. Sometimes what we think it is acts as a facade, a narrative of disavowal that is a bit superficial since these stories are … Continue reading
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Tagged Billboard Liberation Front, christianity and capitalism, Max Weber, mcdonalds marketing, mcdonalds marketing europe, Ron English, Sigmund Freud, steve easterbrook, steven shapin, Tristan Tzara, tristan tzara lenin chess, Walter Benjamin
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cabaret voltaire: an arcade project
Dada as just another shop, another boutique in the arcade? Dada put into question the myths surrounding originality, and the relationship of the artist to the category of “genius”. Dada suggested instead, or implied that everyone could be an artist, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Warhol, cubism and dada, Donald Kuspit, emily hennings, Ernst Bloch, Francis Picabia, futurism and dada, George Grosz, Guy Debord, Hans Richter, Hugo Ball, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, miles w. mathis, Raoul Hausmann, Richard Huelsenbeck, situationism, Tristan Tzara, Voltaire, Walter Benjamin, walter benjamin dada
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a silent noise:from babylon to broadway
She rarely showed he paintings publicly and refused to put any of her work up for sale. Of course, she came from a wealthy family and didn’t have to sell her art to survive or play the art game with … Continue reading
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Tagged Andre Breton, christine cariati, dieter daniels, Florine Stettheimer, Georgia O'keefe, henry mcbride, joseph cornell, katherine dreier, Katherine Dreir, Marcel Duchamp, pavel tchelitchew, raymond roussel, Roberta Smith, ROberta Smith New York Times, Salvador dali, susan laxton, Tristan Tzara, Walter Arensberg
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dada chess: logic vs. transcendence
Lenin’s chance meeting with dadaist Tristan Tzara in 1916 was ostensibly arranged to play chess. Was there something in Dada that piqued the revolutionary passions? Or was it a case of a parallax gap; two points between which no connection, … Continue reading
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