Dadaism and absurdity

Dada was an artistic and literary movement that began in Zürich, Switzerland. It arose as a reaction to World War I and the nationalism that many thought had led to the war. Influenced by other avant-garde movements, its output was wildly diverse, ranging from performance art to poetry, photography, sculpture, painting, and collage. Dada’s aesthetic, marked by its mockery of materialistic and nationalistic attitudes, proved a powerful influence on artists in many cities, including Berlin, Hanover, Paris, New York, and Cologne, all of which generated their own groups. The movement dissipated with the establishment of Surrealism, but the ideas it gave rise to have become the cornerstones of various categories of modern and contemporary art.

https://www.theartstory.org/movement/dada/

It arose in the disgust of the social and political dimensions

Marcel Duchamp

A popular work of Marcel Duchamp is The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (La mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même)

It’s an artwork over 9 feet tall, and freestanding. Duchamp created two panes of glass with materials such as lead foil, fuse wire, and dust. It combines chance procedures, plotted perspective studies, and laborious craftsmanship.

He conveyed the complicated relationships between males and females

Watch the work in action here

Relaying absurdity

Just like WWI’s conflicts altered how the generation saw the world, the ‘Series of Unfortunate Events’ that I’d mentioned earlier changed mine.

My step in relaying my outlook

  • Make a clear schism between the aural and the visual queues.
  • Use periodicity.
  • Alter the music electronically to ensure different sound characters.

After thoughts

Looking around for inspiration makes me better define my project 1.

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