Episode 82: An Introduction to DADA
Scream into the void! We’re back, baybee. Vacation was lovely, Elene is in a great way, Steph needs sleep. Delirious and over-caffeinated, we are in the proper headspace to try and learn you about Dada. Will we be successful? Probably not! Join BYWAP for this picnic of lucid dreaming and furry teacups. We’ll automatic writing our way to success, and talk about Marcel Duchamp a lot. Find out how Dada came to be in 20th century Paris; contemplate quietly the art that you could create if you did a lot of deep breathing, randomly rubbed graphite on random pieces of paper, and scream; and, remain unsurprised that anarchists and communists co-signed their beliefs into an art style that had no gods nor kings.
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Our music was written and recorded by Elene Kadagidze.
Our cover art was designed by Lindsey Anton-Wood.
Sources:
Khan Academy Contributors. (n.d.). Dada and Surrealism. In Khan Academy. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/dada-and-surrealism
Trachtman P. (2006). A Brief History of Dada. in Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/dada-115169154/
Wikipedia contributors. (n.d.). Dada. In Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dada#Overview
