Comments on: Is The Time Right For Dada?

By: Fear

Fear — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:04:27 +0000

[...] States and Europe have been afraid. Initially this fear found outlet in an emerging art source: DADA, which on the surface non-sensical was indeed trying to make sense of the extreme shock and fear [...]

By: Gary Is

Gary Is — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:21:37 +0000

Great explanation of Dada! I’ve been reading and writing getting my mind into a Dada space. Not sure yet why or what for but I’m intrigued with dada it’s meaning and it’s message.

Mahalo Grainne!

Gary Is

By: Hilario Riek

Hilario Riek — Sun, 23 May 2010 21:54:47 +0000

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By: Rickey Curly

Rickey Curly — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:55:03 +0000

Hello, this is my first comment. Perfect!

By: julian street

julian street — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:24:36 +0000

[...] and to the south to a re-gridded W. Julian Street. … Mail (will not be published) (required) …Is The Time Right For Dada?An online magazine offering an alternative, subversive perspective to mainstream media. … Critics [...]

By: grainnerhuad

grainnerhuad — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:18:46 +0000

Thank you Larry for passing through, and Nat, no not near NYC but go for it man, Dada waits for nobody.

By: Nat Hunt

Nat Hunt — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:39:32 +0000

Let’s get it started. I’m ready. Fuck it. Anyone near NYC?

By: grainnerhuad

grainnerhuad — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:22:45 +0000

Thanks Space Eagle, I actually think mischief and mayhem always has its place but really we do need some Space Monkeys right about now.

HubbleBoy I had never thought of Jimmy Hendrix in quite that way, his music really isn’t working against itself, but as I put thought into it, at the time with the Vietnam war on, the deconstruction and reconstruction of the National Anthem was very much in the vein of Dada.

PunkMonk, Beatrice Wood is now officailly one of my favorite women and examples of all time. Living to be 104, when asked the secret of longevity, this tiny beautiful woman dressed in a gorgeous Sari laughed and said, daily surprises and chasing after younger men “even if they don’t know it.” Beautiful. I want to be like her. I highly recommend everyone watch at least the Documentary on her life I provided a link.

Astra, Man Ray who I didn’t get a chance to cover here is/was one of the most exciting photographers and people. I highly agree, if time travel were available I would love to go back and just look in on all of that.

Christopher, I know I only briefly mentioned the Ready Made’s. They are the heart of Duchamp. I hope people go to the link and take a look at the in-depth discussion on his art. The Ready Made’s themeselves provide enough fodder for a theisis. In fact everything here is enough for its own individual work. It was hard to wittle down.

Rich I’m glad you picked up on the “Wit” part. There is little of it and I don’t think people understand the difference between the planning, timing and thought behind wit and its baser cousin humor. Wit is a very important element of Dada and I think maybe most counter-culture movements. Those who have ears will hear.

Karla thank you. I found as I explored Dada that art became more alive in terms of a guidepost to the temperature readings of all times. I had never ever looked at this deconstruction and seemingly anti-art in this way. I think we all need to be more open to the smaller places art appears. There is much we are missing.

By: karlsie

karlsie — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:58:34 +0000

Rich, you said, “most art seems to get trapped by being safe”, yet truthfully, should art ever be safe? Every time period has its break away artists, who, with time, become known as classics. They set the stage for that particular expression of the arts.

Grainne, that was an excellent article and a very informative read. It leaves to the mind a great deal of speculation. Here we are, a hundred years into the future, yet going through the same formal, historical dance. The world has been deconstructed, the pieces re-arranged. What brave new world will art or non-art recreate? It’s an interesting concept to think about.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:11:28 +0000

I’m surprised no one has mentioned “readymade” art yet – particularly Micheal Duchamp’s “Bicycle Wheel” or “Fountain” (now *that’s* nose-thumbing at its best!).