History MediaNotes / Dada

Dada eventually died out as a major movement for a few reasons. First and foremost, like {{Grunge}} during TheNineties or PunkRock in the late '70s, [[SpringtimeForHitler people started to like it]] -- [[ItsPopularNowItSucks completely the opposite effect that Dada was shooting for]]. For another, its inherently nihilistic outlook wore on some of its practitioners, and they went in different artistic directions (most famously, into {{Surrealism}}, which was often just as confusing to people but with more point). Finally, as bad as World War I ended up, it got worse. If anything, one could look at some of the [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler worst parts]] of World War II and see the end result of Dada -- utter brutality and disgust for a world that doesn't deserve art. ([[ExpoSpeak Or in layman's terms]], [[GoMadFromTheRevelation Dada caused the Holocaust. How's that for shock value?]])

For some time, its practitioners managed to shock the living daylights out of the world, with installations like Tristan Tzara's rendition of fellow Dadaist Hugo Ball's poem "Gadji beri bimba" (made of complete nonsense words)[[note]]This poem was later set to music by Music/TalkingHeads, as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKFn66dzdz0 I Zimbra]]"[[/note]] while painted to look like a grotesque statue, Creator/MarcelDuchamp signing a urinal and putting it in an art installation and [[RefugeInAudacity calling it a fountain]], and the painting LHOOQ[[note]]reading the letters with the French pronunciation results in "''elle a chaud au cul''", i.e. "her ass is hot", which is French slang for "she's horny"[[/note]], the famous picture of the ''Art/MonaLisa'' with a moustache and goatee (now often a StockParody).

Dada still has a small but thriving following to this day -- anything indulging in {{Surreal|Humor}} or VulgarHumor and StylisticSuck will certainly take at least a quick look at it for inspiration, and more than one BlackComedy has been noted as falling squarely into the Dada tradition. ''Theatre/UbuRoi'' (''King Ubu''), a Dada take on ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' and ''Theatre/KingLear'' (technically, [[UrExample predating]] Dada proper by 2 decades) is still produced today. The influence of Dada can also be seen in WebAnimation/YouTubePoop, which was at first done simply to confuse audiences looking for other works and has been described as Neo-Dada, and {{Postmodernism}} has at least part of its influence from Dada and what would later become of it. The meme culture of the late 2010s also owes a lot to Dada, having emerged out of similar socioeconomic circumstances and [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror a war that was perceived as pointless]].

For some time, its practitioners managed to shock the living daylights out of the world, with installations like Tristan Tzara's rendition of fellow Dadaist Hugo Ball's poem "Gadji beri bimba" (made of complete nonsense words)[[note]]This poem was later set to music by Music/TalkingHeads, as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKFn66dzdz0 I Zimbra]]"[[/note]] while painted to look like a grotesque statue, Creator/MarcelDuchamp signing a urinal and putting it in an art installation and [[RefugeInAudacity calling it a fountain]], and the painting LHOOQ[[note]]reading the letters with the French pronunciation results in "''elle a chaud au cul''", i.e. "her ass is hot", which is French slang for "she's horny"[[/note]], the famous picture of the Mona Lisa with a moustache and goatee (now often a StockParody).

Dada still has a small but thriving following to this day -- anything indulging in {{Surreal|Humor}} or VulgarHumor and StylisticSuck will certainly take at least a quick look at it for inspiration, and more than one BlackComedy has been noted as falling squarely into the Dada tradition. ''Theatre/UbuRoi'' (''King Ubu''), a Dada take on ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' and ''Theatre/KingLear'' (technically, [[UrExample predating]] Dada proper by 2 decades) is still produced today. The influence of Dada can also be seen in [[{{WebAnimation/YouTubePoop}} Youtube Poop]] which was at first done simply to confuse audiences looking for other works and has been described as Neo-Dada, and {{Postmodernism}} has at least part of its influence from Dada and what would later become of it. The meme culture of the late 2010s also owes a lot to Dada, having emerged out of similar socioeconomic circumstances and [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror a war that was perceived as pointless]].

And no, this is neither a baby's first word nor the ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' [[BizarreAlienBiology alien]][[note]]Although the race's design ''is'' inspired by the movement, and can even be considered an example of it, becoming an icon of Dadaism in Japan[[/note]]. Nor is this article about the AlternativeRock band named dada who performed the song "Dizz Knee Land" and whose music isn't even remotely dadaist. Nor the ElectroHouse duo Dada Life (though their aesthetic does tend to veer towards the weird). Nor is it about Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly who is nicknamed "Dada" meaning Boss or Grandpa.

For some time, its practitioners managed to shock the living daylights out of the world, with installations like Tristan Tzara's rendition of fellow Dadaist Hugo Ball's poem "Gadji beri bimba" (made of complete nonsense words)[[note]]This poem was later set to music by Music/TalkingHeads, as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKFn66dzdz0 I Zimbra]]"[[/note]] while painted to look like a grotesque statue, signing a urinal and putting it in an art installation and [[RefugeInAudacity calling it a fountain]], and the painting LHOOQ[[note]]reading the letters with the French pronunciation results in "''elle a chaud au cul''", i.e. "her ass is hot", which is French slang for "she's horny"[[/note]], the famous picture of the Mona Lisa with a moustache and goatee (now often a StockParody).

[[YouBastard You don't deserve]] to have Dada [[DescribeTopicHere described here]]. Instead, you will get a treatise on the nature of sock lint.

Dada itself started in the middle of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. The belief of its practitioners was that "the war to end all wars" was such a brutal, devastating and ultimately meaningless conflict[[note]]not that the world didn't have its pointless wars before (looking at you, UsefulNotes/ThirtyYearsWar), but WWI was on a much greater scale of devastation ''and'' pointlessness than most of the previous examples[[/note]] that such an ugly world didn't ''deserve'' art. So, in response, the practitioners of Dada gave the world anti-art.

Dada eventually died out as a major movement for a few reasons. First and foremost, like {{Grunge}} during TheNineties, [[SpringtimeForHitler people started to like it]] -- [[ItsPopularNowItSucks completely the opposite effect that Dada was shooting for]]. For another, its inherently nihilistic outlook wore on some of its practitioners, and they went in different artistic directions (most famously, into {{Surrealism}}, which was often just as confusing to people but with more point). Finally, as bad as World War I ended up, it got worse. If anything, one could look at some of the [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler worst parts]] of World War II and see the end result of Dada -- utter brutality and disgust for a world that doesn't deserve art. ([[ExpoSpeak Or in layman's terms]], [[GoMadFromTheRevelation Dada caused the Holocaust. How's that for shock value?]])

Dada still has a small but thriving following to this day -- anything indulging in {{Surreal|Humor}} or VulgarHumor and StylisticSuck will certainly take at least a quick look at it for inspiration, and more than one BlackComedy has been noted as falling squarely into the Dada tradition. ''Theatre/UbuRoi'' (''King Ubu''), a Dada take on ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' and ''Theatre/KingLear'' (technically, [[UrExample predating]] Dada proper by 2 decades) is still produced today. The influence of Dada can also be seen in [[{{WebAnimation/YouTubePoop}} Youtube Poop]] which was at first done simply to confuse audiences looking for other works and has been described as Neo-Dada, and {{Postmodernism}} has at least part of its influence from Dada and what would later become of it. The meme culture of the late 2010s also owes a lot to dada, having emerged out of similar socioeconomic circumstances and [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror a war that was perceived as pointless]].

Dada still has a small but thriving following to this day -- anything indulging in {{Surreal|Humor}} or VulgarHumor and StylisticSuck will certainly take at least a quick look at it for inspiration, and more than one BlackComedy has been noted as falling squarely into the Dada tradition. ''Theatre/UbuRoi'' (''King Ubu''), a Dada take on ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' and ''Theatre/KingLear'' (technically, [[UrExample predating]] Dada proper by 2 decades) is still produced today. The influence of Dada can also be seen in [[{{WebAnimation/YouTubePoop}} Youtube Poop]] which was at first done simply to confuse audiences looking for other works and has been described as Neo-Dada, and {{Postmodernism}} has at least part of its influence from Dada and what would later become of it. The meme culture of the late 2010s also owes a lot to dada, having emerged out of similar socioeconomic circumstances.

Dada still has a small but thriving following to this day -- anything indulging in {{Surreal|Humor}} or VulgarHumor and StylisticSuck will certainly take at least a quick look at it for inspiration, and more than one BlackComedy has been noted as falling squarely into the Dada tradition. ''Theatre/UbuRoi'' (''King Ubu''), a Dada take on ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' and ''Theatre/KingLear'' (technically, [[UrExample predating]] Dada proper by 2 decades) is still produced today. The influence of Dada can also be seen in [[{{WebAnimation/YouTubePoop}} Youtube Poop]] which was at first done simply to confuse audiences looking for other works and has been described as Neo-Dada, and {{Postmodernism}} has at least part of its influence from Dada and what would later become of it. The Meme culture of the late 2010s also owes a lot to dada, having emerged out of similar socioeconomic circumstances.