An introduction to Dadaism
Created on: September 12th, 2006
An introduction to Dadaism
According to its proponents, Dada was not art — it was "anti-art". Dada sought to fight art with art. For everything that art stood for, Dada was to represent the opposite. Where art was concerned with aesthetics, Dada ignored aesthetics.

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September 12th, 2006
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I feel the strange urge to 5 this
September 12th, 2006
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Yawning is contagious.
September 12th, 2006
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+4 for culture
September 12th, 2006
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Thanks for the fives, dudes. I'll repay them in kind :)
September 12th, 2006
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we shall overwhelm ytmnd with smart sites, and the seas shall be our empire.
September 12th, 2006
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â—„Tried to figure out the symbolism of the WTC towers and WWE belt then gave up. Very cool tho.â–º
September 12th, 2006
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I'm making an advanced prediction that Sexymofo will be here eventually to upvote this.
September 12th, 2006
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the twin towers monster is the WWF CHAMPION!
September 12th, 2006
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Yes! Together, we shall destroy art, and Dadaism will reign supreme!
September 12th, 2006
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Brilliant.
September 12th, 2006
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this is sweet
September 12th, 2006
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YTAND FTW!
September 12th, 2006
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very nice. clape hands.
September 12th, 2006
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LHOOQ
September 12th, 2006
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World champion hugging towerflounder blinks at you in front of an extremely twitchy newspaper. He may soon paint his leg-windows with mild salsa while talking backwards about how he found Schrödinger's cat alive in a parenthesis-shaped box, or perhaps even breathe air with his mouth-afro. Worthy of a 5, just for all the strange things you can think about the critter doing.
September 12th, 2006
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5'd cause one of his fingernails is transparent.
September 12th, 2006
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OH EM GEE!
September 12th, 2006
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too abstract ... i come her to laugh not learn
September 12th, 2006
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we need more ytmnds like this. also cruiserweight champ.
September 12th, 2006
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it's fun trying to make sense of the nonsensical...very nice
September 12th, 2006
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now i'm laughing because of the domain name
September 12th, 2006
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Urinal upside down == Fountain
September 12th, 2006
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I would not be thy executioner, i fly thee, for i would not injure thee.
September 12th, 2006
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dadaism = nothing
September 12th, 2006
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I'll give you credit, but random sites are funnier when I don't see them coming. Title gives this one away kinda.
September 12th, 2006
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Dada is dead. Long live Dada.
September 12th, 2006
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Of course now my Dada site idea is just going to be accused of being part of a Dada "fad."
September 12th, 2006
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ok... ok... NOW WTF?!?
September 12th, 2006
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5 for not making sense.
September 12th, 2006
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kleenex on gawdy porcupines
September 12th, 2006
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better than half the sh*t you can see on a daily basis
September 13th, 2006
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I don't get it...
September 13th, 2006
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the sexy heavey weight champ of 9.11
September 13th, 2006
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"I'm making an advanced prediction that Sexymofo will be here eventually to upvote this." Oh sh*t, I was gonna say the same thing.
September 13th, 2006
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But he probably reads all of these, and he'll probably down vote because he wants to be completely mysterious and rebellious.
September 13th, 2006
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5d for dada
September 13th, 2006
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PLEASE LORD PLEASE let Dadaism catch on here at YTMND
September 13th, 2006
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well it is nice looking but... http://starfountain.ytmnd.com/ the domain seems rather unplanned...
September 13th, 2006
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oh did you notice i whored a dada site... cheers!!!
September 13th, 2006
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Went from 3 to 5 in 20 seconds
September 13th, 2006
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Jesus, I thought this was a ROY4L site for a second. Still cool, tho.
September 13th, 2006
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choice
September 13th, 2006
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Is that the cruiserweight belt?
September 13th, 2006
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last year I did one of my art history term papers on Dada. You win.
September 13th, 2006
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"the domain seems rather unplanned..." You've just explained dada without even realizing it. You also win!
September 13th, 2006
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I did a 10 page essay on Dadaism not to long ago for college! (Founder of Dadaism Tristan Tzara looks JUST LIKE THOM YORKE FROM RADIOHEAD).
September 13th, 2006
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Excellent. You throw that charged imagery together and let them waste time thinking about it.
September 13th, 2006
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PS: Sexymofo will not 5. He likes bullsh*tty sites. Dada stands directly against that kind of crap.
September 13th, 2006
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Dont get me started on Neo-Dada...
September 13th, 2006
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The Urinal is a Fountain.
September 13th, 2006
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Hello Dada.
September 13th, 2006
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"Tristan Tzara looks JUST LIKE THOM YORKE" lol, he should do a gig wearing that space-priest outfit with the silver dunce cap and posterboard cape.
September 13th, 2006
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My upvote makes no sense on purpose.
September 13th, 2006
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I thought about it for a bit. That's what counts.
September 13th, 2006
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I
September 13th, 2006
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looks like something from homestarruner
September 13th, 2006
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isnt this more like surrealism? dada mostly relied on chance didn't it? this looks prearranged, but i could be wrong. Im just wondering, been a while since ive been in an art class.
September 13th, 2006
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You see the WTC are the cruiserweight champion because terrorists cruised a plane into them. Or something.
September 13th, 2006
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Remember, he looks like a Can Opener!
September 13th, 2006
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This was, and remains, terrible art. However, you put some work into this, so I bequeath unto you a reluctant 4our...
September 13th, 2006
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+5 Twelve has lost its caution (Dadaist poem)
September 13th, 2006
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What exactly is that music and where could I find it?
September 13th, 2006
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A world champion wrestling fish with huge lips messed up eyes and purple twin-tower legs..
September 13th, 2006
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awesome and to the people who mentioned lhooq and linked to lhooq.ytmnd you win.
September 13th, 2006
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I was waiting for a ROY4L
September 13th, 2006
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5'd.
September 13th, 2006
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Inspiringly mind-bending. I saw the number 5 in gold.
September 13th, 2006
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i had long thought of NEDM as the kind of dada fad. oh well. marcel duchamp ftw!
September 13th, 2006
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and yet it still makes more sence than Scientology
September 13th, 2006
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..."It makes no sense. On purpose. There, now you know what Dada is." ... Wow, I can't believe you just tried to rationally explain Dada - that's like sooooo NOT Dada. In fact, that music choice wasn't Dada at all - it would have been better if it were a bicycle fish boot stomping on a face forever.
September 13th, 2006
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It's so strange that I like it.
September 13th, 2006
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This says to me to get attention you must eather so something great or have something horrific happen to you.
September 13th, 2006
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5 because DADA movement is awesome.
September 13th, 2006
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Imperfect.
September 13th, 2006
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Disturbing
September 13th, 2006
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I love sh*t that doesn't make any sense.
September 13th, 2006
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Damn Accurate. Awesome ytmnd.
September 13th, 2006
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DADADADADA
September 13th, 2006
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5 for making joke about a joke... i would give it another 5 for the music if i could...
September 13th, 2006
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this whole site is pretty much dada, that being said... i like the image alot but i think you should prolly change the title to some garbled nonsense.
September 13th, 2006
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and when i say this whole site i mean YTMND not this site in particular :p
September 13th, 2006
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The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.
September 13th, 2006
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Spank delicious!
September 13th, 2006
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whoa, who is Soft Tempest?
September 13th, 2006
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also, the towers are upside down. Upgraded to 5. Don't know why.
September 13th, 2006
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This isn't exactly dada-ism, though. If anything the combination of the pop culture symbols would make it pop art or something considered contemporary. Possibly Neo-dada. Dada is anti-art. Taking the moustache off of Sean Connery in photoshop but keeping eventhing else the same could be considered Dada, I suppose. Dada shocked the common sense. The WTC brought that across a tad, I suppose. Good effort. Clever use of music and background. B-
September 13th, 2006
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I can't help but five this.
September 13th, 2006
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pickletart funkbuggy!
September 13th, 2006
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I like it
September 13th, 2006
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WE ARE KYGER
September 13th, 2006
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This makes me want to break my own thumbs
September 13th, 2006
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Creating things without meaning devolves meaning of meaning. 2'd for effort.
September 13th, 2006
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Ah Dadaism, quite possibly the strangest art movement that never meant to be. kudos, 5.
September 13th, 2006
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o rly?
September 13th, 2006
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"This isn't exactly dada-ism, though. If anything the combination of the pop culture symbols would make it pop art or something considered contemporary. Possibly Neo-dada." QFT
September 13th, 2006
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Finally! I've been waiting for someone to drag Dadaism in here for SO long. Almost thought of doing it myself >>
September 13th, 2006
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This is Surealism, not Dadaism. Simple not making sense isn't what Dada is. Take the most famous examples. A pipe or an upside-down urinal are not nonsensical, but the mindset they demand you take is.
September 13th, 2006
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the irony and paradox of dadaism is it has no meaning and yet that is meaning in and of itself. Nice image.. what gallery are you showing that in? :p
September 13th, 2006
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Thanks for the waste of time!
September 13th, 2006
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Space Ghost Coast to Coast is an introduction to dadaist. This is a creature with skyscraper legs.
September 13th, 2006
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We are often told that we are incoherent, but into the word people try to put an insult that is rather hard for me to fathom. Everything is incoherent -Tristan Tzara
September 13th, 2006
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5 for dada.
September 13th, 2006
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I'm actually learning more about Dada just by reading the replies. But is it really surrealist if there was no logic or intention behind the assembly of visual parts? (Twin towers, fish head, lips, championship belt)
September 13th, 2006
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Origin of the song: Actually titled "Soft Tempest." From a Pandora file. I think the artist title is "Symbion Project" -- but I'm not quite sure.
September 13th, 2006
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I may have accidentally created borderline surrealism and/or pop art, because I was actually concerned with aesthetics :( But the assembly was freaky purposeful random. I gave the site a better description 4 boo + Tkreft
September 13th, 2006
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wtf?
September 13th, 2006
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What the f*ck? *Tries to click 1 star yet is forced to 5 it.* ... You hypnotizing bitch, what did you do to my brain?
September 13th, 2006
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boring
September 13th, 2006
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5'd for people not reading site description.
September 13th, 2006
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4ed for the art history.
September 13th, 2006
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Dadaism is the same garbage that ROY4L makes.
September 13th, 2006
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lol wwe cruiserweight championship
September 13th, 2006
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gay
September 13th, 2006
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Is he cruiserweight champion there?
September 13th, 2006
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sexymofo will 5 this.
September 13th, 2006
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wtfwtf will 1 this.
September 13th, 2006
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You're the artist now, dog.
September 13th, 2006
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Dadaism more like GAYaism.
September 13th, 2006
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dada ftw
September 13th, 2006
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Buh? That's actually kinda cool, I think.
September 13th, 2006
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Many reasons to 5: dadaism, symbion project, and the downvoters.
September 13th, 2006
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nice!~
September 13th, 2006
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"I like it , I love it, I want some more of it" - Billy Ray Cyrus
September 13th, 2006
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weeeeeee!
September 13th, 2006
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If thats the introduction, Im sure the final will be mind boggling.
September 13th, 2006
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5'd for doom music
September 13th, 2006
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hah this is really great i am studying and actually doing dadaism in my art class now, inspiring and good and i really hope that some how we can bring dadaism back
September 13th, 2006
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i like the dadaist movement. but, like most countercultures, it ended when it became culture
September 13th, 2006
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Duchamp is my father.
September 13th, 2006
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Poor whetstone trying to find symbolism in Dada. . .
September 13th, 2006
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sexyf*ggot will 5 this
September 13th, 2006
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The true irony being that a complete opposition to art is still a form of art in the same way that atheism is still a form of religion. However, I love the animation and educational value, so 5.
September 13th, 2006
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dadaist art = +4
September 13th, 2006
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Gefilte fish. I'm glad someone brought up the topic of Dadaism/surrealism here. Underappreciated.
September 13th, 2006
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5'd because whetstone can't figure it out.
October 7th, 2006
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hah this is really great i am studying and actually doing dadaism in my art class now, inspiring and good and i really hope that some how we can bring dadaism back
January 25th, 2007
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hah this is really great i am studying and actually doing dadaism in my art class now, inspiring and good and i really hope that some how we can bring dadaism back