Dada or Dadaism was an artistic movement which emerged in Zurich, Switzerland around 1915 during World War I, and lasted until the mid-1920’s. Dada artists challenged convention and expressed their opposition to nationalistic extremism and conformity by creating art by chance, and proclaiming manufactured goods, or readymades, as art. The Dada movement is known for highlighting the absurdity and the joy of life. “It was an adventure even to find a stone, a clock movement, a tram ticket, an insect, the corner of one’s own room; all these things could inspire pure and direct feeling. When art is brought into line with everyday life and individual experience, it is exposed to the same risks, the same unforeseeable laws of chance, the same interplay of living forces. Art is no longer ‘serious and weighty’ emotional stimulus, nor sentimental tragedy, but the fruit of experience and joy in life.” - Hugo Ball
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