Presentation H - eng 10

1st characteristic

Embraces controversy

Transitions from serious to nonsensical

Violent imagery

Vastly different from others.

2nd Characteristic

• Referred to as surrealism’s “father”.

• Changed the perception of art

• Created new relationships with audience

• Established conceptual art

3rd characteristic

Ridiculous imagery

Rejected conventional artistic logic

Gibberish at times

Sounds serious when it’s nonsense

Ridiculous possibilities suggested

4th characteristic

A form of mockery

Does not follow traditional norms

Makes normal items art

Has no actual rules

Works convey nonchalant attitude

5th Characteristic

Strings words together

Embraces chance

Embraces spontaneity

Dada was a random word

The randomness mirrors world chaos

1st bio

Tristan Tzara

Born Samuel Rosenstock in 1896.

Helped create Dada in 1916.

Started editing Dada in 1917.

Shifts to surrealism in 1929.

Died in Paris in 1963.

2nd bio

Kurt Schwitters

Schwitters was born in 1887.

He was a pioneering artist.

Created Dada branch called Merz.

Used untraditional elements for art.

He died in 1948.

3rd bio

Richard Huelsenbeck

Born in 1892 in Germany.

Pioneered sound poetry.

Became a clinician in NYC.

Laid groundwork for art therapy.

Died in 1974 in Switzerland.

What is after the bio’s

Poem reading

Close reading 1

The snippet :

“the elevator lugged a king

...

he cut his right arm to the bone

sent it to the pope in rome“

• The violence shocks people

• Connects to 1^st characteristic

Close Reading 2

The snippet:

“nor the bicyclist

nor the man

was ever happy or sad again”

• The errors mock grammar rules

• Conveys the 4^th characteristic

In which order do all the parts appear in.

Intro, characteristics, bio, poem, and close reading

Close Reading 3

The snippet:

“that’s why later

the elevator

had no more dada in its heart”

• An elevator has no heart

• Is no piece of personification

• Meant to have no meaning

• Matches 3^rd characteristic