Faina​ ​Pensy

12/17/15
Pd.​ ​1

Q1.​ ​When​ ​and​ ​where​ ​did​ ​Dada​ ​begin?

A1.​ ​Dada​ ​began​ ​a​ ​few​ ​years​ ​after​ ​WWI,​ ​a​ ​few​ ​years​ ​after​ ​1918

Q2.​ ​What​ ​was​ ​Dada​ ​response​ ​to?

A2.​ ​Dada​ ​was​ ​a​ ​response​ ​to​ ​the​ ​monstrosities​ ​of​ ​WWI

Q3.​ ​Who​ ​was​ ​a​ ​Dada​ ​artist​ ​and​ ​what​ ​was​ ​special​ ​about​ ​them?

A3.​ ​Marcel​ ​Duchamp,​ ​who​ ​truly​ ​summed​ ​up​ ​the​ ​attitude​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Dadaists.​ ​He​ ​was​ ​the​ ​central
artist​ ​of​ ​New​ ​York​ ​Dada​ ​and​ ​was​ ​“perhaps​ ​the​ ​most​ ​influential​ ​of​ ​all​ ​the​ ​the​ ​Dadaists…”
(Chap.22,​ ​Page​ ​975)

Q4.​ ​What​ ​is​ ​automatism?​ ​Give​ ​an​ ​example.

A4.​ ​Automatism​ ​is​ ​the​ ​process​ ​of​ ​yielding​ ​to​ ​instinctive​ ​actions​ ​after​ ​establishing​ ​a​ ​set​ ​of
conditions​ ​within​ ​which​ ​a​ ​work​ ​would​ ​be​ ​carried​ ​out.​ ​A​ ​Zurich​ ​Dadaist,​ ​Zean​ ​(Hans)​ ​Arp,
specialized​ ​in​ ​automatic​ ​drawings​ ​made​ ​in​ ​a​ ​two​ ​step​ ​process​ ​that​ ​he​ ​began​ ​by​ ​letting​ ​his​ ​pencil
by​ ​wander​ ​over​ ​the​ ​paper​ ​with​ ​as​ ​little​ ​intellectual​ ​control​ ​as​ ​possible.​ ​Then​ ​he​ ​scrutinized​ ​the
patterns​ ​made​ ​for​ ​shapes​ ​that​ ​seemed​ ​to​ ​have​ ​significance​ ​to​ ​him​ ​and​ ​filled​ ​those​ ​contours​ ​with
ink​ ​to​ ​create​ ​a​ ​final​ ​design

Q5.​ ​What​ ​is​ ​photomontage?

A5.​ ​A​ ​composition​ ​made​ ​by​ ​fitting​ ​together​ ​pictures​ ​of​ ​parts​ ​of​ ​pictures,​ ​especially​ ​photographs.
This​ ​technique​ ​of​ ​pasting​ ​together​ ​pieces​ ​of​ ​paper​ ​was​ ​long​ ​before​ ​the​ ​20th​ ​century.​ ​The​ ​parts​ ​of
a​ ​Dada​ ​collage​ ​were​ ​made​ ​almost​ ​entirely​ ​of​ ​found​ ​images,​ ​usually​ ​combined​ ​into​ ​deliberately
anti-logical​ ​compositions.

During​ ​class,​ ​you​ ​told​ ​us​ ​that​ ​the​ ​answer​ ​to​ ​question​ ​six​ ​was​ ​not​ ​included​ ​in​ ​the​ ​packet​ ​and​ ​did
not​ ​need​ ​to​ ​be​ ​answered.

Q7.​ ​Explain​ ​how​ ​Dada​ ​relates​ ​to​ ​context.

A7.​ ​Dada​ ​relates​ ​to​ ​context​ ​in​ ​the​ ​way​ ​that​ ​in​ ​art,​ ​it​ ​is​ ​hard​ ​to​ ​perceive​ ​the​ ​artist’s​ ​message​ ​with
lack​ ​of​ ​context.​ ​if​ ​you​ ​did​ ​not​ ​know​ ​that​ ​Dada​ ​was​ ​a​ ​response​ ​to​ ​WWI,​ ​then​ ​a​ ​whole​ ​new
message​ ​could​ ​be​ ​interpreted,​ ​perhaps​ ​even​ ​contradicting​ ​the​ ​real​ ​message.