Introduction
Dadaism (DADA) is an avant-garde nihilist movement whose adherents rigidly rejected all bourgeois art forms. They sought to destroy established principles of art, of functioning and beauty, of work, and of authorship. DADA’s fundamental values are cynicism, lack of aesthetics, rejection of standards, irrationality, and disillusionment.
This work presents the DADA-style collages shown in Appendices A and B. Using scissors, glue sticks, paper, and old magazines, I sought to express my inner self. I did not limit myself to certain boundaries in art, as many Dadaists have done in the past.
A Narrative
I was guided by the right-hemisphere technique when creating the collage. Typically, it removes logical left-hemispheric limitations, unleashing the ability to generate unique, out-of-the-box ideas. The juxtapositions of the collage’s objects, images, and letters hint more at narrative. Traveling to other regions, whether in real life or the dream world, is fascinating. There is much to see, feel, perceive, and realize with one’s own eyes. In addition, there is nothing like those feelings when one dives into a completely different atmosphere. Objects themselves may seem random and unrelated, but their combination suggests a theme of travel and a desire to explore.
The Idea of DADA
The collage reflects DADA’s ideas through contradictions and random, unexpected elements, and plays with existing artistic norms. Different textures, letters, colors, shapes, and illogical, mismatched images helped me to create a relatively absurd but surprising composition. Furthermore, fragments taken out of context can create new associations and meanings. Initially, the collage was supposed to convey a different message, but after reviewing a few impressive images, this combination was chosen (Appendix A and Appendix B).
Conclusion
In summary, the resulting collage fits perfectly into the DADA movement. On the one hand, it is incoherent, irrational, illogical, and ridiculous because of the combination of several unrelated components. On the other hand, it fulfills Dadaism’s basic needs, expressed in independence, experimentation, nihilism, and negating everything “elegant” and “perfect.” I particularly enjoyed this assignment and will continue to create more compositions in the DADA style, inventing new, unusual, and meaningful ones.
Appendix A
Appendix B
