Dada Manifesto

It will serve to show how articulated language comes into being. I let the vowels fool around. I let the vowels quite simply occur, as a cat meows . . . Words emerge, shoulders of words, legs, arms, hands of words. Au, oi, uh. One shouldn't let too many words out. A line of poetry is a chance to get rid of all the filth that clings to this accursed language, as if put there by stockbrokers' hands, hands worn smooth by coins. I want the word where it ends and begins. Dada is the heart of words.

            This passage implies that as a poet the words flow freely from his mouth, pouring out of his body but then he pauses, stops himself. Could it be because he may offend someone and veer from the belief of Dadaism? For him poetry is liberating, freeing the soul. He wants dada because it is his beginning and end, it is the life force. Dada gives him permission, the right to express himself. But Dadaism seems to limit and almost castrate freedom of expression. The sentence about stockbrokers hands, hands worn smooth by coins, implies that the Government/rules limit the speaker, so even though he thinks he is speaking freely, it is not really so. The speaker does not want to be constrained or bogged down by the utilitarian and rule bound nature of the language. When he says “I want the word where it ends and begins. Dada is the heart of words,” he shows a desire to penetrate to the essence of the objects of his poetry.

            But what about the freedom to express yourself because you are a citizen of a free country where everyone is equal and can freely express themselves without being persecuted by the government , no matter what your beliefs are.

            Many immigrants come here from another country to have a better life. And the freedom is much more liberating. It is difficult when you are restricted, for some, to vote is like climbing a mountain filled with traps. Many enjoy the freedom here without any form of persecution and being treated fairly. I enjoy being an American, in a land of the free.

Reference: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dada_Manifesto_(1916,_Hugo_Ball)--Dadaism, Hugo Ball, "Dada Manifesto"

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(c.1916-1922)

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RAOUL HAUSMANN (1886-1971)
'Tatlin at Home', 1920 (collag

           

          

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  Raul Hausmann was born in Vienna  Austria-Hungary, July 12 1886 and died February 1, 1941 in France. He was an author, poet and photographer. He was a key figure in the Dada era. After his marriage to Elfride Schaeffea and birth of his child, he started producing expressionist painting and became a staff writer. He had many friends in high places. He is part of a group responsible for the creation of the Dada club. Hausmann presented manifesto of a machine called the Optophone, capable of converting audio and visual signals interchangeable, the device was later patented in England in 1935.

            The picture is clear, contains, many defined lines it is an informative picture based on reality or what is going on in the world at present. Also the picture imply metaphorically.  The man in the forefront of the picture is the big thinker when it comes to machinery- so he is the one ruling taking over. Is the man also a partial cyborg, if you look closely at the eye it looks like a machine. The room implies that the country is in one room. The map gives the sense of the world being far, away or a war tactic room with possible war looming ahead. Health is placed on a shelf collecting dust. There is another man in the picture and he looks middle class because he is wearing a suit. He is worrying about and facing the fact that there is no money, so no food. The shadows are neat and contained. The wall has a veil. And the picture looks like a blinder with satellites looking back at the man.

Reference: Raoul Hausman: Kamerafotografien, 1927-1987 andreas schirmer-mosel c,1979