Origins of the Manifesto - Part Two

The second movement I want to share is, Dadaism.
Born out of disgust for the social, political and cultural values of the early 20th Century, in Zurich Switzerland. The art of Dada, was a reaction chain from the horror seen in the first world war; they believed it was the fault of society which led us to this war.
Therefore the movement did all that they could - through the power of art - to destroy traditional values in the art world and all across the seas. Deeming society as the cause of the monstrosity that WW1 was, Dadaists wanted there art to encourage a new way of thinking in the world.

Dadaism was seen as less of an art style, and more like a protest movement, with an anti-establishment manifesto - embracing poetry, theatre and dance...
As we know, art movements are usually named by the critiques of the world however, Dada was the only art-protest movement named by the artists themselves, (although there is no pin pointing the exact tongue the name came from).
'Da-Da' was taken from the Slavonic language of Tzara, meaning 'Yes, Yes'.
It also derives from France, meaning 'Wooden Horse': in German it's another way of saying, 'Fuck you, goodbye, to the next'. The word 'Da-Da' is international and can be interpreted in so many ways, in so many countries and by so many people. And that to me, is the epitomey of being poetic.

This movement has such an enthusiastic and positive frame of mind, that is inspiring to every one of us as individuals.

As you can see through these two examples, the art of Dada is vibrant, typographical and, quite busy in the way it tells a story of thousand words. 

 Dadaism's Manifesto:

During the year of 1916, Hugo Ball was working on Le Manifeste DaDa, one of the many manifesto's that the Dadaists created, along with magazines - with the purpose of attacking the compliant attitudes of social, political and cultured minds that did not fight had enough to oppose the first world war.

In this manifesto, Hugo Ball expresses his opinions on Dada becoming an art movement. Hugo stayed with Dadaism for six months after the publishing of this manifesto. After these months, Ball left due to a conflict of interests with other artists in the Dada world.