Founder of "Dadaism"

[Longgrain]

Who, what, why, when, where and how?

I thought it was me?

[NYC Liberal]

1. Check this out...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dadaism

[Magrittes Pipe]

2. Dada ceased to be Dada when it became Dada.

Don't Arpify yourself into a footnote.

Or, as Trio said, "da da da da."

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. Always thought it was Marcel Duchamp.

Along with several other people, of course, but Duchamp is the most well-known, and it's generally his work that comes to mind when you mention "Dada" to someone.

Like this piece, "Fountain":



Or his altered Mona Lisa...spoken aloud, the letters at the bottom, LHOOQ, sound like "elle a chaud au cul" (she has a hot ass).

[Lisa]

4. so you want to know -- who's the "dada" of Dada?

Sorry, couldn't resist. (Aaron Sorkin came up with that one, by the way.)


I'm trying to recall the name of an eccentric French politician -- I think he may have held a government post in the inter-war years -- who was credited with a very unorthodox style, and may have inspired some of the Dadaists.

[asthmaticeog]

5. There are strong arguments for Hugo Ball,

but I don't think any one person can take credit. On the other hand, Hugo Ball DID have the best name.

[Beaverhausen]

6. Do do do do Da da da da

[Zensea]

7. tristan tzara

is who I immediately think of