DADA!!!

Back in the beginning of my sophomore year at MCAD I took a class about Dada. I thought this would be a great art movement to study for our Form Making Studio class. We’ve been discussing how to balance the unconscious mind with the conscious mind. They were one of the, if not the, first groups of artists exploring this idea. They were mainly pursuing how to detach themselves from their work and trying to challenge the ideas of what art is.

I’m sure most of you already know about this stuff from taking art history classes but I though it would be good to mention this again.

Artists such as Kurt Schwitters and Hannah Hoch were some of the first to use the technique of collage. I think this ties in very well with our last assignment.

http://www.the-artists.org/movement/Dada.html

First posting for class

I'm sure a few people have seen some of this stuff before. Especially if you're interested in interactive media and motion graphics. They work a lot with lights and how to use light as a graphic element in their presentations. They've done several light displays for musicians. Some of their bigger clients include U2 (2005-2006 Vertigo World Tour) and Massive Attack. I've been interested in this groups work for a long time. They don't work with any print medium, but they have been very influencial in my work.

http://www.uva.co.uk/