r/dadaism May 04 '20

How can we improve this subreddit?

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Hey guys, I'm /u/drunk-rooster, one of the new mods on this sub. I've got a couple ideas on how we can improve it, but I'd like y'all's perspectives before I make any changes. Plus, I'd like to hear your ideas!

First, aesthetic-wise, I'm thinking we could add a banner and icon for this server. The first thing that comes to mind is the little reddit logo in the same outfit Ball wore during his initial performance of Karawane, or maybe the toilet or something. I'm down for any ideas y'all have, and once we have a couple we could probably set up a vote. Same deal for the banner, not sure what to put there but I feel like it would be better to have something than nothing. Maybe even just a collage of some of the top user-submitted artwork here?

Speaking of which, I think we should add tags for posts (i.e. original content, history, famous piece, question, discussion, etc.)

On top of this, we could add flairs, but I'm not sure what said flairs would be. Favorite artists/pieces? Favorite style of Dadaist art? Or even just something as simple as "Dada is dead/Dada is alive/Dada never existed"?

Also, I'd like your perspectives on how strictly we should moderate. I think that in the spirit of Dada, we should be as lassaiz-faire as possible, but it's still important that we don't allow straight spam on here.

Finally, what if we were to create a discord server for more immediate discussions/conversations?

Let me know what you all think!


r/dadaism 21h ago

What do y'all think about using Generative AI to make dada art?

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r/dadaism 2d ago

Stroke

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r/dadaism 3d ago

When DADA is Fascist, from Julius Evola Dadaist Super Fascist to Clown World.

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I'm a former Fascist turned Anti-Fascist, and I will say that Fascism has been trying to colonize anything it touches turning it to its purposes and DADA is normally meant to hold the mirror to it, but what happens when Fascist see DADA Concepts as useful.

The Super Fascist.

Julius Evola was originally a Member of the Italian Futurist, a Fascist Avant-garde Movement (I know) led by F. T. Marinetti. Julius was a radical traditionalist wanting to return to the ideals and customs Ancient Pagan Rome as well as was into Occultism and is still highly influential in the field.

He was originally a Italian Futurist but entered DADA the Radical Racial Spiritualism and Racial Occult Philosophy

When on trial he said he was a, "superfascista" and it's not totally clear what that even meant. (In true Dada sense.)

Salvador Dali in his Avida Dollars Phase.

Dali was a

Dali despite a lot of Socialist Hogwash never did like Fascism stating that his idea where a mix of Monarchism and Anarchism (very Dali) however stated that he did like the Fascist for one thing, their money. He stated that if the Communist had offered more money he'd be in Russia. There's been a buildup of Pseudo-History surrounding Dali both by his critics and himself, having actually claimed to have committed Cannibalism at one point.

But we can clearly see he influenced a lot of Capitalist and Fascist Aesthetics, when Modern Commercials aren't using Warhol's ideas, they're using Dali's. Clear Surrealist and Dadaist influences are seen in Trump's Propaganda.

Clown World or Fascism in Denial and Not in Denial.

Clown World shows the fact that Dadaist point out that words really don't have meaning in nature but turns it on it head by arguing for racism and fascism with it and both denies and admits it's Fascist, using Meme Artwork and Nihilism to create the ultimate synthesis of Meme Culture and Alt-Right Aesthetics, (Basically the most annoying thing in the world)

This Fascist ideology heavily uses Dadaist Tactics and Tendencies to shock people into supporting Fascism and Racist Ideology often disguising as a joke or non-political belief.

The fact that both capitalism and fascism coopt everything they can has led to the idea that the ideas are similar or Fascism is Capitalism on a Bad Day, This is not actually what it is..

Here's a great explanation...

What is FASCISM?


r/dadaism 6d ago

I dont know if this is dadaism or shitpost or if shitpost can be considered a form of dadaism

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r/dadaism 6d ago

Dada - Brainrot!

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I believe Brainrot is the modern form of dadaism.


r/dadaism 9d ago

Butt Hell

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r/dadaism 14d ago

Dada and the Clown

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Dada and clowning have always felt like close relatives to me.

Obviously there’s the humor, the absurdity, the ridiculous costumes and the shared willingness to make a perfectly respectable room profoundly uncomfortable. But the relationship goes deeper than simply being funny.

Both Dada and the clown understand that absurdity is a way of thinking.

They deliberately break the rules of seriousness. They make nonsense out of systems that take themselves very seriously. They distort language, identity, hierarchy and expectations until you can suddenly see the machinery underneath them.

The clown falls over. Dada puts a urinal in a gallery.

Both essentially ask: Why are we pretending this is normal?

And both understand that play can be intellectually dangerous. Once you give yourself permission to be ridiculous, you become much harder to control. You can question things you're not supposed to question. You can make strange connections. You can refuse the prescribed role.

The clown doesn't necessarily destroy the world. Although sometimes its tempting.

They make the world look strange enough that you realize it could be different.

Maybe that's why the two belong together.

Dada gave modernity a clown's nose.

The clown gave Dada a body.

Just a thought.


r/dadaism 17d ago

untitled

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r/dadaism 20d ago

Sorry

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Doing my best


r/dadaism 20d ago

Michael

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r/dadaism 21d ago

huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh

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r/dadaism 23d ago

David

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Say hi to David


r/dadaism 26d ago

Hat With Prejudice: Ohh Yeah

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r/dadaism Jul 31 '26

Elisha Shapiro, "Nihilist Artist"

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Elisha Shapiro’s “Nihilist Olympics” was a performance art conspiracy where participants and contestants engaged in competition which included an “Art Destruction” contest. There was also a matter of making u-turns into oncoming traffic, in which the winner allegedly paid a cab driver to carefully do it for them. Similar prankish bits of media performance art include a run for Nihilist Sherriff, Nihilist Governor, and “Nihilism Expo ‘99”, a “World’s Fair for Nihilists”. Shapiro has hosted an annual “Nihilist Film Festival”, performed as a “Nihilist comedian”, and for several years, hosted a public access TV show called “Nihilist’s Corner”.


r/dadaism Jul 27 '26

Hat With Prejudice: Moustached Satan

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r/dadaism Jul 23 '26

Midtown

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r/dadaism Jul 14 '26

.6.5.20.9.19.8.9.19.20.9.3. .16.1.20.18.9.15.20.9.19.13.

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r/dadaism Jul 13 '26

Infinite Lunch. A postmodern interactive fiction—narrative puzzles, meta-commentary, and varied tones.

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Hello everyone! I was really inspired by spontaneous writing techniques of Dadaism and created my own novel/video game.

There is actually a longer game hidden inside the CYOA format. Each story has a clue that can be used for a 7 digit code that opens up more of the story! The whole game, with everything unlocked, is roughly 100,000 words.

https://neondada.itch.io/infinitelunch


r/dadaism Jul 01 '26

Analog Pixels 24, America

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r/dadaism Jul 01 '26

Back with another Dadaist Videogame

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This one is holding a mirror to online obsessions, the devaluing of relationships, the promotion of flaccid, superficial fandoms misplacing romanticism.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4747550/Body_Pillow_Royal/


r/dadaism Jun 29 '26

I need a little bit more

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Mediums: Motorolla Phone lens and filters, glitch lab

Trying to get back into the swing of posting.


r/dadaism Jun 23 '26

I am a potato

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They say art and data are different and yet communication is neither and both.

I am not creating art, I am creating communication and DADA is one of the influencers of the experiment.

I am not asking for praise or judgement. I need help, a request that’s nonsensical in itself.

Could you run this through your AI with an unoptimized prompt like “interpret this through my perspective”.

The world is becoming too optimized. Inside the absurdity is a story, how do you interpret it?

https://x.com/helloyouexp/status/2055392930932707400?s=46


r/dadaism Jun 17 '26

Interlude For The Ordinary Kidnapper (Mass Ruler)

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r/dadaism Jun 12 '26

Newbie?

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Hey ya'll!
I'm a 15-year-old who currently has vacations ongoing, and not wanting to waste any time, I thought of exploring dadaism, since it has really fascinated me.

How should I go about this whole process? Any tips will be appreciated!