greg63 |
04-12-2006 01:21 AM |
Ok the origins of the word Dada are multicultural and are as follows:
Origin of the word Dada
The origin of the name Dada is unclear. Some believe that it is a nonsensical word. Others maintain that it originates from the Romanian artists Tristan Tzara and Marcel Janco's frequent use of the words da, da, meaning yes, yes in the Romanian language. Others believe that a group of artists assembled in Zürich in 1916, wanting a name for their new movement, chose it at random by stabbing a French- German dictionary with a paper knife, and picking the name that the point landed upon. Dada in French is a child's word for hobby-horse. In French the colloquialism, c'est mon dada, means it's my hobby.According to the Dada ideal, the movement would not be called Dadaism, much less designated an art movement.
I was wrong about it being German for yes, yes. :banghead:
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