Dada

Dada, nihilistic and anti aesthetic movement in the arts that flourished primarily in Zurich, Switzerland, New York City, Berlin, Hannover and Paris. Dada artists' reliance on accident and chance were later employed by the Surrealists and Abstract Expressionists. Critics have cited Dadaist influences on the punk rock movement of the 1970's. www.britannica.com/art/Dada

Cover of the first issue of periodical Der Dada, edited by Raoul Hausman, Berlin, 1919

From the children's book Die Scheude (The Scarecrow) by Kurt Schwitters,

Van Doesberg and Kate Steinistz, Hanover 1925

Kurt Schwitters, 1923. Cover of the first issue of Merz. The original is printed black

on grey paper. Images and text from

Pioneers of modern typography

by Herbert Spencer.

Dada poetry

Wood block printing with Sue Baker Kenton in the City Lit print room, pre lockdown.