Histories and Theories of Intermedia

January 1923 One must become acquainted with everybody except oneself; one must not know which sex one belongs to; I do not care whether I ...

In 1913 I had the happy idea to fasten a bicycle wheel to a kitchen stool and watch it turn. A few months later I bought a cheap reproducti...

Art is going to sleep for a new world to be born "ART"-parrot word-replaced by DADA, PLESIOSAURUS, or handkerchief ...

From Cabaret Voltaire - Issue 1 - Hugo Ball When I founded the Cabaret Voltaire, I was sure that there must be a few young people in Switze...

April 1918 Dadaist Manifesto (Berlin) The signatories of this manifesto have, under the battle cry DADA!!!! gathered together to put forwar...

14th july 1916 DADA is our intensity: it erects inconsequential bayonets and the Sumatral head of German babies; Dada is life with neither ...

Dada Manifesto by Francis Picabia march 1920 The Cubists want to cover Dada with snow; it may surprise you, but it is so, they want to empt...

23rd march 1918 The magic of a word - DADA - which for journalists has opened the door to an unforeseen world, has for us not the slightest...

A point that I want very much to establish is that the choice of these "ready-mades" was never dictated by aesthetic delectation....

It has been a long time since we had one of our little conversations. They use to mean so much to me. Marcel Duchamp: 1964? Bob Rauschenbe...

For more information about Jean Cocteau, visit: http://www.jeancocteau.net/ 1889 Jean Cocteau, the son ...