Let me be the first to tell you: happy International Dada month!
Er, happy one day of International Dada month. . . um, happy random day of International Dada month that is in the same month as the other days in that month?
Confused? Good. You should be.
Saturday, March 28 is one of the random days that Mayor Boog Highberger proclaimed to be a part of International Dada month in Lawrence.
The other days that he picked by rolling the dice or drawing numbers out of a hat aren't even in March. Or any other one month for that matter. If you still can't make any sense of any of this, then you're understanding Dada.
Dadaism is a movement from early twentieth century that basically is anti-everything - even anti-art. It basically celebrates randomness.
Various artworks from the movement include anything from a performance of basic gibberish to objects somehow slightly skewed and given a title.
Though definitely strange and maybe considered pointless, I really enjoy Dada art. Yes, it's silly, but that's the point. Though artists of the movement would probably hate it, I think that beauty can be seen in almost all Dada pieces.
I'll leave you with "Karawane" by Hugo Ball. Basically, it's a bunch of sounds strung together. (This is just a YouTube video that someone put together, it's not his performance.) Use this as inspiration to do something rebellious or random on Saturday.
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