ReDaDa
Dada from then , Dada from now. One hundred years of Dada. Five films.
50,000 Dadaists can’t be wrong !
Ghosts Before Breakfast Hans Richter (Germany, 1928, 35 to digital, 7mins)
Pure vintage dada. A humorous, delightful, grotesque in which ordinary objects rebelagainst their daily routine and, for a brief period of liberation, follow their own laws.
Tomatos Another Day, It Never Happened J.S.Watson + Alec Wilder (USA,1933,35mm to digital, 7mins)
A unique example of dadaist aesthetics in early sound cinema. A minimalist and virtually expressionless acting style on a claustrophobic set characterizes the melodramatic love triangle.
Dada 62 Takahiko Ilmura (Japan, 1962, 16mm, 10mins)
Featuring live performances from some of the most notorious Japanese artists of the neo-Dada art movement of the early 60s.
Ghost Image, Visual Essays No.4 Al Razutis (Canada, 1979, 16mm,10mins)
The mirror image creates a denial of axis and screen direction, with the result that the viewer must read “through the images”. Contains excerpts from approximately 20 surrealist, dada, and horror films.
The Individual Sarah Sowell (USA, 2024, 16mm to digital, 28mins)
A speculative reimagining of Dada happenings, artworks, and events between 1912-1923 Paradoxes between image-making, gender, representation, photography, and
capital are examined and embodied. Appropriating Man Ray’s autobiography as a point
of departure, the film receives text interventions from Rosalind Krauss, Claude Cahun
and Kathy Acker.
Greg Pope. 