Dada Manifesto

There are two Dada Manifesto "published." HTe first one was recited by Hugo Ball in 1916, and is one of the weirdest things ever, and stranger yet because it is originally a spoken piece. He talks about the forming of the name and then the movement itself. But the movement's ideas all stem from the name : DADA. and as Ball says, "It's really quite simple." There is nothing really substantial about the word. Every language has firmed a different meaning for it, and it is generally a passive term used, without much thought or care behind it. Such as , good-bye, "hobby-horse" or yes, you're right. And Hugo Ball uses this to further explain the movement, that it is not about digging down and finding meaning hidden in the art. It is simply there to be seen, elicit a response, and have the viewer develop their own ideas about it or decide if it is art. 

Dada spent a lot of time throwing things back to the public. There was a lot of confusion in the world because of the wars happening. And the artists were the ones struggling most from this, which led them to turning their back on not just the world...but also the art world. Thats where Dada came from.

Now later Tristan Tzara publishes one of the most important pieces about the Dada movement. Although his too explained a lot of what Dada was about and tried to convince people that it is real and what the motives were. His manifesto took the publication of the movement one step further, and had the goal of spreading the movement and the ideas behind it. He essentially wanted every artist creating Dada works. It seems as though he wanted to fully engulf the art world in the Dada movement, and essentially they were able to. Everyone was joining, and it was the foundation of the soon to develop surrealist movement.