Chris Johanson
by John Motley, The Portland Mercury, February 22, 2007
When Dada spread through Germany after World War I, its practitioners championed the un-self-conscious
artistic impulses of the child. Its name even referred to that most basic gesture of expression: a child
addressing its father with those first clumsy syllables. But within that movement, privileging nonsensical,
automatic expression was couched within hyper-self-conscious theory that belonged to the intellectual
territory of adults.
artistic impulses of the child. Its name even referred to that most basic gesture of expression: a child
addressing its father with those first clumsy syllables. But within that movement, privileging nonsensical,
automatic expression was couched within hyper-self-conscious theory that belonged to the intellectual
territory of adults.
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