Dada was an art movement of the European Avant-Garde in the early 20th Century. It was born out of negative reaction to the horrors of World War 1. This was an international movement and was started by a group of artists and poets associated with the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich. Dada rejected reason and logic, prizing nonsense, irrationality and intuition. Dada demonstrated anti-war and anti-bourgeois politics through visual arts, literature, poetry, art manifestoes, art theory, theatre, and graphic design. I believe this movement was an integral part of the spark of creativity in art and design we know today.
Fluxus comes from Dada roots and is essentially a network of artists. It developed its 'anti-art' and anti-commercial aesthetics under the leadership of George Maciunas. Fluxus also consisted of avant-garde performances, often spilling out into the streets of various places where shows were held. The artists involved in this movement have been active in Neo-Dada, noise music, visual art, and more. It seems that Fluxus is basically the modern version of the Dada, and I am glad that the spunk and absolute raw creativity of the Dada movement is being continued today. I am inspired by this type of work!
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