“Dadaglobe Reconstructed”

Though Dadaism began in Zurich in 1916, just as World War reached its murderous height, it soon spread to Berlin, New York and Paris while also attracting adherents from around the world. In 1920, Dada’s daddy, founder Tristan Tzara (who, along with girlfriend Emmy Hemmings, birthed the movement in a nightclub called Cabaret Voltaire) formulated plans for a publication that would have comprehensively covered Dada’s activities over the previous four years. Fifty artists and writers from ten countries were invited to contribute photographs, original drawings, graphic designs and writings. Dadaglobe, as the project was called, never materialized, however, and was eventually forgotten though some of the original artworks submitted to Tzara became well known. They are brought together here for the first time in nearly a century.