31 minutes of chaos that'll make you question what art even IS, darling.
Contemplate the "anti-art" spirit of Dadaism, its nihilistic yet humorous indictment of civilization and bizarre use of unconventional media. In the sensibility of Surrealism, observe its compelling focus on the subconscious and two substyles - dream imagery, with its juxtaposition of objects and settings, and "automatic drawing," eliciting unplanned images from the unconscious.
Direction
Hirsh treats nonsense with scholarly seriousness.
Production
Archival footage of artists being gloriously unhinged.
Director
Sharon Latchaw Hirsh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sharon Latchaw Hirsh was a prominent art historian specializing in Symbolism and Surrealism, making this rare academic-on-film energy.
Dada literally started because artists were bored and traumatized by WWI—this film captures that 'nothing matters, let's make noise' origin story.
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