From: "KK"
Date: Sat Jul 7, 2001 10:37 pm
Subject: Re: Boycott the dadafest: animal cruelty!

'During World War I, searches for new and fantastic subject matter and
content came into focus. Zurich was the first important center in which
arosean art, a literature, and even a music of the fantastic and
absurd. ...
Hugo Ball, Richard Huelsenbeck, Tristan Tzara, Marcel Janco, Jean Arp,and Hans Richter were the leaders whose demonstrations, readings of poetry, noise concerts, art exhibitions, and writings attacked the traditions
and preconceptions of Western art and literature. Thrown together in
Zurich, these young artists expressed their reactions to the spreading hysteria and madness of a world at war, in forms that were intended as only negative, anarchic and destructive. From the very beginning, however, the dadaists showed a seriousness of purpose and a search for a new vision and content that went beyond any frivilous desire to outrage the bourgeoisie....'
Arnason's History of Modern Art

Sounds like last night was not dada at all, but only a frivilous desire
to outrage (the general public). Or a very vain attempt at getting
attention.

I'm an artist and I would not support this. And I'm pretty
non-judgemental
when it comes to other people's work.

At the very least the police might see this along the same lines as
cockfighting???

That's fairly illegal.