Dada Manifesto

Dada was an art movement in response to World War I that begun in Zurich, Switzerland in 1916. Dada was anti-bourgeous in addition to anti-war and was the beginning of the abstract art movements in the 1900s.

Dada was an informal movement, but at it's roots believed that the bourgeous attitude of Europe was what brought on the war. According to Hans Richter, dada was anti-art . Dada represented everything art was not. Dadaists hoped to destroy culture and aesthetics. 

Some of the techniques that were developed through the dada movement are collage, photomontage, assemblage, and readymades. 

While art historians look on dadaism with criticism, there is no doubt that this movement contributed a lot to the art of the 20th century and beyond

Here's a short video I found on the history of dada