Performance art research

One of the leading art movements in performance art is called Dada. It began as an art form that represented a sort of anti-aesthetically pleasing viewpoint. Dadaists believed that the barbarism of world war 1 was caused by logic. They did not approve, and therefore sought to remedy the problem by creating and performing art that was illogical and irrational. Their performance art was also typically anti-upper class. One such performance art consisted of the participants walking past urinals while being read poetry. Dadaists would also create music that was generally nonsensical and not very pleasing to listen to.

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