Dada vs Punk

ダダ / パンク

Dada comes from Avant-garde and Punk from Counterculture. Both are read here as style. They are reached for with some of the same intent, which is where they get confused.

Dada

Dada — Theo van Doesburg & Kurt Schwitters, Kleine Dada Soirée, 1922 — Wikimedia Commons / CC0Dada — デュシャン『泉』スティーグリッツ撮影 1917 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domainDada — ピカビア『391』誌 1917 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain

Deliberately dislocates meaning and order, making authority itself the material of the joke.

Punk

Punk — イギリスのパンク・ファンジン — Wikimedia Commons / CC0Punk — 1970年代のファンジン — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0Punk — 1980年代末のパンク／アナルコ・ジャケット — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0

A DIY objection to the authority of the tidy, made by cutting, pasting and dirtying.

DadaPunk
Era1916–1920s1970s–1980s
FamilyAvant-gardeCounterculture
KindStyleStyle
CuesRotated type / Fragments of sound / Collisions of scale / Unbalanced marginsCut-and-paste letters / Photocopier noise / Handwriting / Ragged placement
Best used forCultural events and statements that doubt common sense · Making voice, noise and collision come before meaningVoicing dissent against the rules · Giving events and communities a raw voice
TypeCollide weights, directions and cases in one planeMix newsprint letters, handwriting and stamps
CompositionKeep one reading path; rotate and sever the restDeliberate misalignment and overlap; disturb even the margins
MaterialLetterpress black, red, off-white; bind the accidents with repetitionCopier paper, tears, black plus a warning color
CautionNot decorative messiness. Decide which authority or custom you are objecting to.Borrowed rebellion is hollow. Decide what you are protesting first.

Put these two together

Avant-garde ／ Counterculture

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