It's also important to understand the context of any artistic movement. Dadaism was a response to futurism and other pro-industrial artistic movements that were

It's also important to understand the context of any artistic movement. Dadaism was a response to futurism and other pro-industrial artistic movements that were very popular during the lead up to WW1. Dadaists were part of an artistic recoiling from the horrors of WW1 and anything that even smacked of the sentiments that were felt to have lead up to such a catastrophe. This far from WW1, the whole thing seems a bit silly because we're not part of the time and mental place that made such movements tick originally.