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A lot of Dada art tends to be very nonsensical. Some will argue that "Dada" means "hobbyhorse" in French. However, "Dada" was more likely just recognized as baby talk, or something a baby might say. It was the name that made the least amount of sense, which was perfect because that is a Dada characteristic.

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It started in Zurich in WW1 and its purpose is to ridicule to stuff what people thought that it was not important. It was also anti-war

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