Lightbox

For the light box project I used this image. I enjoy making collages because they have a subliminal message but a strong one because they are represented in the images. I saw the use of the light box as a means to put light into something that I thought mattered. That to me was the image of a collage I created. This collage has significant meaning because in the past I sent it to local politician. This imagery is something I want to put light on because it conveys an important issue to me. Human trafficking. I truly believe this issue is silent in that nobody talks about it or thinks it's a worthy cause to fight against. I thought the use of the light box was a perfect way to convey the message that I want human trafficking to be put to light.

 

Monochromatic color

For the project, I chose to do a collage. The project was to install art work into the gallery. The common theme was monochromatic color. I chose the color red because I thought it was vibrant. I chose to do a collage because I like making collages. My collage consisted of collecting images from a magazine. I collected a series of images from a magazine that embodied the color red. I've come to find that a lot of advertisers use the color red to advertise their product because research shows that consumers are more drawn to the color red. This projects was my play onto that. The color red sells
. All the images I used are all from advertisements I found in one magazine.

Society of the Spectacle

Society of the Spectacle was created a Marxist theorist named Guy Debord. This text was important in the situationist movement. The article plays into the everyday life. Sociologists suggest that everyday life is not here or is open for interpretation. It could mean whatever it can mean. Here is the summary from the text:

“I have just said that the reality of an observable entity designated by the term "everyday life" stands a good chance of remaining hypothetical for many people. Indeed, the most striking feature of the present "Group for Research on Everyday Life" is obviously not the fact that it has not yet discovered anything, but the fact that the very existence of everyday life has been disputed from its very inception, and increasingly so with each new session of this conference. Most of the talks we have heard so far have been by people who are not at all convinced that everyday life exists, since they haven't encountered it anywhere. A group for research on everyday life with this attitude is comparable in every way to an expedition in search of the Yeti, which might similarly come to the conclusion that its quarry was merely a popular hoax.

To be sure, everyone agrees that certain gestures repeated every day, such as opening doors or filling glasses, are quite real; but these gestures are at such a trivial level of reality that it is rightly objected that they are not of sufficient interest to justify a new specialized branch of sociological research.” 

Another interesting quote I found is that “to fail to criticize everyday life today means accepting the prolongation of the present thoroughly rotten forms of culture and politics…” I thought this was an interesting read because prior to this reading, I never really questioned the meaning of everyday life. Now to me it can open for interpretation or hypothetical. He also makes a play at celebrities and how they are supposed to be regarded because they are a spectacular form of a human being. Pseudo-satisfaction is also something he states, which is a fleeting want or desire for something that is represented to be something meant for you but once you don’t like the product anymore, you will find something else. Reading this piece sends me a message to question everything parlayed in my “everyday life.”

Final 343 Performance piece

Luiza Benisano
Art 343
Final Project

For my final project, I chose to do a performance piece. Personally as an art student, I was curious to feel what it was like to do a performance piece. To be a performance artist. Throughout the semester I have seen artists in the likes of Yoko Ono, Marina Abramovic and Bas Jan Ader do performance pieces that evoked so much subliminal meaning that it was all up for open interpretation. It was interesting to me that a lot of their pieces did not involve them talking or be literate at all, and yet their piece conveyed so many messages. I believe that, that was a challenge in doing such a project. When creating the idea of my performance piece, I was advised to do something that had meaning. My original idea was that I wanted to do something inspired by Marina Abramovic and Yoko Ono. I gathered that their pieces often were violent-themed. On top of that, I had to blend the themes of the artists into the writing of Moyra Davey. Moyra Davey wrote Photographs and Accidents, which talks about the accidents of taking photographs and how viewers seek this imagery. This kind of imagery, although incites curious-ridden viewers, these are also the kind of images that are unseen. Initially, those were the ideas that I had to do a project. Violence and unseen. With those ideas in mind, I thought of a political issue I have always taken a stand in. It is a political issue that not too many people know or probably even talk about because there is a lot of misunderstood information. In the past, I have always wanted to shed a light on the issue because I am passionate about it. Towards brainstorming the idea for my project, I was pretty sure I wanted my subject to be about the political issue of human trafficking. My next challenge was putting those two pieces of ideas together. My plan was for my piece to convey two things. One was for me to personally experience what it is like to be violated. I somehow wanted to simulate what it felt like to be a victim of human trafficking and that interpretation to me is to be violated and controlled. Because I am so interested in the issue, I thought it would be best fitting for me to actually feel what it is like, as close as possible as I can. The other goal I had in mind was to have my audiences do things to me that in the process signifies that I am giving them control of what they want to do to me, which is a form of violation. I wanted to do something that they would not realize was a way of violating me. Overall, I was trying to simulate the experience of human trafficking the best way I can interpret it. I am fairly sure that those who partake it don’t even know the magnitude or that they are even partaking in human trafficking. A common misnomer about human trafficking is that the victims are consensual prostitutes seeking to make money, but instead are held ransom and would be beaten if they said otherwise. In my eyes, they are victims and I don’t think people see that. That is why I wanted the participating audience to not have a clue what they are doing and then figure out that in a way, although I asked them to do those actions, that in a way they still violated me. I came up with two contrasting ideas as to how I wanted to present my piece. The first was to intensify my vulnerability by having people cut off pieces of my shirt similar to Yoko Ono’s piece. The second piece was to ask the participating audience to put make up on me. I feel that those two actions are very significant in what women go through. On one hand, they are masking all the darkness and beautify themselves in hopes meeting the end goal, which is to meet somebody for the night. The next is what really takes place. Vulnerability. Baring and sharing yourself unwantedly with unfamiliar territory. That was my overall piece. The difficulty I found in doing the performance piece was that I was terrified! I was terrified for a lot of reasons. First, I was scheduled to perform first; second, I knew that I would be pressed for time and lastly, I was terrified. Because of all these contributing factors, I had only asked five people in the audience to participate and because of my nervousness, I rushed my performance. But overall, this project was the most risk-taking piece I have attempted. It terrified me to perform it, but I did. It was a good push for myself personally because even if it was so nerve wracking for me, it was important for me to able to convey my message that I deemed to be important. The end result of my piece was that nobody tore up my shirt, which was okay with me! And at least five women from the audience came up to put make up on me. The most distinct one was someone drew red lipstick across my nose, which made me look like my nose was bleeding. I would have preferred it, although nerve wracking, if someone did tear my shirt up so I could have accomplished my goal and that was to simulate vulnerability. I feel like my message would have been clearer if my other intention was also preceded. Overall, I am happy with my project. Even if it might have been unsuccessful, the success for me was that I was still able to have my piece and message conveyed to the audience. And also, I got to feel how nerve wrecking it is to perform an art piece for the audience. What I would do differently is take my time and not be too terrified so I can convey my message better. 

Final Project 345 Circuit-Bend

Luiza Benisano
Art 345
Final Project

December 17, 2014

            For my final project I chose to do circuit-bending. I chose this because I thought it was such an unconventional “art work” because circuit-bending has nothing to do with creativity, but it consists of you finding points to put together. I also wanted to try something new since I have never worked with a circuit board. Before doing the project we watched circuit bending videos made by artists and I thought it was so cool how you can mess with sound. My material was a pink teddy bear. I thought it was a fitting choice because it was inexpensive. I also really like teddy bears and wanted to work with something that I could give a personal touch. I also chose the bear because it emanated baby songs. This reminded me so much of my best friend who is due anytime. Initially it took me maybe 4 or 5 days to complete the work. In all honesty, I had no idea what I was doing at first. I think that is why it took me the longest time to figure it out. The starting point was to be able to take out the teddy and bear and disassemble the parts that was neatly tucked inside the teddy bear. Originally I was not sure that my project would be successful because prior to this project, I tried to circuit-bend and mini-toy car but I failed. It did not work at all. This final project was only my second try at circuit-bending. Thankfully, attaching the wires the jack was a success. The music of the teddy bear was transparent and working through the speakers. My next job was to find two points that I can short-circuit. On day one I was able to successfully find two points. I wasn’t all too great with soldering either so that took time too. Those first two points I created was similar to a switch as I had a dry run with it. The two points lit up by the switch of the buttons, meaning that the light would transfer by the switch of the button. The sound too would get warped as I would toggle the switch. With this first try, I thought a mini-switch was the most fitting to use so I soldered one on. The following day, it stopped working and I could not figure out why. I came to the conclusion after that it may just be that I created a permanent short-circuit. I had to unsolder the material. The result was that my two points did in fact create a permanent on and off switch so for those two points I had to use a button that adjusts the volume control, a potentiometer switch. For the other part of my work, I had to find other points to circuit-bend. I was able to find them eventually. For my other points I had to use mini volume control buttons, wheel potentiometer. The end result of that was that I had three buttons for functions. The switch potentiometer was used for turning up and turning down the volume, and the two wheel potentiometers were meant to mess with and distort the sound of the baby rhymes. That whole process approximately took me three days, which was not too bad. The difficulty that I had with making this project is that there are wires everywhere and so it is easy for them to get all tangled up, which probably explains why at one point the circuit board stopped working because the wire for the speaker got pulled out. Thankfully they worked after I soldered them back on. The most difficulty I had with the project was that it would seem that I would find two points to circuit-bend and so I solder them on only to find that they are not working at all. The whole process of creating circuit-bending work is that it is a hit or miss and a trial by error basis. I would have wired working one day only for me to find it not working the next. By the time I presented it for finals, only one wheel potentiometer was working. Fortunately, the switch potentiometer was still working as well. I performed it and it presented my ultimate goal, which was to warp the sound of the baby rhymes. In essence, I enjoyed making the project because I learned how to circuit-bend. I’ve also never seen the insides of toys that play music and light up and it so it was fun for me to mess around with it. My only regret with the project was not putting the circuit board back which made my work unaesthetically pleasing. My original idea for that was to put the two wheel potentiometers on each ear of the teddy bear and the switch potentiometer to be in front to make it look like the teddy bear’s penis to make it a humorous aesthetic. But then again, I’ve learned my lesson in that the wires and working with them is a hit or miss thing. I did not want to risk my whole project not working for the sake of putting it inside a teddy bear. Overall, I was pleased with the experience. My favorite part of doing this project was finally getting to master to solder without creating giant blobs for the wires to get lost on. I thought that whole process was the most artistic of all. This is personally something I would want to do as like a hobby. The sounds that I was able to create or warp I should say was incredibly creepy sounding baby rhymes. The points that I circuit-bended slowed down and warped the sound of the baby rhymes. It sounded like the rhymes were meant to scare you in my opinion. One thing I wish that worked with my material were the lights. Originally the bear would light up too, but I think from creating my first two points, which resulted in the volume, I ended up creating a permanent off-switch for the lights. If that had worked, it would have been more aesthetically pleasing and frightening, which was kind of my overall goal. Nevertheless, my material worked and I am pleased with the end result of the sound.

Dada Review

Luiza Benisano
Dada
Art 343

            The Dada exhibit I walked into was my favorite exhibit to visit. I was not really familiar with the Dada movement until I learned it recently in class. By my interpretation, the Dada movement is the anti-art, which means that it does not have to mean anything at all. Another way that I saw the Dada exhibit was that it was a form of anarchy in an artistic sense.

            The works displayed in the JOT Travis gallery exemplified much of that meaning behind the Dada movement. One work consisted of writings and painting with only the letter e, which of course did not resonate any meaning with me. I also watched a 2 minute video that had all kinds of imagery that didn’t really have a connection including the letter e.

            The work that stood out to me the most was a car door painted with the word “The same”. This piece actually consists of a car door, a painting and a photograph all meant to convey the importance of relationships. This piece was called “The Meeting” by Erik Burke. I liked his work so much that I ended up bringing home a poster that inspired his work. The image is two buses. One bus says, it is not the same and without you on the second. I rarely see art works that try to convey the importance of relationships, which is probably why I really enjoyed his work. Overall, the Dada was exhibit was aesthetically pleasing.  

Return of the Gold

Luiza Benisano
Return of the Gold
Art 343

            Return of the Gold is an exhibit made by Justin Maes. His exhibit is a series of art installations that consists of all kinds of animals from chickens, to fish, to cows. Some of the installations are paintings and some of them are glass installations. Other installations are sculptures. The common theme I found in all of them is that the animals in the installations seem to be so full of color, but the color gold emanates to the important body part for its function: the nose. Every nose or beak of the animal was color gold and that was the common theme I found. Maybe because it is a lifeline to be able to breathe, I figured that his piece

            His pieces included “The Son,” “The Spirit,” “Guidance and Direction,” “Almost Cotton,” “Chicken Feed,” “Golden Cactus,” and “Stay Gold.” I translated his work to be a celebration of himself as well seeing that his common themes were very westernized. He grew up in Nevada, which explains his common theme for the western pieces. The pieces that stood out to me the most was the chicken that emanated shadowy silhouettes. And also the sculpture of a bull with a golden nose.

            I interpreted his work to be a celebration of life because gold is considered of valuable use. The only body part that emanated any gold was the lifeline that lets us breathe: noses. I also found his work to be deeply inspired of westernized roots being that he was from Nevada. All in all, I was highly intrigued by his works. 

If It's Still There When You're Looking

Luiza Benisano
If It’s Still There When You Go Looking
Art 343

If It’s Still There When You Go Looking was created by Clint Sleeper. His work for this installation consisted of do-it-yourself benches and swings that can be installed in billboards or anywhere really for that matter. His website explains the inspiration behind the piece:

“The project is intended to engage with spaces and to find, make, or adapt spaces that might be sites for generosity and criticality. The book reflects my time in Vancouver and a practice of re-imagining city spaces, in a way a series of questions asked both in the texts and through the objects. The benches and swings might be gifts given to neighborhoods, and just as likely they are more biting critical gestures, which serve to detour billboards, advertising spaces, and anywhere with a bit of a view.”

With that said, I feel that his work was an answer to things that somehow vandalize beautiful things. I think the intention of putting benches and swings on random things make it stand out, which goes the same way for things such as billboards and signage. In his website, his says that he is from Vancouver. Vancouver is a beautiful place full of nature and green and I think the advertisements is a metaphor to the swings and benches.

According to his website, his work reminds him of his time in Vancouver and a practice of re-imagining spaces. The swings and benches can be interpreted to being of use to people who find it. It can serve as a gift and it can also serve as a nuisance similar to the advertisements that are bombarded in beautiful sceneries. The title of the work could also be interpreted to how long the objects actually stay in where they are at. Or if people somehow put them to use. 

Yes Men Fix the World

LUIZA BENISANO
YES MEN FIX THE WORLD
ART 343

           

I thought the Yes Men Fix the World documentary was such an interesting documentary. I wish that I could be a part of such a social experiment. The documentary follows Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno and Kurt Engfehr. They are activists who seek to shed light on issues that involve people being treated unfairly by corporations. Their social experiments involved well-known companies such DOW Jones and Bhopal, Exxon Mobil Vivoleum, Halliburton Survivaball, HUD and post-Katrina public housing and New York Times hopeful future edition.

The start of the documentary shows Andy Bichlbaum fooling BBC News by appearing as “Jude Finesterra”. He then goes on to represent DOW Jones without the actual company knowing; speaking for them by saying that DOW Jones will recompense for what happened at Bhopal by paying the victims of families. An estimated 3,800 died as a result of the chemical accident. He falsely claimed that the victims’ families would receive $470 million.

The company’s stock prices go down, which lead to actual employees of DOW Jones to come out to the media to inform everyone that they would not be handing out $470 million to the victims’ families. That is just one example of what the “Yes Men” did to make themselves heard. Other examples include speaking in events to spoof and to shed light on corporate schemes. All in all, I thought this was such a great documentary. I truly appreciate the fact that there are men out there bold enough to shed light on important issues that people just tend to pass off or dismiss. Their actions sparked awareness in my opinion.

Maria Lind

Luiza Benisano

Art 343

Maria Lind

I thought Maria Lind’s philosophy with installations was interesting. She said, “This reflects an interest in mediation and the necessity for art institutions today to find ways to link the “minor” and “major” strands of the art world, the side streams and the mainstream, in order to partake in the production of public space.” That inspired my work that I installed in the gallery. I did a collage that inspired the color red. I adhered to her goal in a way that I felt that the collage and the images I used were contemporary but the meaning of the collage goes way back mixing the contemporary with the old.

            I really find her work interesting. And her philosophy at that. With her writings, it inspired me to make a contemporary art. The way I installed my work was unconventional in a sense that it was on a side of the wall, but the fact that I did a collage made it a contemporary piece. Ultimately, I appreciate getting to see contemporary work in galleries. I used to always think that galleries only consisted of snotty, old classic works of art but now that may not be the case. It is people like Maria Lind that inspire me to do more contemporary work.

Hito Steyerl

Luiza Benisano

Art 343

In Defense of the Poor Image

Hito Steyerl’s In Defense of the Poor Image was a very interesting read. He defined the poor image to be one that is the 5^th generation of the original image, one that’s title is spelled wrong. He used the example of Woody Allen’s movie in which the protagonist is a blurred image. He also states that piracy contributes to the circulation of the poor image. I agree with this statement very much so. Piracy takes away the original quality and richness of images from the original work. I agree with this statement because I have seen movies that are pirated. I agree with the statement that it contributes to the poor image because there certainly is a big difference. What he was basically talking about was low quality images that are perpetuated by misuse. And in the process people in turn also create low quality images thanks to YouTube and our cellphones. We can google a movie that hasn’t even been in theatres and we can probably somehow watch it on the internet. In terms of art work, the goal is always to make clean and original work and In Defense of the Poor Image counteracts that. I thought it was a great read because it used to be that people adhered to high standards for their viewing pleasure and now that certainly does not seem to be the case. People’s original work should be appreciated and settling for the low quality image refutes that like in the cases of piracy.

Clusterfuck Aesthetic

Luiza Benisano

Art 343

Clusterfuck Aesthetic

Cluster Aesthetic was about the new cacophony and the chaos theory. The series of art installations are more dominated by men than women since in the reading, it said that women don’t get off to making mess in making art work compared to men. The likes of these artists are Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy and Jason Rhoades. Jerry Saltz, who wrote the Clusterfuck Aesthetic, says that Mike Kelley’s work was a pioneering example of the Clusterfuck Aesthetic which meant the tendency towards overloaded multimedia environments in contemporary art. I saw Mike Kelley’s “Day is done” video and thought it was really weird and a perfect example of the Clusterfuck Aesthetic. His work was about pop culture and exhibited random things that did not seem to make sense when added together, but all exhibited pop culture. Examples of his images were angels, a woman dressed in the band KISS make up, Kate Winslet, and “slave day”. I thought his work really interesting and I personally would be interested in dabbling in works that could be considered the “new cacophony.” Most of my art works always seemed to have a message or meaning and that is why I would like to experiment in doing art work that consists of putting something together for the sake of putting something together. A Clusterfuck Aesthetic kind of work. 

Moyra Davey

Luiza Benisano

Art 343

Photography and Accident

Moyra Davey’s Photography and Accident was an interesting read. The whole notion of the reading was that accidents in photographs are the lifeblood in photography. Her writings were inspired by Walter Benjamin and how he states that “the viewer of the photograph feels an irresistible compulsion to seek the tiny spark of incident, the here and now.” I thought that was an interesting statement because I can relate to what he is saying.  As someone who likes to look at photos, I like to look at what’s on the background as opposed to just the direct focus of the photograph which are the people smiling. To me the accidental photograph taken or things in happening outside of the people smiling in the photograph paint more of a story of what was going on at the moment. I found those statements to very accurate. Personally, I have not come across work that deals with photographic accidents. But it would be interesting to find art works that take away the main image and actually focus on the background or what would normally considered to be the unwanted pictures. Creating that kind of work would almost resound with Dada in the sense that it can have no meaning to it but the images would pique so much interest because people looking at the word would probably try to find a common theme or meaning behind it. I personally would probably be the type to do so.

Tryptych

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysW9TI-Emwc - 3 panel video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxu74U8Z5LM - Right panel


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq7uegtn-9o - Center panel


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQj_C1nfNc0 - Left panel

Artist statement: My video consists of coins being put in a piggy bank. This video is about consumerism. The video is inspired by the movie Fight Club. In Fight Club at one point, Brad Pitt’s character Tyler Durden rants about how we work so jobs to buy stuff that we don’t need. I took that to be an attack on consumerism. He also questions who dictates to us what kind of stuff we need to have or wear. I connect that with the video I made by repeatedly putting coins in my piggy bank. You would think that I was doing this to try to save money, but on the right side of the piggy bank, it says “fund for a girls night out.” In the video, I am depicting myself to be seemingly being smart by saving money, but really I am saving my money for something not important. This gesture is an ode to the movie Fight Club.

Marshall Mcluhan

Artist statement: Reading Response: I thought Marshall Mcluhan's work was very interesting and very preemptive. His work was made in the 60’s but nevertheless his predictions as to how people would be were dead on. One thing that he said that was very interesting and eerie at the same time is that we are overworked by technology and nothing more than that statement rings true today. We are saturated by pictures, images, billboards, TV commercials because it is the number one medium now. It is how people get to us. We do not read books in libraries anymore because it takes up too much time. We google it to process the information a lot faster by getting a snapshot of it as opposed to taking in complete information. We are definitely more than ever saturated and therefore overworked by technology. We are never not trying to be communicated to because we are easy access because technology in the same coin is easy access. 

Instrument

Artist statement: My instrument was inspired by drums. Because drums are my favorite instruments, I wanted to sort of make a tribute to it. I wanted to make an instrument that sounded similar to the drums but had a twist to it. Therefore, I added rocks and shells inside my own do-it-yourself instrument. It ended up being a like a dual instrument. If you shake the instrument, it sounds a lot like a tambourine. If you bang some sort of stick on the instrument it can resemble to the sound of drums. I used a can as a base and plastic water bottles as the base by burning it on around the can. 

Partner's visual score

 

Artist statement: The way I performed my partner’s piece was simple because the images in his score all symbolized how we wanted to the beat to be played. The curvy lines meant I had to play my instrument in an upbeat and slow motion until the curvy line ended. The circles were meant to be open for my interpretation. I played the circles by shaking my instrument and rattling it to give it a fast and loud beat. The two lines that are illustrated upward and downward that were meant to resemble staircases were interesting. The upward lines was supposed to be played high pitched and faster and the downward lines were meant to be played slowly, and calmer. 

My visual score

Artist statement: Below is my visual score. The triangles in the images are supposed to depict how the tempo of the instrument was supposed to be played along with the triangles. The triangles that were pointing downward were meant to play slower beats. The triangles that were pointing upward were meant to play a faster beat. The lines inside the triangles also play as to how the beats should sound. The longer the lines were in the triangle meant that I wanted the tempo to be longer. If the lines in the triangle were short, it meant that I only wanted the beats to be played a little more abrupt and slower. Lastly, the diagonal lines meant that they could be played however the person played my score wanted to. I thought he did a brilliant job in interpreting my score as well as incorporating his own interpretation of my score.

Performance video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX1PdiSF2Is

Artist statement: Below is the link for my performance video. In the video, I am doing nothing but cartwheels. I am doing cartwheels in 3 sets as many times as I could from the starting point to its endpoint. The inspiration behind this performance is, one day I was walking by the quad and saw children laughing and enjoying themselves doing cartwheels. That put a smile on my face as I used to enjoy doing cartwheels myself as a kid. I tried doing the same thing now as an adult and I realized that it wasn’t fun for me anymore to do cartwheels. Instead, it was tiring and dizzying. My legs also hurt the whole entire time I was shooting this video. It comes to that realization that even if you are still a kid at heart or still appreciate what you appreciated as a kid, there is a part of you who will not enjoy the same things you enjoyed as a kid because it is simply just not the same. You are older, more tired, less innocent, less free and less carefree at that. 

Collage

Artist statement: The meaning behind my work is dedicated to our culture more specifically in a woman’s world. The images depicted are things I like and enjoy as a woman. The images contain: a Starbucks logo, Three friends chitchatting and enjoying each other’s company, beaches, water, Tiffany’s, an engagement ring, bikinis, being able to show skin. These are things that I personally enjoy doing or having or things that I enjoy being of avail to me. The sick twist is that as much as women like myself enjoy these perks, it is also of nothing to us. Whereas women, in other cultures, are deprived of the very same things that we enjoy but are not really thankful for. Marrying the wrong guy and baring too much skin can end up fatally, for other women.

Dada Manifestos

Reading the Dada manifestos was admittedly difficult to understand from the artists because their lingo is like a run on sentence. They do not really get to the point but they just keep on using examples. From what I understand however, Dada is a simple word that has created a movement because it is simple and it can be anything you want it to be. According to Hugo Ball, Dada is an art. Dada can also be a word that means saying "good bye". Dada can be anything and everything making it an art. On the opposite spectrum, Tristan Tzara believes in the nothingness and non-conformity making Dada in his opinion really nothing which somehow equates that to the intricacies and complication that is similar to life.  He says that art is not supposed to be beauty because there is no such thing but only objectivity. I think what he is saying basically is that Dada is the opposite of what Hugo Ball's Dada means. Dada does not have to mean anything, dada does not have to be art. Whereas Hugo Ball's Dada basically means everything. Dada is the rebel in the art world. It is anarchistic in an artistic sense that questions the political and social norms.