Hello, my oxygens, welcome to my channel. In my previous video I talked about
Elon Musk and artificial intelligence.
I said that artificial intelligence can limit our freedom in the future.
In history these limitations existed with the technologies of the time.
Since I live in the Netherlands, I would like to briefly talk about freedom in the Netherlands.
In the Netherlands, freedom of expression is protected by Article 7 of the Constitution. And the article says: First of
all, this article of the Constitution states that nobody needs to get prior permission from the government
to write or say anything.
Freedom of speech also protects speech with which the government and even the majority of the population
disagree. Phrases can be "pronounced" even if they are perceived as offensive, shocking or disturbing. However,
freedom of speech does have its limits, but these are only determined by law. The most important law that
limits the content of statements is the Penal Code
In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, however, the freedom of art is a fundamental right. In the Netherlands
Art freedom should not be confused with artistic freedom. The freedom of art is a political or social right
that can be compared to freedom of expression: the artist is free to produce art as he sees fit, without
censorship or social interference from politics. Artistic freedom is the right of the artist to offer freedom within
the work of art.
For me, freedom means being immense. Free thinking, making art, etc. The most basic sign of freedom is that
you can defend your rights freely, laugh and act freely without fear. Freedom actually has a common point that
brings us all together, although the meaning and definition are different for everyone. Because I think you
are only happy when you are free. That's why I want to talk about freedom in art today.
Despite the restriction of freedom in the Corona era, the countless 'corona works' by artists show that creativity is
still very much alive. What about the art sector that connects us so much but is also under great pressure?
There is no unambiguous answer, but even in times of crisis art cherishes a hidden optimism.
While the world is on fire, art continues to move. Actually, we got exactly to our point. Although this period
is not the period of Dadaism, it is an example of this. What is dadaism: it is derived from the root word "dada"
for a small child. (There are still a few theories about the word dada) I bring this theory forward only because, from
a logical point of view, the probability of the root word dada for a child is high. I think the word dada is very l
ogical and harmonious, since children do not yet know good or evil with their impeccable and innocent thoughts
and develop these facts in the environment in which they grow up.
Because dadaists founded the dada-movement 104 years ago, against already polarized ideas.
Dadaism was founded in 1916 in Zurich, at the avant-garde theater Voltaire. Dadaists chose this place
because Switzerland managed to remain neutral during the First World War.
The following artists are regarded as the founders of the first Dadaists: Romanian artists Tristan Tzara and Marcel
Janco and the German-French sculptor Jean Arp and several others who fled their homeland during the First
World War.
Later, several artists also joined Dadaism. The best known of these are: Marcel Duchamp, Kurt Schwitters,
Francis Picabıa, Man Ray and Theo van Doesburg.
In that period Theo van Doesburg was one of the most
important representatives of dadaism in the Netherlands. He even wrote in a book about what Dada is
in 1923.
Towards the end of the war, groups all over the world seemed imbued with the Dadaists' attitude to life. Some
simultaneous and similar developments occurred in New York, Paris, Berlin, Hanover and Barcelona.
During the First World War, the artists fled to Switzerland, Zurich, to meet to discuss the war that drove
them from their homes and homelands. This movement was a cultural movement that started neutrally. They
wondered what role artists could play in improving the social and political situation. The only option they saw
was to overthrow all logic and existing culture that caused all the misery.
All norms and values that existed before the Dadaists had to be ridiculed. In many other ways they managed to
stand out with their manifesto and activities. The most important period of the movement is between 1916-
1924. The movement's success showed that, at a difficult time, artists seldom stood on the sidelines and
often played a social role in their own right.
As I said, Dadaists mocked the norms and values of the time. They felt that the established norms in art and
literature were meaningless. They saw these established norms and beliefs as cultural characteristics of a society
that resulted in war and misery consisting of greed and materialism.
At the time, the Dadaists were irresistibly able to make their voices heard and therefore caused many debates
on art in international magazines. They even declared that normal everyday objects are works of art, whether or
not they have been altered. They called these works ready-mades. One of the most famous ready-made is
Marcel Duchamps' Fontein.
Dadaist artists tried out different techniques. His works were rejected for exhibitions. Although the art movement
did not exist for very long, it had a great influence on later art movements, especially Pop Art. I will talk about
this in my next videos.
Although the Dadaism movement is against all movements and without a common style, after 104
years it is still that their work has lost none of its energy and topicality.
In 2020 this will be no different. Many social media are full of art, and with the increase in virtual tours of
museums, we see that art continues to open up our new horizons as usual. As you can see, we closely follow how
creativity develops in times of limitation.
I followed the artists on the internet, such as Instagram, websites, and share some of their works here. As we can see,
they are all works about Corona or Covid-19.
Oxygen, if my subject should summarize, fortunately such an art originated 104 years ago as a reaction to the
art and war movement of that period.
Actually, there is nothing ridiculous about this art movement. Nowadays there are pointless wars and
many people are forced to leave their homes and homeland to seek refuge in other safer countries. Just
like the Dadaists 104 years ago.
In other words, fortunately Dadaism tackled this nonsense 104 years ago and thus established this
movement to free itself from rules and patterns. In fact, I can say that it is a way of thinking that extends to today. I
think that an artist can only get closer to his own reality if one frees oneself from the existing rules and patterns
and then comes close to his own truth.
Oxygens my motto is information grows as it is shared, I have come to the end of this video. Don't forget to
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