This collection of interviews with the key artists of the surrealist Dadaist artistic movement features rare interviews & poetry readings with some of the leading lights of the movement – Marcel Duchamp, Tristan Tzara, Kurt Schwitters, Richard Huelsenbeck, Raoul Hausmann & Hans Arp.
A lot of the interviews are entirely in German & French, therefore unfortunately isolating listeners who don’t speak the language. The English language interviews are very interesting however, to anyone with even a passing interest in surrealist art, & is very illuminating of the short but far-reaching Dadaist movement to novices like myself. Although I suspect this CD will best be savoured by already interested parties.
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There are some fascinating insights, and people familiar with the movement will no doubt find much to get their teeth into, but for a novice, it is just too much, too soon. It has certainly fuelled my curiosity, & the liner notes are a work of art in themselves. A lot of work has been put into this cd, & it is a lovingly crafted piece, but the lengthy foreign language interviews & the general intensity are reflected in the moderate mark. This is one for serious aficionados of the Dadaist movement only.
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