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Dada was an art movement around 1915 that was anti-war and it came into existence because of the brutality of world war 1. A pioneer of dadaism was marcel duchamp that created readymades; objects that already existed and he would call them art. They change your expectations of art because the readymades make you realize that everyday object can be considered art.

Marcel Duchamps Bicycle wheel

Dada artists embraced chance, accident, and improvisation. They took this approach to critique the systems that shaped society.   

Max Ernst The Hat Makes The Man

Dadaists believed that the value of art lay not in the work produced, but in the act of making and collaborating with others to create new visions of the world.

Dadaist used puns and word play, literature and poetry, and turned letters and words into abstract forms so it was illegible.