What do you think of the development and evolution of Dadaism in Berlin?

Dada poet Richard Hulson Baker came to Berlin. I saw a dying city, like other places in Germany, lacking food, money, medical care and no future. Germans, especially German workers, hate military machines. They thought that these machines betrayed their interests and eventually led Germany to war. As a defeated country, Germany was imposed with extremely harsh and even unrealistic compensation requirements, so it went from bad to worse. Inflation is getting worse and worse, and the German mark has been devalued again and again. 19 19 years, the open class conflict turned into worker uprisings in Berlin and Munich led by the * * * production party, which was ruthlessly suppressed by the right-wing army.

The Weimar government, which replaced the emperor, was the first democratic government in Germany, but it was unable to revive the German economy. 1923 Germany suffered more humiliation by refusing to pay war compensation. French troops occupied the Ruhr Valley and plundered German coal resources. In the eyes of many people, there is hope in Russia in Eastern Europe, and the Bolshevik revolution makes people look forward to a borderless world ruled by the proletariat. Therefore, artists and writers of Dada Middle School in Berlin regard the unity of international workers as the way to save Germany.

However, the reality at that time really made Dada's anarchism and nihilism come in handy. Most Dada members in Berlin create political art, and their political performance is also very radical, with almost no exception. Among them, George Gross, john heartfield and other members also joined the * * * production party. The poet Huelsen Baker adopted the usual Dada way in Berlin, and established an organization called Dada Club, calling for overthrowing the middle class establishment and creating an equal society.

The main members of this group include Raoul houseman, Hannah Hoch, George Gross and john heartfield. 1920, they held the first international Dada Expo to show Dada art all over the world. In the center of the Expo, a pig-headed puppet in military uniform was hung from the ceiling with the slogan: "hanged by the revolution." This is the work completed by houseman and Gross, and it is also a sign that Dada hates authority.