BIG DADA | Dadaism in the age of Dataism A Interdisciplinary art event throughout Arti et Amicitiae
Exhibition - Club Dada Soirées - film - interactive installations - performances - symposium - lectures - Art & Science Symposium - guided tours
Big DaDa explores the role of art in a world driven by data and algorithms. At a time when technology influences our thinking and actions. Big DaDa offers a new perspective in response to the absurdity of the present. The event explores how creators respond to this digital reality of social media, bots and subversive information networks, and what strategies they use to resist systems based on assumptions. In other words: what does it mean to be human in the age of artificial intelligence?
We offer an extensive program on three Friday evenings, Club DaDa Soirees, aimed at young creators, regular visitors and professionals within digital culture. In collaboration with partners, these events offer space for exploration and experimentation. In addition, this year's Art & Science Symposium occupies a special place with hackers, scientists and artists.
Arti et Amicitiae
Rokin 112 | Amsterdam
BIG DADA Opening | Oct 31 Museum Night | Nov 1
“Alles is dada. Slechts de dadaïsten zijn niet dada. Wanneer immers de dadaïsten dadaïsten waren, dan zouden de dadaïsten geen dadaïsten zijn"
‘Dada’, Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant, 1923
Hugo Ball, founder of the DaDa movement, wrote already in 1916: 'men have been confused with machines'. Anarchist Dadaism flourished as an international art movement a century ago and emerged as a cynical response to the WWI. Anti-art, coincidence, freedom and absurdity played a major role in their work.
< 1st DaDa performance Hugo Ball in café Voltaire, Zürich, 1916
Big DaDa is curated and organized by Arjen Lancel & Eva Gonggrijp
In collaboration with Arti et Amicitiae
Partners: Museum Nacht Amsterdam - Artscience KABK Den Haag - Sandberg Instituut Stichting AVCEP - Media College Amsterdam Co-production: Claartje Kortbeek Graphic design: Maaike Visser
Supporting funds 2025 Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie, Fonds 21 and Cultuur Fonds Landelijk
Tour reservations, press and communication contact: info@arti.nl
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Video report I 2023
Video documentation Big DaDa at Museum Night 2023 by Maxime de Waal and Wessel Haaxman
2023 | Organisation and partners
Big DaDa is curated and organized by Arjen Lancel and Kim Nathalia
In collaboration with Arti et Amicitiae and MILK Co-production: Claartje Kortbeek
Graphic design: Maaike Visser Media partner: Mediacollege Amsterdam
Supporting funds 2023: Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie, Mondriaan Fonds, Fonds 21 and Pictoright Fonds.
Tour reservations, press and communication contact: mirjam@arti.nl