THEATRE INSTALLATION
Last year and this year marks 100 years of the artistic, anti-war, avant-garde movement Dadaism. All over the world, artists have paid homage to this important artistic movement through various types of performances, exhibitions, educational and interactive events. Nevertheless, it is striking that female artists, whose importance was great and who played a major role in the DADA movement, were underrepresented in the mentioned celebrations of Dadaism, as well as in the DADA movement in general. [2017]
Dadaism was conceived on the eve of the First World War out of the need for artists to oppose war and violence. This critical mass of creative people created an explosive movement that was in total opposition to the structure and framework of society at the time.
Dadaism as an artistic movement especially appeals to us today when unfortunately we see so many similarities with that time: conflicts around the world, the refugee crisis, terrifying poverty. In today's political climate, artists must find a way to engage creatively to oppose systems of violence, such as misogyny, wars, and the terror of profit. The only program of Dadaism was that there was no program, and it was this bold attitude that gave the movement power, which spread in all directions, freed from aesthetic and social constraints. On the other hand, it is possible that Dadaism's refusal to have any program meant that the movement never faced issues such as patriarchy.
Dada artists created together with their colleagues and established some artistic concepts for the first time. It is necessary to search for different interpretations that will provide a more complete picture of the DADA movement and present an interpretation of the movement based on a more relevant history in which female artists played an equally important role as male artists.
Director and concept: Dijana Milošević
Cast: Evgenija Eškina Kovačević, Aleksandra Jelić, Ivana Milenović Popović, Ivana Milovanović, Ivan Nikolić
Musicians: Ljubica Damčević, Uglješa Majdevac
Scenography: Neša Paripović
Costume and make-up: Snezana Arnautović, DAH Theater
"Ready-made" suitcases: Evgenija Eškina Kovačević, Aleksandra Jelić, Ivana Milenović Popović, Ivana Milovanović, Ivan Nikolić
Lighting: Milomir Dimitrijević
Organization and PR: Nataša Novaković
Photo: Una Škandro
DAH Theater thanks: Cultural Center of Belgrade, Snezana Arnautović, Neša Paripović, Shira Wolfe
The realization was supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia
