The Functional and the Conventional in the Dada Philosophy of Raoul Hausmann

Benson, Timothy O. "The Functional and the Conventional in the Dada Philosophy of Raoul Hausmann." In Dada/Dimensions, q.v. in this Category.

Substantial essay, dealing with Hausmann's theories about and incorporation of new materials into visual art. Hausmann holds that "The Dadaist does not translate something which today has a purely machine character . . . into another material" (138); note the "not."