################################################################################## having trouble making your way through DADA TO GO? this handy walkthrough will hold your hand and perhaps even kiss you on the cheek! WARNING: THIS IS A COMPLETE WALKTHROUGH, NOT JUST HINTS! ################################################################################## 1. notes 2. introduction 3. walkthrough levels a. the tower of babel b. bananaland - chamber of lost envelopes c. dada without tears d. rongwrong puppet empire e. neumerz mindset f. the waste tunnel 4. references 0. avant-garde a. 391.org b. anna banana c. frieder rusmann d. RongWrong e. neumerz f. wwdada g. dadasophin h. neomarch hare 5. errors 6. contact 7. thanks ################################################################################## 1. notes ################################################################################## DADA TO GO is still under construction. Therefore, spelling and grammar are still poor to bad. And this won't change in the near future as, at the moment, all attention is focused on the completion of the walkthrough. I'd therefore like to ask you not to send any emails referring to such mistakes. Whereas I'm very happy to receive mails from the DADAtogo community. ################################################################################## 2. introduction ################################################################################## The DADA TO GO FAQ should help you to face through the whole text. If you're looking for the quickest way through the text, this is not the right FAQ for you. If you want the whole text continue reading. This FAQ is structured simply and deals with the text from a to b (z is for beginners). DADA TO GO allows you to hop around within the text; surely, a lot of you like that. However, I try to avoid this and like to call a spade a spade. ################################################################################## 3. WALKTHROUGH LEVELS ################################################################################## The starting situation In the beginning of Dada was boredom. You're stuck in a text. 1. Open the text and read. The code for the entrance is at the end of the text. Don't forget the quotation marks. Then press enter. 2. Open the blanks. 3. Pay attention to the readme file as often as possible. It provides hints. 4. Examine the code. 5. Look for money. 6. Head straight forward for the muse-machine and study it. 7. Climb the ladder and lean far out of the text. 8. Turn the switch and keep moving. 9. Exit the text on the opposite page / side. 10. Go to the Dada gods. They laugh at you and are wearing T-shirts. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- a) the tower of babel - with 391.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- b) bananaland - chamber of lost envelopes - with anna banana ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- c) dada without tears - with frieder rusmann ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d) RongWrong puppet empire - with RongWrong ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- e) neumerz mindset - with neumerz ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0) the waste tunnel - with the wwdada ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ################################################################################## 4. references ################################################################################## I'll try to summarise the most important elements of DADA TO GO. If you need a brief survey, you'll be informed quickly here: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0) avant-garde ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DADA TO GO reverts to "AVANTGARDE UNDER NET CONDITIONS" which provides a survey on current avant-garde approaches on the internet. Partially published in Perspektive, issue 43, 2002. The complete survey can be found at: http://avantgarde.netzliteratur.net/ DADA was one of the focal points. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- a) 391.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- magazine - web project - broadcast. international dada project including all sorts of dadaists. Refer most clearly to historical Dadaism. Work almost exclusively with virtual identities (a.o. babel, hugo baron, antiram). The name "391.org" refers to the magazine edited and published by francis picabia in 1917 which aimed at connecting different Dada groups. http://www.391.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- b) anna banana ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- anna banana stands for Dada tendencies within mail art (connections to the Dada groups "bay area dada", "dadaland" and "mendo area dadaists"). She connects collage and montage in a technical sense with mail art and pursues the deliberate trivialization of art and artists in her bananalogy. Dada's role within mail art still has to be studied. Despite explicit references to Fluxus, it is often ignored how many mail artists also refer to Dada (a.o. the blah brothers, vittore baroni, susanna lakner, pips dada corporation). anna banana and bananaland: http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~sn0958/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- c) frieder rusmann ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marcel Duchamp's consequent successor and Dada heir. After the artist's death (Dada), he's working on the death of the art work (postdada). net.artist and curator of this project. ;-) http://auer.netzliteratur.net/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d) RongWrong ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dada city state. The rongwrong network comprises various puppet states. Founded in 1994 in Knoxville, Tennessee, the group works with almost hypnotical linguistic material which mutates the terms Dada and rongwrong and places these in different linguistic and content contexts (RongWrong koans, self-definitions / counter definitions, "what is RongWrong", branding). Mark Whitaker acts as the "emporer of signs" and holds the controlling interest of the RongWrong puppet states. The concept of the "virtual state" (rather common also in mail art) pursues the tradition of international Dadaism and stands within the context of current (artistic) network strategies. The name "rongwrong" refers to a maginzine of the same name published by Marcel Duchamp in 1917. At present, RongWrong is not available on-line. web archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20040329080822/http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~mrkdwhit/page1.htm or: http://avantgarde.netzliteratur.net/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- e) neumerz ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- an anarchistic Dada movement on the net that rejects any Dada mission whatsoever. Founded by John Wirtz and Victor Zygonov in Chicago in 1995, the group has strong connections to punk (e.g. the band "anarchy ass"). The name refers to Schwitters' "merz" and, with the attribute "new" draws a present, radical reference. http://www.smalltime.com/neumerz/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- f) wwdada ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- within www-text, wwdada [pron. da'da' - ww is silent] works towards the destruction of information (InfoDestruction Art). Following common branding strategies, it develops multiple identities as micro-, macro- and hyperdada. unfortunately, it is no longer on-line. archived information at: http://web.archive.org/web/20031216022844/http://www.users.bigpond.com/xxmcleod/home.htm http://avantgarde.netzliteratur.net/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- g) dadasophin ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dada-mixer (call me reiner). After the death of the author (dada) and the art work (postdada), she's working on the death of the audience (retourdada). http://www.dadasophin.de/ email: dadasophinATlizzynet.de ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- h) neomarch hare ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- revival of the march hare from Alice in Wonderland ... ################################################################################## 5. errors ################################################################################## DADA TO GO has moved to a new location. If your browser does not automatically redirect you in a few seconds, click dada to go to the new page. don't forget to bookmark the new site when you get there! not found the requested URL /dadatogo was not found on this server. additionally, a 404 not found error was encountered while trying to use an errordocument to handle the request. ################################################################################## 6. contact ################################################################################## More or less the only way to contact me - via email: dadasophinATlizzynet.de just write "DADA TO GO FAQ" in the text. Then I know it's not spam mail. I've noted everything I know about the text here. So if you want to know more about the text, I'm no great help. And please be patient with me. I receive 80 texts a day and it takes a while to reply. But I read and answer them all. ################################################################################## 7. thanks ################################################################################## Since the last version of FAQ, a lot of people have sent me texts. Some of them I had already. But I would still like to say thank you (I have no idea how to really thank you, but I hope it's alright this way): Michael H. Gerloff for the microphone text; his pitch of the voice and all that. Reiner, Mike, and Chrystal from at & t their voices and mechanical patience. Frieder Rusmann for the option. And various sound programmes in steady rotation. michael h. gerloff: kulturnation.de http://www.kulturnation.de/ reiner. mike und crystal - AT & T natural voices: http://www.naturalvoices.att.com/