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Meet Ivan Suvanjieff A multifaceted artist & activist with a background as an editor at CREEM magazine! Your solo exhibition, "Quanta Dada London," draws inspiration from the original Dada movement of 1916. How do you see the parallels between the world events that inspired Dadaism then and the contemporary issues that fuel your "Quanta Dada" series today? I created my artistic series, "Quanta Dada", to express my disgust with what is happening in the world today. I am drawn to the Dada movement of 1916-1923, because it was a powerful reaction to World War I by artists who believed that war itself is craziness incarnate.
Dada artists used humor and absurdity to hold up a mirror to the absurdity of a world around them. Today, we find ourselves back where we were 100 years ago -- only now, we have weapons much more powerful than before. In this era of crushing autocracy, global greed, and a world on the brink of destruction, I believe it is time for a new Dadaism which can shock us back to our senses. It is time for Quanta Dada.