>then Reed wrote:
>
>>Here I disagree. What about Dada poetry and collage which is an intermedial
>form?
>The simultaneous use of words and pictures in visual art is something we
>can attribute to Dada and this is intermedial.<
>
>now I write:
>
>Reed, you're right! I think I was concentrating on the fact that the notion
>of Intermedia activities(Dick Higgins coining the term etc.) came a long
>time after Dada. When I see Dada collages that also contain words collaged
>in with the pictures I see them as collages(a single medium) and I think
>that's what they were intended as. I didn't think the Dada intention was to
>blur boundaries between media or to work between media....in fact I'm not
>too clear as to what their stand was on this. Anyone know?
>Schwitters and Duchamp are people associated with Dada who I can see as
>being consciously intermedial but this was much later. It's difficult really
>because in considering Dada now one is influenced by all the subsequent
>movements and art activities that have drawn inspiration from Dada. Those
>subsequent activities have their own analyses attached to them which can
>often affect one's perception of Dada.......one sees Dada in a new light if
>you like.
Come to think of it, sound poetry also, which was a Dada invention, is
quite intermedial (in between poetry and music, as collage is in between
poetry and visual art).
Reed
