Jan 25, 2017
The Year Is
A bot based on a tweet.
Bots like this are a very dadaist form of protest against the absurdity of the world.
The original Dada movement was reacting to the carnage of the first World War, by rejecting the systems that lead to it. While they were deeply skeptical about technological progress, the Dada artists also innovated by using odd materials and randomness to make anti-art.
The processes of the bot reemphasize the original message, highlighting the absurd truth by contrasting it with similar examples. Made by Jacob Garbe and running on CheapBotsDoneQuick, it’s not quite Dada, but then again Dada isn’t Dada.
