Sometimes things just fall into place. The first inspiration for this song was an outing, on which we coincidentally got introduced to this sound path. The most impressive of the gadgets was this track of tuned stone plates with a granite sphere. At the same time one of our classes dealt with sound poems, most of them by Hugo Ball. Hugo Ball was one of the artists who founded the Dada movement in Zürich in 1916. Dada was a movement that made art totally different to what was expected in order to protest against the fighting that was going on and how the world was working at the time. So they did silly and surprising things that didn't always make sense. Amongst other things, Hugo Ball wrote sound poems that left it to the audience what exactly the sounds of these syllables represent. To illustrate our song we animated the works of artists of the time to use as background. One of them, the guy with the tall white hat, is supposed to be Hugo Ball, as he dressed for his performances.
So the big idea about Dada is that art is all about being creative, playful, and even a little rebellious. We hope that all of you have a lot of fun while working on your contributions to this year's Schoolovision project and that you can enjoy our entry as much as we did creating it. We are looking forward to seeing all your postings and wish you loads of luck for the results.
Peace, love and light from Switzerland
This is great fun, Axel!
ReplyDeleteSuch a good story as to how your entry came about and everything fell into place. A worthy sound design and video setup to represent the dadaistic movement.
Greetings from Finland! This is how our children described your song:
ReplyDelete- The background music was good!
- Good images
- They knew how to be themselves :)
- Funny background images
- The dog was cute
- The children had nice voices
Well done!
Awesome!!!! 😃
ReplyDeleteWe really like the music, the song, so catchy, awesome!
ReplyDeleteIt is a very imaginative video!
ReplyDeleteCreative video, like it
ReplyDeleteGreat project! This song, reflecting the creative spirit and originality of the Dada movement, is truly inspiring.
ReplyDeleteI think your song is very beautiful
ReplyDeleteA fantastic project. A great combination of different fields of art: music, visual art, playing with language and modern technology. The melody has been on my mind for a few days. It conveys the atmosphere of fun, Dadaism. An interesting trick with the animation of images. Very cleanly sung.
ReplyDeleteGood luck and well done. From Malta.
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