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# Who Said Dada Is Useless?
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/dada-useful/
- Published: 2012-02-15T20:27:40.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:36:54.000Z
- Description: May this video put an end to the idea that Dada is all about impractical fun and games. It seems that Marcel Duchamp, like Leonardo da Vinci, was just ahead of his time.
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Opinion, Dada, Marcel Duchamp, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 06:51 (2012, 2013, part 1)

May this video put an end to the idea that Dada is all about impractical fun and games. It seems that Marcel Duchamp, like Leonardo da Vinci, was just [ahead of his time](http://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Leonardo-da-Vinci-far-ahead-of-his-time-1763303.php?ref=hyperallergic.com). His bicycle wheel has already become [street art](http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/duchamps-bicycle-whe.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) and not ice fishing gadget. The man was a genius.

*h/t Vadim K*