- An account of Dada's emergence and early years in Zurich in richly illustrated topical essays
- Considers aspects such as the Great War, psychoanalysis, or the art scene of the time from today's point of view
- Features rarely published material from the most important international Dada collections
- Exhibition: Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, REmagen (14 February to 10 July 2016)
Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck in Spring 2016 to celebrate the Dada centenary, this new book for the first time tells the full story of Dada's genesis. It sheds light on the early years of 1916 17 in Zürich in historical context and, from today's point of view, and also explores the intellectual and social background that informed Dada, considering aspects such as the Great War, psychoanalysis, or the art scene of the time. Genesis Dada illustrates how Dada turned into a worldwide phenomenon with which artists and intellectuals such as Joan Miró, Marcel Duchamp, Jean Cocteau, or Man Ray were associated, and which has lost nothing of its momentum and topicality over time.