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D Da a P R E S E N T I S M Stanford University Press D D a a & AN ESSAY ON ART HISTORY M A R I A S T A V R I N A K I TRANSLATED BY Daniela Ginsburg Stanford University Press STANFORD, CALIFORNIA © 2016 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. The French manuscript has been translated thanks to the support of the Gerda Henkel Stiftung. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Stavrinaki, Maria, author. Dada presentism : an essay on art and history / Maria Stavrinaki ; [translated by] Daniela Ginsburg. pages cm Translated from the French. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8047-9424-4 (cloth : alk. paper)— isbn 978-0-8047-9812-9 (pbk. : alk. paper)— isbn 978-0-8047-9815-0 (electronic) 1. Dadaism—Germany—Berlin. 2. Arts, Modern—20th century. 3. Arts and history. I. Title. nx550.b4s73 2016 709.04'062—dc23 2015028116 Designed by Bruce Lundquist Typeset at Stanford University Press in 11/15 Adobe Garamond For Alexis CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Orlando 1 I Posthistory and Prehistory 3 II The Present as Reproducible Time 23 III Art’s Efficacy Dada’s Use Value 49 IV The Moment of Decision: The Future-from-Now 57 V The Paradigm of Immaculate Conception: Between Fiction and History 77 Notes 81 Bibliography 95 Index 105 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This English translation of my French manuscript was made possible by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung; I would like to thank everyone who has sup- ported the project. This book owes a great deal to my discussions with Éric Michaud, and I would like to extend special thanks to Lisa Florman.
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