Raoul Hausmann (1896-1971) Raoul Hausmann joined the DaDa movement in Berlin after the world war one. His origin was czech, he was at once a phonetic poet, painter and photocollagist. According to Hausmann the photocollage was a visually and conceptually new image of the chaos of an age of war and revolution. The strong images of the collages were often critical thowards the growing fachism in Germany at the time. Hausmann created also Phonetic poems, often manufatured as posters. Spontaneous articulative gestures come into play. The Dadaist from Berlin bases his poetic Ideas on the phonetic-quality of the letter. Lettristic poetry, opto-phonetic poetry: ultimately and conclusevly, there is a visual presence in letter- poetry as well - so why not make a poster of it? Naturally, these letter poems must be sung! Therefore Dada: OFFEAHBDCfmsbwtözäu BDQ "qjyE!ppiv-..?mü At the first International Dada Art Fair in 1920, Hausmann presented his manifasto: What is Dadaism and and what does it want in Germany? This was a parody on Woodrow Wilson´s14 points (US preisdent, with 14 points for peace in 1918) in a mixture of apparently serious suggestions for social refom and absurdist proposals for making the world moore Dada. Hausmann urged that simultanist poem became the `Communist state prayer` and that churches be requestioned for Dada performances. Dadaism was a political weapon for Raoul Hausmann, though the Dadas had no belif that the world could significally improove by politics.