In 1955, Dadaist Hans Richter wrote, “Problems in modern art lead directly into the film.” Viking Eggeling, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, and other Dada artists used film to elaborate on ideas first developed in other mediums. Using the transformative power of the moving image and the line as a compositional element, they explored music, nature, and human intuition. Their cinematic projects were at the nexus of the activities of diverse avant-garde groups and movements, including Constructivism, De Stijl, and Suprematism. Comparing graphic works, drawings, and films in the exhibition Everything Is Dada, Alana Thyng, SY ’17, retraces the Dadaists’ shift from stylus to camera.