“Often, in this context, our first response is to say Dada's influence is more obliquely inherited, rather than trying to challenge that knee-jerk reaction and look at its reception in South Africa in a slightly different way. It depends entirely on how it’s framed.”
– Kathryn Smith

Kathryn Smith and Roger van Wyk reflect on researching and curating Dada South? Experimentation, Radicalism and Resistance (2009–2010) at a colloquium in Cape Town with invited practitioners held in anticipation of the show.