Question

Why was the art produced during the Dada movement considered art at all?

Answer 1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dada maybe this will help

Answer 2

In reaction to the conditions leading up to World War I and the somewhat Post-Apocalyptic atmosphere of Europe following the war, artists tried to find inroads into other realms to express their mental turmoil at the conditions in society. Dada, the nonsense work of a baby provided a way to disconnect from their rational consciousness, and seek answers in irrational associations, which they believed represented the musings of their unconscious minds. They also explored the mass production of objects, such as Duchamp's "ready-mades" to seek aesthetic value in design, or combined objects in new ways to explore unconcious associations.

Answer 3

The art was in the hands of what the artists deemed to be art and did not have to meet a certain set of standards and rules.