le surréalisme “naomi” “naomi” meganleboeuf. what is surrealism? irrationality freedom...

Le SurréalismeLe Surréalisme

“ “Naomi”Naomi”MeganMegan LeBoeufLeBoeuf

What Is Surrealism?

• Irrationality• Freedom• Truth• Politics• Psychology

The Roots of Surrealism

Dada

Logic leads to

this:REJECT LOGIC

The Roots of Surrealism

• Simultaneous Poetry• Collage• Wordless Poetry

gadji beri bimba glandridi laula lonni cadori

gradjama gramma berida bimbala glandri galassassa lautilalomini

gadji beri bin blassa glassala laula lonni cadorsi sassala bim

Gadjama tuffm i zimzalla binban gligia wowolimai bin beri ban.

Le Surréalisme

• France• Organization• Purpose

Le Mot

“Surréalisme” = Surrealism

SUPER-realism

Purpose of Surrealism Liberate the Mind Embrace the truth of Imagination Change the way people Think Discredit Logic and Reality Create a Super-Reality combining physical

reality with the reality of Imagination

Allegory of the Cave

SunlightShadows

Plato:

Surrealists:

Golden Age of SurrealismGolden Age of Surrealism

Surrealism Lives OnSurrealism Lives On

MoviesMoviesAltered StatesAltered StatesPiPiBeing John MalkovichBeing John MalkovichDonnie DarkoDonnie DarkoThe CellThe Cell

Vladimir Kush

Digital Surrealism

Digital Photography Photoshop Net Art E-Poetry Secret

Technology

Raster

Works Cited

Bigsby, C.W.E. Dada and Surrealism: The Critical Idiom. London: Methuen & Co, 1972.

Laughlin IV, James.  "Propaedeusis and Catachresis“.  The Living Age.  v. 351, September 1936 February 1937.

Nelson, Jason. “Secret Technology”. 2008. 23 February, 2008. [www.secrettechnology.com]

Raster Group. 2008. 19 April 2008. [www.rasterized.org]

Rubin, William S. Dada & Surrealist Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1968.

Vladimir Kush. 2006. 19 April 2008. [www.vladimirkush.com]