Surrealist Techniques

Surrealism is mostly known as literary and artistic movement that flourished in Europe between World Wars I and II. The movement grew out of Dada movement, however Surrealism emphasized positive expression while Dadaism produced works of anti-art. Surrealism was a reaction against the destruction of the "rationalism" which resulted in the horrors of World War I. The movement stressed the subconscious or nonrational significance of imagery, the style reunited conscious and unconscious realms of experience joining the world of dream and fantasy to the everyday rational world in the superior reality – surreality.

Poet and critic André Breton, the leader of the movement, published "The Surrealist Manifesto" in 1924. He saw the unconscious as the wellspring of the imagination. Influenced by Sigmund Freud theories, the movement was dedicated to the expression of imagination as revealed in dreams. The style impacted various arts, in literature surrealist writer was interested in the associations and implications of words rather than their literal meanings. Louis Aragon , Paul Éluard , Robert Desnos , Jean Cocteau were the most well-known Surrealist writers.

the 1920s and 30s were the period of the movement dominance. Salvador Dalí, Yves Tanguy, Max Ernst, René Magritte used varied forms of expression and have been labeled as veristic Surrealism artists because of their paintings depicting the real world transformations. Greatly diminished after World War II, the movement continues to flourish these days. Today we can enjoy various styles of Surrealism, such as Fantasy Surrealism, for instance.

Such movement as Surrealism is a great layer that includes great number of notions, such as Surrealist objects, Surrealism games, variety of techniques. When it goes about Surrealism movement Surrealism games are important as a method of investigation. The intention of such games is to keep away from the constraints of rationalism and allow concepts to develop more freely. Thus, breaking traditional thought patterns a more original outcome is created.

Surrealism games provide inspiration, produce a creative process free of conscious control what is central to the nature of surrealism. The games that played critical role were Exquisite corpse (a collection of words or images are collectively assembled), Time Travelers' Potlatch (two or more players say what gift they would give to another person), Parallel Collage, etc.

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