Allow the unconscious to express itself

Dictionary definition: Surrealism, n. Pure psychic automatism, by which one proposes to express, either verbally, in writing, or by any other manner, the real functioning of thought. Dictation of thought in the absence of all control exercised by reason, outside of all aesthetic and moral preoccupation.

Surrealism was a  revolutionary cultural art movement starting in the 1920’s. It is best know for it’s writing and artworks.The leader of surrealism was Andre Breton. The aim of surrealism was to  “resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality.”  The surrealist artists created paintings of everyday objects but turned them into strange creatures which allowed them to express there self’s. Surrealism was created out of Dada which was created in the first world war which originally started in Paris and in the 1920’s it became a global movement and affected literature, film and music. I think that surrealism has a really interesting concept. I like the idea of using photography to try and manipulate and push the boundaries of reality. This links in with the blurred lines between what is real and what is fiction. I like the idea of manipulating real photographs so that they become something of your own fiction/ fantasy.