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Post by moosehead on Mar 28, 2007 19:18:26 GMT
Due to cgi, we're used to seeing surrealism around us all the time as the lines blur between reality and fantasy. Here's a case in point: clipmarks.com/clipmark/8FA406E6-FE12-48B7-9913-7A3C9C9DB5DF/Just a quick joke really, but it includes a lot of symbolism from the early surrealists. But does anyone notice? Oh, and the marvellous Mark Thomas is demonstrating about surrealism on Radio 4 tomorrow at 6.30pm.
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Post by Nancy on Mar 29, 2007 11:24:07 GMT
That was surreal.
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Post by moosehead on Mar 29, 2007 23:16:12 GMT
Told you so! But the implicit question is - if surrealism is acceptable and normal, does it mean anything any more, and what does dada still have to fight for, but that's another question as dada has taken over the art world with its stress on shock value and making the viewers question themselves and their surroundings, which certainly seems to be the core of financially successful modern art. Your 30 second thought for the day.
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Post by graytart on Mar 30, 2007 0:50:17 GMT
...making the viewers question themselves and their surroundings, which certainly seems to be the core of financially successful modern art. Of course, that can also be at the core of financially unsuccessful modern art as well...
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Post by Nancy on Mar 30, 2007 12:32:37 GMT
It certainly isn't as shocking to be surreal these days which makes it less surreal in a way, though reality hasn't altered any since the surrealist and dadaist movement started so things still are surreal.
If you think about it too much your brain starts to hurt.
You could say it did my brain in.
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Post by moosehead on Mar 30, 2007 17:15:21 GMT
I'd have to disagree with you there - I think reality (and the way people see it) has changed enormously in the last 100 years. Shared unrealities only existed in the imgination and were transmitted through literature and paintings (with huge limitations that the surrealists were pushing against). WithTV and film, we now share our unrealities in a uniform state; everyone sees the same vision and can discuss them with a common framework. The lines between real and unreal have become blurred. Nowadays there are people for whom unrealities (soaps, 'reality' TV, that sort of thing)are more real than their personal lives. Sorry, but these are the sort of brain games I like.
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Post by kattsay on Mar 30, 2007 18:14:42 GMT
Errmmmm...I got lost somewhere around surrealism.
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Post by graytart on Oct 2, 2007 0:07:31 GMT
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Post by graytart on Oct 20, 2007 18:32:17 GMT
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Post by Nancy on Oct 20, 2007 18:45:04 GMT
LOL, that is surreal.
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Post by moosehead on Oct 23, 2007 21:56:35 GMT
Time for your daily Dali on youtubewhere you can also spot snippets of a short film by Dali and Disney that should be released next year.
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Post by Nancy on Oct 23, 2007 21:58:06 GMT
Wow I heard about that on a documentary I can't wait to see it.
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Post by kattsay on Oct 24, 2007 10:36:39 GMT
"Do you do sports?" "Yes" "Do you write books?" "Yes" Has anyone seen that film he made where that woman takes a razor blade to her eyeballs? I can't remember what it's called but it's on youtube somewhere. Edit: Found it! Un Chien Andalou (a short clip of the eyeball bit): uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eU3QwnfSn2s
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Post by Nancy on Oct 24, 2007 11:39:06 GMT
Here's a short clip of some of the Disney stuff he did, there's a couple more on there too, I hope they do release all they have as it will be amazing to see Dali's paintings come to life. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO1ghQFSXro
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Post by Beautiful Zelda on Oct 25, 2007 11:20:03 GMT
Has anyone seen that film he made where that woman takes a razor blade to her eyeballs? I can't remember what it's called but it's on youtube somewhere. Edit: Found it! Un Chien Andalou (a short clip of the eyeball bit): uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eU3QwnfSn2sIf you like Un Chien Andalou, you'll like L'age D'or, it's the second film Dali and Bunuel made.
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