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Surrealist Games by Alastair Brotchie: New
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2003-09-09
- Pages
- 176
- ISBN
- 9780877738756
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0877738750
ISBN-13
9780877738756
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1467152
Product Key Features
Book Title
Surrealist Games
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Conceptual, History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), General, History / General
Publication Year
2003
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Reprint
Genre
Art, Games & Activities
Book Series
Redstone Editions Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
12.5 Oz
Item Length
6.9 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
92-050265
Reviews
"This extraordinary collection of word games, visual tricks, and intellectual assaults on the conventional is a treasure trove of the artistic and socio-linguistic conundrums which the Surrealists-Andreacute; Breton, Tristan Tzara and their associates-cultivated. Its compiler, Alastair Brotchie, reminds us that for the Surrealists games were an important item in the armoury of unexpected weaponry with which they waged war on bourgeois society and thought."-The Spectator"Of great value to teachers, comedy writers, and other problem-solvers, this is an illustrated compendium of ways to be inventive, humorous or absurd through deliberate irresponsibility or 'planned incongruity.'"-Ballast Quarterly Review"These games will prove to you that not only was Lautremont justified as to poetry; one could add a rider: 'Surrealism too can be made by all.'"-The Times Literary Supplement
Dewey Edition
20
Compiled by
Brotchie, Alastair
Volume Number
Set
Dewey Decimal
793.73
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
The Surrealist movement that arose in Europe in the early 1900s used playful procedures and systematic stratagems to create provocative works and challenge the conventions of art, literature, and society. They conducted their experiments through art and polemic, manifesto and demonstration, love and politics. But it was above all through game-playing that they sought to subvert academic modes of inquiry and undermine the complacent certainties of the bourgeoisie. Surrealist games is a delightful compendium that allows the reader to enjoy firsthand the methodologies of the Surreal, with their amazing swings between the verbal and the visual, the beautiful and the grotesque. It is also a box of games to play for fun: poetic, imaginative, revelatory, full of possibilities for unlocking the door to the unconscious and releasing the poetry of collective creativity. The boxed set contains: * A 168-page sewn, illustrated hardcover book packed with outrageous language games, alternative card games, "Dream Lotto," and automatic techniques for making poems, stories, collages, photomontages, and candle-smoke drawings. The illustrations are by such artists as Max Ernst, Hans Arp, and Tristan Tzara * A fold-out game board for the "Goose Game," designed by Andr Breton, Yves Tanguy, and others * A Little Surrealist Dictionary, The Surrealist movement that arose in Europe in the early 1900s used playful procedures and systematic stratagems to create provocative works and challenge the conventions of art, literature, and society. They conducted their experiments through art and polemic, manifesto and demonstration, love and politics. But it was above all through game-playing that they sought to subvert academic modes of inquiry and undermine the complacent certainties of the bourgeoisie. Surrealist games is a delightful compendium that allows the reader to enjoy firsthand the methodologies of the Surreal, with their amazing swings between the verbal and the visual, the beautiful and the grotesque. It is also a box of games to play for fun: poetic, imaginative, revelatory, full of possibilities for unlocking the door to the unconscious and releasing the poetry of collective creativity. The boxed set contains: - A 168-page sewn, illustrated hardcover book packed with outrageous language games, alternative card games, "Dream Lotto," and automatic techniques for making poems, stories, collages, photomontages, and candle-smoke drawings. The illustrations are by such artists as Max Ernst, Hans Arp, and Tristan Tzara - A fold-out game board for the "Goose Game," designed by Andre Breton, Yves Tanguy, and others - A Little Surrealist Dictionary
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