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Transmission: Tuesday, 29th May 2007Imagine... It's the Surreal ThingImagine... takes a personal and dream-like journey from Sigmund’s Freud couch (where the story of Surrealism began) to the exhibition of ‘Surreal Things’ at the V&A. Alan Yentob explores the history of Surrealism and its legacies, making the case for the Surrealist conviction that the world is ‘an immense museum of strangeness’. Latest posts...Imagine... It's the Surreal ThingÌýTracks: It's The Surreal Thing Posted: Wednesday, 6th June 2007Listen to samples from tracks featured in It's The Surreal Thing...
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Use of Bumble Boogie courtesy of Maurice Horhut. Imagine… it's the surreal thing was on ´óÏó´«Ã½ One on 29th May 2007. KeywordsToolsRelated LinksThe ´óÏó´«Ã½ is not responsible for the Imagine... It's the Surreal ThingÌýGallery: "isms" and "wasms" View GalleryPosted: Wednesday, 30th May 2007"I feel that every night, when I dream, I have this kind of film cine club that I visit," director Michel Gondry confesses to us, "and I can dig anything I want for free, and use it for my work."
View the galleryÌýand read thoughts on Surrealism by contributors to Imagine... it's the surreal thing including Grayson Perry, Philippe Starck and George Melly.
Image: Zoe Walker with Portable Paradise. Imagine… it's the surreal thing was on ´óÏó´«Ã½ One on 29th May 2007. Available MediaToolsImagine... It's the Surreal ThingÌýVideo: A New Way Of Juggling Posted: Wednesday, 30th May 2007"The mind of the dreaming man is fully satisfied with whatever happens to it," stated Andrew Breton in the first Surrealist Manifesto. In the spirit of Surrealism, watch Alan Yentob's New Way Of Juggling. Imagine… it's the surreal thing was on ´óÏó´«Ã½ One on 29th May 2007. Imagine... It's the Surreal ThingÌýGallery: Inside Surrealism Posted: 30th May 2007See "marvellous and beautiful" images of the Surrealist Group Inside the Central Office of Surrealist Research and images by Marcel Duchamp, Rene Magritte and others. Imagine... It's the Surreal ThingÌýVideo: Limbo-Land Posted: 30th May 2007Watch artist Zoe Walker's tragicomic and surreal attempt to launch a handmade moon into the night sky. Imagine... It's the Surreal ThingÌýGallery: A Dream-Like Journey Posted: 30th May 2007See images from the making of Alan Yentob's dream-like journey, Imagine... it's the surreal thing, into the world of the Surreal. Imagine... It's the Surreal ThingÌýGallery: Exquisite Corpse Posted: 29th May 2007We asked artists including Grayson Perry, George Melly and Philippe Starck to create an Exquisite Corpse exclusively for Imagine... See the art work. Imagine... It's the Surreal ThingÌýVideo: Proverbs For Today Posted: 29th May 2007Watch Alan Yentob offer a surreal twist on Proverbs For Today. Imagine... It's the Surreal ThingÌýVideo: A Succinct Lexicon of Eroticism Posted: 29th May 2007"Kink, lesbianise, masturbate." In their quest to subvert all things the Surrealists even managed to make sign language dirty. Watch as Alan Yentob delivers a Succinct Lexicon of Eroticism. Imagine... It's the Surreal ThingÌýVideo: How To Be A Surrealist Posted: 29th May 2007"The mad beast of custom must be hunted down!" the Surrealists declared of the conventions of art and life. Watch our guide on How To Be A Surrealist. Imagine... It's the Surreal ThingÌýGallery: Map of an Englishman Posted: 24th May 2007Anger, Sex, Dementia, Cheerleader... Take a look at artist Grayson Perry's extraordinary map of his own mind, Map of an Englishman. Imagine... It's the Surreal ThingÌýVideo: C'etait Un Rendezvous Posted: 24th May 2007Watch an extended clip of the cult French driving film C'etait un Rendezvous, as used in Imagine…it's the surreal thing. Imagine... It's the Surreal ThingÌýEpisode Guide: It's The Surreal Thing Posted: 3rd May 2007Grayson Perry, Marcel Dzama and Michel Gondry, amongst others, join Imagine… on a dreamlike journey into today’s surreal unknown. |
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