Surrealism strange weird odd unreal dreamlike fantastic bizarre

Surrealism

• • strange weird odd unreal dreamlike fantastic bizarre Revealing a truth beyond the real What does Surreal mean?

Where did Surrealism come from? • Romanticism • Symbolism • Cubism

Dada We, who are non-artists, will create non -art - since art (and everything else in the world) has no meaning, anyway.

What is Dada • A movement that happened primarily in Europe (Zurich) between 1916 -22. • Response to the horror and meaninglessness of 1 st world war. • Dada is a French word for hobbyhorse. • Dada artists created works of poetry, visual art, theatre, graphic design. • Laid the foundations for surrealism, Post modernism, Pop-Art.

Task 1 • What does surrealism mean? • What 4 art movements predate Surrealism and influenced it? • Can you name an artist for each of those movements? • Print a picture for each, label and stick in your sketchbooks. Next to each one, write down what you think the picture is about.

Task 2 - Making a poem • • • To make a Dadaist poem: Take a newspaper. Take a pair of scissors. Choose an article as long as you are planning to make your poem. Cut out the article. Then cut out each of the words that make up this article and put them in a bag. Shake it gently. Then take out the scraps one after the other in the order in which they left the bag. Copy conscientiously. The poem will be like you. And here you are a writer, infinitely original and endowed with a sensibility that is charming though beyond the understanding of the vulgar.

Visit http: //www. bbc. co. uk/ Pick a news article, and print out the article, making sure the font size is quite large. Search for any imagery related to the article. cut the article into individual words, placing them in a box. Pick the words one by one, writing down what the result is. This is your Dada poem. Using Illustrator, write out your poem, using different fonts for each word. Experiment with font size – get a good variety of styles and sizes. Print your poems, and any imagery.

Homework • Create a unit title page in your sketchbooks • Bring in a selection of newspapers and magazines • Start to write your dream journal