Is surrealism a style of art or a mode of living? How can irrationality be a political position? Nadia, Jem and Keir follow a thread of off-kilter expression, from Dadaism and André Breton’s manifesto through to Situationism, punk and Afrosurrealism. 

The gang explore the importance of surrealism to socialist thought and anti-colonial struggle, considering Meret Oppenheim's fur cup, Lenin at the Cabaret Voltaire, surrealist women's art, Freud’s ideas of the subconscious and a canon of surreal songs from Ivor Cutler to Devo.

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Music: Ivor Cutler - 'Life In A Scotch Sitting Room' Vol. 2, Ep. 11 / Anton Giulio Bragaglia - 'Fotodinamismo Futurista' / Eric Satie - 'Gymnopédie No.1' / King Crimson - 'Moonchild' / Devo - 'Jocko Homo' / Prince Fatty & Shniece Mcmenamin - 'Black Rabbit' / Caberet Voltaire - 'Nag Nag Nag' / Prince Paul - 'Introduction to Psychoanalysis (Schizophrenia)' / The Coup - 'Oyahytt 

Books:  Robin D. G. Kelley - Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination / Helena Lewis - Dada Turns Red: The Politics of Surrealism / Freud - The Interpretation of Dreams / Joyce Mansour's poetry / Dorothea Tanning - Chasm: A Weekend / Phosphor magazine / Simon Reynolds - Rip it Up and Start Again

Produced by Matt Huxley and Chal Ravens.

ACFM Trip 37: Surrealism

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