Digital Surrealism Introduction

Surrealism is an artistic movement that was founded in the early 1920s. It's influences include Sigmund Freud (famous psychoanalyst who was fascinated by the subconscious mind and dreams). "Surrealism style uses visual imagery from the subconscious mind to create art without the intention of logical comprehensibility." In other words, it doesn't make sense in the real world, only the surreal world. Surrealism includes an element of surprise and uses unlikely juxtapositions and blends dream and reality.

Please research Surrealism in Art and/or photography and create a prezi presentation that includes the following: (Please post your finished presentation on your blog by Thursday, January 16, 2014. Ready to present please!)

1. What is Surrealism? (In your own words please!)

2. Pick one Surrealist artist and:

• briefly discuss their view on surrealism
• the years they produced art (or birth-death)
• and what their interests were as artists--subjects they addressed, issues they focused on
• were they part of other artistic movements?

3. Show 8 examples of Surrealist art by the artist you have selected.

Please pick one artist each so that we can cover all of them. Or, you might find one on your own.

• Max Ernst
• Andre Breton
• Man Ray
• Maurice Tabard
• Dorothea Tanning
• Salvador Dali
• Rene Magritte
• Joan Miró
• Marcel Duchamp
•  Giorgio de Chirico
• Leonora Carrington
• Alberto Giacometti
• Hieronymus Bosch
• Yves Tanguy
• MC Escher
• Erik Johansson (modern day photographer)
• Jerry Uelsmann (modern photographer who worked with negatives to create surrealist photos).

4. Please include any and ALL links that you have used to find your information. Please do not copy and paste directly from these links!! That's called plagiarism and it's a big fat NO-NO!

5. You can include a reference list at the end of your presentation, but you MUST embed a minimum of 3 links (they could be videos, audio interviews or just other websites with more information) into your prezi presentation.

6. Make the presentation surreal, but make sure we can clearly see and identify the artist's works, as well as the text that answers the questions above.