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SURREALISM COMMAND NOT FOUND
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“The beauty will be convulsive or will be notatall” (AndréBreton)1
The term surrealism, or to consider somethingsurreal,hasbecomeacommonwordinour everydaylifetodescribeimagesortenetsthat doesn’tarenotrecognizabletooneormoreofour logic’sstandards.Wehavedeviated, logic’sstandards. Wehavedeviated,vulgarized, vulgarized, thewordfromitsoriginalintention.Ithasbeen turnedaround.Shockinglywehavecomebackto theideaofsurrealismbeingjusta theideaofsurrea lismbeingjustaseriesofsemi-raseriesofsemi-rationalprovocativemethodsortechniques,amosaic ofrevelationstoaltertheprevailingstateofthings ofthatlackingpracticaluse. ForthepurposeofclarifyingIwilldi Forthepurposeofcla rifyingIwilldividetheessay videtheessay intoindividualtopics. Rationalizedworld Architecture has been used to lure attentionfromitsmorearchaicandprimalforms,to captiveandrepresentacertain captiveandrepr esentacertainidea.Throughthe idea.Throughthe analysisofarchitecturewefindtha analysisofarchi tecturewefindthatits‘role’genertits‘role’generally‘istoprojectonthegroundthei ally‘istoprojec tonthegroundtheimageofsocial mageofsocial institutions,translatingtheeconomicorpolitical structureofsocietyintobuildingorgroupofbuildings’andsothatitsadaptationrespondstotheexternaleventssociety,‘itwouldserve ternaleventssoci ety,‘itwouldservethepowersin thepowersin place’andtrytoshieldandprotectitsframework thoughtaretinalvisualizationofit2.Evenacross thegreatestandmostrebellioustimesinhistory, architecturehashelpedthe‘pre architectureha shelpedthe‘prevalentviewsfor valentviewsfor theexistingsocioeconomic’power,‘a theexistingsocioec onomic’power,‘adapting‘the dapting‘the space.Sinceitsbeginningin space.Since itsbeginninginthatofthevernacuthatofthevernacularandsurvivalduty,architecture larandsurvival duty,architecturehasbeen–and hasbeen–and continuoustobe-affectedfromoutsideitsown disciplinarypractice3.Aswith disciplinarypra ctice3.Aswithmanyotherthings, manyotherthings, onlytheprivilegedonesthatcanlookfurtherinto theirgeneration’sperspectivewould theirgeneration’s perspectivewouldachieveabe achieveabettterunderstandingofthefuture. Modernistattempts Modernism and rationalism was the dominatingmainstreaminthesocioeconomic frameworkformostofthepastcenturyandhas surviveddeeplyrootedintoourdays.TheSiècle
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isminanalmostinvisibleway.Allofthemwere isminanalmostinvisibleway.A llofthemwere mereattemptstoredeemtheirownself-reproaches fromexterminatingthedelightsofspatialexpressions.Wellknownexamplesfortheseattemptsare theevocativesolariumLeCorbusierdesignedfor hisfriendCarlosBeisteguiinParis(1930-1)could relatestoCorbu’sapproachesof‘objectsareactionpoetique’orthesemi-metaphysicalperspectivethatcanbefoundinOscarNi tivethatcanbe foundinOscarNiemeyer’swork emeyer’swork inBrasilia,almostresemblingCh inBrasilia,a lmostresemblingChirico’svisionof irico’svisionof thedesolatedspace4.Acelebrationofeveryday’s metaphysicalphenomena,onlythatthe metaphysicalphe nomena,onlythatthereisnoone reisnoone there.Rationalitygivessurrealism there.Rationali tygivessurrealismthebackground thebackground toliberatethemindfromtherepressivesocietal aspects. Surrealismintentions Andre Breton wrote the Surrealist Manife fesstoin1924toformulatethepurposesofthemovement,butsurrealismappearedalongwithDadaism–andnotasaconsequence-a ism–andnotasa consequence-astheambition stheambition derivedfromtheearlyactivitiesofpre-andpostwaravant-gardemovementasmeanstocreatea supremereconciliationofdreamand supremereconcil iationofdreamandrealityand realityand thephilosophicalGrandOeuvre.Itderivesfrom atotalrejectionofcurrentlogicsa atotalrejection ofcurrentlogicsandcultureand ndcultureand triesto‘revoltagainstthehyper-logica triesto‘revoltagai nstthehyper-logicalofreality’5. lofreality’5. Surrealistslongtoreturntothearchaicforms andfeel‘nostalgiaforthepoeticthoughtandthe powersofthearchaicmen’,the‘pou powersofthearcha icmen’,the‘pouvirperdú,and virperdú,and thustheyputforthintothetaskoftransforming societytroughthe‘alchemyofwordsandimages’6. Thesearchaicmenandtherel Thesearchaic menandtherelationshipwith ationshipwith naturetakeusbacktothearchaic naturetakeusba cktothearchaicsocietyandits societyandits oneiricphilosophyandrituals.The oneiricphilosophy andrituals.Theyareconcerned yareconcerned witharchetypicalsymbolscapable witharchetypica lsymbolscapableofcreatinga ofcreatinga generaladherenceofhumanitytoreplacelogicalrepressionswhichthatcan calrepressions whichthatcanonlyresolveirrelonlyresolveirrelevantmatters.Thenatureoftheirideasconduct tofindingakeythatwouldopenthehiddenside, asideofwhichtheyaresureofits asideofwhich theyaresureofitsexistence.The existence.The focusistransportedintothecreativeproductivenessofdreams,anditsrealization nessofdreams,and itsrealizationthroughaseries throughaseries oftechniquessuchasautomatismandobjective chance.Thefirstimpliestheuse chance.Thefi rstimpliestheuseofpsychoanalytiofpsychoanalyticalmethodsemanatedfromFreudiantheoriesof
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FIG.4.DALI. PREMONITION OF CIVIL CI VIL WAR
thewaytochangerealityandcreateanewmyth thewaytochangerealityandcre ateanewmyth –‘thereisnosocietywithoutamyth’7.Through itsveryconvulsivelife,surrealismwentthrough varioustransformations,andbythesecondmanifestoin1929,Bretontriestotackleamoreuniversalapproachintothecollective salapproachi ntothecollectiveunconsciousness, unconsciousness, thecreationofthenewmyththroughanalogies capableofcreationanewcosmogonythatdefamiliarizeourselvesfromeverydayre miliarizeours elvesfromeverydayreality.These ality.These analogiescanbringustoacommon analogiescan bringustoacommonplace,theone place,theone thatforcesorproductionhaveturnedtorubble,a placewheretheunexpectedi placewhere theunexpectedistoappear,wel stoappear,welook ook intoourchildhoodandtheemotionsofdream-like imaginationthatfollowedthedisintegrationofthe commonlogics. Surrealism tend to have an immersingobsessionwiththequalitiesofc ingobsessionwith thequalitiesofcrystal,asa rystal,asa supremepointforcreation,thebelievedinits ritualandesotericconnexionas ritualandesote ricconnexionasspontaneity’and spontaneity’and imagination’sorigin.Theyuseditw imagination’sorigi n.Theyuseditwithintentions ithintentions tounderminerealityandprovethefragilegrasp thathaveonreality.Inpuresurre thathaveonreal ity.Inpuresurrealism,artwould alism,artwould despairasbeinginferiortoreali despairasbei nginferiortoreality.Intellectual ty.Intellectually, ly, itwasaveryproductivemovementsstartedasart andliteratureandmovingfastintosculptureand thebuiltsphere,incorporating,mostlybyBreton, scienceintheformofpsychology,philosophyand anthropology.Artaud,forinstance,concludedthat ‘itwasamistaketoequateall ‘itwasamistak etoequateallconsciousnesswith consciousnesswith whatevercouldbeexpressedonwords’andafter beingexcludedbyBretonaseditoroflarevolution surrealisteforhisviolentspeech surrealisteforhi sviolentspeechendeduppushing endeduppushing theboundariesoftheatricalpsychologyuntilits closedestruction8. Returning to the liberating exercises of analogies,itisalsoimportanttorememberthat ourbrainsarehard-wiredandtha ourbrainsareh ard-wiredandthat‘oursenses t‘oursenses havesurvivalvalue,symbolismisc havesurvivalval ue,symbolismisconnectedtothe onnectedtothe primitiveemotionalbrainanditdoe primitiveemotional brainanditdoesnotdiscern snotdiscern betweenthreatsandpromises’andthatmightbe apossiblereasonwhythearchai apossiblereas onwhythearchaicmendidnot cmendidnot pursuematerializethecityas pursuematerial izethecityasarepresentation arepresentation beyondthesenses9.Ontheotherhand beyondthesenses9. Ontheotherhand,machines ,machines andultimatereasonmightmakeouri andultimatere asonmightmakeourintelligence ntelligence redundanttheaestheticsapracti redundanttheae stheticsapracticaldecisionm caldecisionmore ore inthewaytoDadaismintentiontodestroyartto savethesubject.
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changeasforthetotaldislocateoftraditions,to beabletousethe‘experience beabletouseth e‘experienceofmarvellous’asa ofmarvellous’asa steptowardsabettersociety,notjustanaesthetic dreamforprivilegedplayer’11.
Noreasonforexisting ‘Utopiaisthemagiclampofthosewhorefuseto leavethemselvescrushedbythenight’ (Rene-GuyDourmayrou,AndreBretonetl’art magiqueaSaint-Cirq-la-Popie)12 The relationships between architecture andsurrealismcomesalogical andsurrealismc omesalogicalextensionofpoetic extensionofpoetic analogiesofthephysicalobject,w analogiesoftheph ysicalobject,whatinsurrealhatinsurrealisttermscanbereadasafoundobj isttermscanbe readasafoundobjectorobject ectorobject trouvé.Thesurrealistswerefirstinte trouvé.Thesurreal istswerefirstinterestedinArt restedinArt Nouveauandmorespecificallyin Nouveauandmore specificallyinGaudi’swork. Gaudi’swork. Forinstance,CasaBattlocanbese Forinstance,Casa Battlocanbeseenasthereal enastherealiisationoftheoriginalbuilding,tac sationoftheoriginal building,tacklingthecrisis klingthecrisis oftheobjectsinindustrializedsoc oftheobjectsinin dustrializedsocieties,itlooks ieties,itlooks forbuiltanalogies,andCasaMia forbuiltanalogies, andCasaMiatriestoreduce triestoreduce thedistancebetweenthespontaneityofvision andthespontaneityofnature–dreamedreality.Creationinarchitecturebec ity.Creationina rchitecturebecomesadramaof omesadramaof desireandrepresentation,whenformostartforms, surrealismisabeholdingtheoretic surrealismisa beholdingtheoreticalframework, alframework, inarchitecture,formsarealways inarchitecture ,formsarealwaysreal.AdolfLoos real.AdolfLoos wasthefirsttochallengethelimi wasthefirsttocha llengethelimitsofillusionand tsofillusionand realityfromaDadaismperspectiveforbourgeoisiedetachmentfromwhattheysee,uncommitted anduninvolved.Thetranspositionofrealandits mirrorimage.Otherstyleshavealsoderivedfrom surrealistpracticeslikeDeconstru surrealistpracti ceslikeDeconstructivismandthe ctivismandthe fragmentedbuilding,whichinfersfrom(remotely) it.MoreimportantlywasDuchamp’sconcept ofready-madeart,whichwhentranslatedinto architectureitbecomesevidentitstremendous success.Surrealismencouraged success.Surrea lismencouragedtheuseofsurrealtheuseofsurrealisttechniquestoexploretheunconsciousnessand itsanalogiestotheobjecttrouvébutithadnouse foranyofthegivenstyles,narrowingdownthe spectrumofintervention.Itratherencouraged theuseoftheirrationalityofconcrete,itflux,‘the dailytransformationofobjectstoconstructthe buildersunconscious’13.Bretonhimselfattempted irrationalbeautifyingofPariswithjuxtaposition
FIG.6.LE CORBUSIERFireplace and Arc de triomphe
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FIG.8. RENE MAGRITE L’ATTENTANT
ibleandspacesarenot.Duchampcreatedthegl ibleandspacesarenot.Ducha mpcreatedtheglass ass inbetween1915and1930-hehad inbetween191 5and1930-hehadinmindthe inmindthe alchemicalqualitiesthatar alchemical qualitiesthatareattributedtocrystal eattributedtocrystal -andthebox,withrandomthoughtsandnotes tobereadwhileinsidethegl tobereadwhil einsidetheglasstotryandgetrid asstotryandgetrid oftheretinalaspectofobjects.Hewastryingto achieveaspecialrelations achieveaspe cialrelationshipmadeupofreferhipmadeupofreferencesandwitsandputtinginpe encesandwi tsandputtinginpeopleasthemain opleasthemain alchemicalingredientandl alchemical ingredientandliveactionsassp iveactionsasspecial ecial attitudes.Thejunctionofimageandidea.Surrealisminarchitecturehasbe realisminar chitecturehasbeenreferredasth enreferredasthe e blindobject,thepossibilityto‘enc blindobject,the possibilityto‘encodedesires’15, odedesires’15, butdefamiliarizingourselvesisc butdefamiliariz ingourselvesiscriticaltorestore riticaltorestore the(un)consciousexperience.Homeisutmost representativeofrepressivestability, representativeofre pressivestability,aplaceof aplaceof bourgeoismoralsandpolitics,ideologicallyrotten andconstricting,thoughamidourroomlaysour childhood,thesurrealistpalace childhood,thesur realistpalaceofimagination,the ofimagination,the castle,thatlaterbecomesrubble castle,thatla terbecomesrubbleandthathasbee andthathasbeen n depictedinnumeroussurrealpaintings. Arc rch hit iteect ctu ure is isa av viita tallp paart of ev eveery ryda day yllif ife. e. Surrealistpoeticsaredriftingin Surrealistpoetic saredriftinginourneedtobring ourneedtobring themdowntotryandcasttogetherfamiliarobject whilstlookingforthestrangenewobjecttoarise. Builtexamples Only a few examples have been made of actualarchitectureforwhatitrela tualarchitectu reforwhatitrelatestoinhabitancy. testoinhabitancy. EventhoughGaudiwasareference EventhoughGaudi wasareferenceandastarting andastarting pointforthefoundobjectinsurrealism,hewas neverasurrealist,norintimen neverasurreal ist,norintimenorinspirit.Gau orinspirit.Gaudi di andArtNouveauwereprivileged andArtNouveauw ereprivilegedbythesurrealists bythesurrealists fortheirmediumisticarchitecture,andtheirorganicanalogieslikethefluidi ganicanalogie slikethefluidityofwateroverearth tyofwateroverearth andthepreoccupationofthesoftformsandthe ‘time-spacecontinuum’16.Anotherch ‘time-spaceconti nuum’16.Anothercharacteristic aracteristic ofGaudi’sarchitectureisthetrul ofGaudi’sarchi tectureisthetrulymythicaland ymythicaland ritualisticinspirationinhisw ritualisticins pirationinhisworks,thestructures orks,thestructures celebratewhattheysupports,butafterallChristianityandhisowndismalsandse tianityandhisow ndismalsandself-reproachwas lf-reproachwas attherootofhisneedsfordelvingintoanewset ofexternalretinalexperience. ofexternalretinal experience.TheonlytruesurTheonlytruesurrealistarchitectofallwasFre realistarchite ctofallwasFrederickKiesle derickKiesler,whose r,whose organicapproachintheEndlessHou organicapproach intheEndlessHouseexpressed seexpressed asmetabolicprocessesanddeliveryofcomplete seclusionandphysicalseparati seclusionandp hysicalseparationencapsulate onencapsulate thedesiretopfindakeyandcrossthethreshold inthehollowsoftheearth17.WalterBenjamin
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passionateplacethatcoulderodetheoutside/insideboundariesofinnerconsciousne sideboundaries ofinnerconsciousness18.Thelast ss18.Thelast architect–notbyprofession-thatIwanttomentionisFerdinandCheval,aFrenchpostmanwho gathered,single-handed,rocksfromtheregion andconstructedhisownfairytailoverthirty-three years,hisownunconsciouspassionateexpression, hisownPalaisIdeal.Bretonused hisownPalaisI deal.Bretonusedtomentionitin tomentionitin hislecturesandlovedthe‘lac hislecturesan dlovedthe‘lackofutility’andthe kofutility’andthe ‘individual’suntutoredandimagina ‘individual’sun tutoredandimaginativevision’19. tivevision’19. ForthattopayhomagetoDaliIwouldliketo refertohispaintingTheSuburbsoftheParanoiac-CriticalTown(1931),whichshow ac-CriticalTow n(1931),whichshowsthewhole sthewhole arrayofarchitecturaltrickswhile arrayofarchitectur altrickswhiletheextremely theextremely emotionalrhetoricofthepaintingevokesonaflat surfacewhatneverhaseverdoneon surfacewhatneve rhaseverdoneonthreedimenthreedimensions.Allphasesofarchitecturea sions.Allphase sofarchitectureareincludedon reincludedon thevergeofcollapse,thearchitectureoftheforgottenplaces,masks,and‘wherep tenplaces,mas ks,and‘wherepeoplecommunicate eoplecommunicate insmotheredwhispers,actingoutthei insmotheredwhispe rs,actingouttheirlivesina rlivesina theatreoftorture’20. Criticism No one makes up his head overnight, and especiallyBreton,whoserejecti especiallyBre ton,whoserejectionandcontempt onandcontempt forarchitecturewaspalpablewh forarchitecturewa spalpablewhenhestatedthat enhestatedthat ‘modern-andallarchitecturesa ‘modern-andall architecturesavefewexamples vefewexamples -architecturewasthemostunhappydreamof collectiveunconscious’,a‘solid collectiveuncon scious’,a‘solidificationofdesire ificationofdesire inamostcruelandviolentautomatism’.George Batailleagreesandassertsthat Batailleagree sandassertsthat‘architecturewa ‘architecturewas s simplyauthoritariananditsformsnowthetrue mastersacrosstheland,gatheringthe mastersacrossthel and,gatheringtheservilemulservilemultitudesintheirshadow,enforcingadministration andorderandconstraint’21.Anothercriticismon thelimitationsofsurrealismintheendeavourof transformingthefoundobjectswerewrittenbythe
FIG.10.RENE MAGRITTE TIME TRANSFIXED
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scapescanbefoundintheirpaintingorwritings. scapescanbefoundintheirpai ntingorwritings. Theywere‘seekingforspontaneousadventures andescapeboredom’24.Ithasall andescapebore dom’24.Ithasallthedesireofthe thedesireofthe archaicsocietalmyths,rituals archaicsocie talmyths,ritualsandalchemyla andalchemylatent tent initsimagery,itsbizarre(potentia initsimagery,i tsbizarre(potential)juxtaposition l)juxtaposition andrhetoricoflegibleobjecttrouvé. andrhetoricofle gibleobjecttrouvé.Landscape, Landscape, asitappearsinitscontexthasthe asitappearsi nitscontexthastheadvantagethat advantagethat itisalreadyachangingperce itisalreadya changingperceptivethatcantra ptivethatcantransnsformconfrontedfeelingswiththejuxtapositionof everydayobjectsquickerthanotherenvironments, simplybecausewearepsychologic simplybecause wearepsychologicallywiredto allywiredto recognizethoseinrawnature,i recognizethosei nrawnature,itbringusdownto tbringusdownto ourprimitive‘universalsocietal ourprimitive‘uni versalsocietalvalues’andigni values’andignite te theenigmaofclarityandambiguity25. Wakingup
FIG.12.YVES TANGY-ENNUI ET TRANQUILITE
Cri riti tici cism sm is no noth thiing ne new win ins su urr rreeal alis ism, m,i it t wascriticizedbackinthe1 wascriticize dbackinthe1930sandisstill 930sandisstilltodayif todayif youtrytoapplyitoutsideitssocial“coolness”(of thelikesofOHMYGODTHAT’SSOSURREAL),butarenotallthistopicsalreadypartof today’sissues?.Fragmentationoccursinsociety nowadaysendlesslyinallaspe nowadaysendless lyinallaspects,infactwes cts,infactwesearch earch foritmostofthetime.Alienationhasbecomethe new’sbackground.Andlastcomesha new’sbackground. Andlastcomeshallucination, llucination, whatcanIsaythatitwasnotdoneinthe60s?. Thequestionnowchangesto:wouldw Thequestionnowc hangesto:wouldwebeable ebeable torecognizealegibleobjecttrouvéwithtoday’s amoralordouble-moralsociety?.Itmighthave beenamatterofheightontheladderofhuman evolutionandasusingMarxideas, evolutionandasu singMarxideas,nowwesee nowwesee furtherdownintothefuture’spossibilities.Not toforgetsurrealismeroticdiscourseevolvedfrom thearchaicritualthataccordingtomythology occurredinnaturewithmenstripp occurredinna turewithmenstrippedofallconedofallconstraintsandcommonlogic,aDionysianventure intothewilderness.AndasTsch intothewilderne ss.AndasTschumipointsoutin umipointsoutin
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issogreattheevenwhenBretonwrotethatthe ‘merveilleuxisnotthesameforeveryperiodof time’27,hisvisionwasnotlookingfurtherenough, perhapshewasnothigherenoughup perhapshewas nothigherenoughuptheladder. theladder. Thevelocityanddexterityofcreatingsemiobjects trouvéproposedbyNeilSpillerin trouvéproposedbyNei lSpillerinhisarticleen hisarticleen-titled“AProvisionalTaxonomyofSlamhounds” reflectstheaccelerationthatha reflectstheacc elerationthathasgotintothevirtual sgotintothevirtual specialexperience.Nowthatth specialexperi ence.Nowthattheprevailingan eprevailingand d omnipotentlogicisgreenandglobali omnipotentlogicisgr eenandglobalizestheworld zestheworld throughwiretransfers,theabilityofourlethargic mindtotryandreadanewobjectfoundhasno relevancebecausewhileour relevancebec ausewhileourneuronalconnec neuronalconnector tor weresendingelectricimpulse weresendingel ectricimpulsetosparktheawai tosparktheawaited ted surrealenvision,thisspatialmonstrosityhasdone afewhundredmoreofthem.Thesespace-time geometriesarecapabletobulkproducethousand ofsemielectronicconvulsiveobjectstrouvéoutof thealgorithmicofthemovementpatternofour eyeoveroneminute.AccordingtoSpiller,‘the Slamhoundistopressurepadwhatnanotechnologyistoabrick–awholedifferentleagueof sensitivityandmorphicsurface’28.Whatwould notbepossiblewhenthefluctuatingparameterof thealgorithmsrelatetothephysicalspaceofthe dweller? Conclusion Throughout this essay I have tried to emphasisedifferentaspectsthatrela emphasisedifferen taspectsthatrelatearchitectearchitectureandsurrealismfromtheearlystagesofthe movementintoourdaysandbeyond.Bornon thevergeofchangebetweenthe19thandthe 20thcentury,surrealismhavesurvived,latentthe impetuousattacksofmoralityandsociety’slogic, whichhavealsosurvived.Bothchanged,morphed andderivedintosomethingdifferentofwhatthey
FIG.14.SPACE-TIME GATE. SLAMHOUNDS
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avatardriftingawayformrestrictedemotions.The onlyrestrictions–asusual-areour onlyrestrictions–a susual-areourhumanbasic humanbasic physicalneedsthatcouldkeepu physicalneeds thatcouldkeepusnotcompletely snotcompletely unplugged.LikeJohnGoodbunandDavidCunningham,Iaswell‘nowannounc ningham,Iasw ell‘nowannouncethecontinuaethecontinuationofthisboldenterprise’called tionofthisboldente rprise’calledsurrealismand surrealismand architecture30. Arcchi Ar hite tecctu ture rew wil illlb beec con onvu vullsi sive ve,,o or rit it wi will ll notbeatall. NotesandBibliography.
FIG.16.SLAMHOUNDS. PAR TIAL LANDSCAPE
1Breton,A,Nadja,NRF,Paris,1963,lastsentence 1Breton,A,Nadja,NRF,Paris, 1963,lastsentence ofthenovel.p155.quotedonArchitectureand DesignProfiles11,1978.LondonP.81 2Tschimi,B.(1944),ArchitectureandDisjunction,MITPress,CambridgeMass,p.5 3Mical,T(2005),Surrealismand 3Mical,T(2005), SurrealismandArchitecture, Architecture, NewYork,London,Routledge.p4 4Veseley,D(1978)ArchitectureandDesignProfiles11,1978.LondonP.87 5Veseley,D(1978)ArchitectureandDesignProfiles11,1978.LondonP.88 6Veseley,D(1978)ArchitectureandDesignProfiles11,1978.LondonP.88 7Breton,A(1974)ManifestosofSurrealism,The UniversityofMichiganPress.Architectureand DesignProfiles11,1978.Londonp.88 8Tschumi,B,(1978)ArchitectureandDesign Profiles11,1978.Londonp114. 9Smith,P.(1978)ArchitectureandDesignProfiles11,1978.Londonp150. 10Mical,T(2005),Surrealismand 10Mical,T(2005), SurrealismandArchitecture, Architecture, NewYork,London,Routledge.p5 11Magallanes,F,(2005),Surreali 11Magallane s,F,(2005),SurrealismandArchitecsmandArchitecture,NewYork,London,Routledge.p230 12DoumayronR.-G.,(1991),catalogueAndre Bretonetl’artmagiqueaSaint-Cirq-la-Popie.
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