File spoon-archives/surrealist.archive/surrealist_1996/96-08-21.184, message 31


Date: Wed, 03 Jul 1996 01:05:27 -0400
From: Michael Betancourt <mwb2-AT-mosquito.com>
Subject: Re: The Grocer's Pavillion


>>Breton endlessly defined 
>>Surrealism, always differently, but also always consistently. He also 
>>said somewhere that defining Surrealism was a task for grocer's 
>>assistants.
>
>The definition that forms the beginning of the First Online Surrealist 
>Exhibition should be called The Grocer's Pavilion.

I agree; so now that we've reached this point, why don't all who wish
disclaimers for this exhibit go off and write what they want and we'll put
them all there. The idea of 21 Surrealist Definitions (all exclusory) seems
amusing to say the least (and perhaps closer to the current 'heart' of
surrealism that some would care to admit.)

We should also invite all participating groups to provide a definition as
well. This way, we do get to show all the complexity and differences of
Surrealism without having to start any fights. [Not that these won't happen
anyway.]

This seems a fair-minded solution to this problem to me at least.

-- Michael Betancourt
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