Drawing like the Surrealists

Embark on an artistic adventure during this course through lots and lots of drawing! Playful ánd deep like the Surrealists, you will learn to depict the current zeitgeist as powerfully as possible in your own drawings. Using activism & collective artworks of artists from the last two centuries as a starting point, together – and alone – you will create a series of Cadavre Exquis drawings and a large collaborative artwork that will be exhibited in CREA. We will work on making collective art and participating in art activism ourselves!
 
What is Cadavre Exquis?
Cadavre Exquis is based on a children''s game played all over the world, where different illustrators contribute to one drawing without being aware of each other''s part. At the beginning of the last century, the Surrealists saw the game as an expression of art and gave it its illustrious name. The drawings that emerged from this playfully portray the zeitgeist of the turbulent years between the two world wars.
 
Hope Box
Hope Box – founded by the lecturer of this course – is an artist organisation that has initiated collective art and social art actions around the world for some thirty-plus years, especially in post-conflict areas.  Enough ''shining examples'' for students to engage artistically and contribute to this current zeitgeist.