Bureau of Surrealist Research

Episode 1: Before the Beginning

In our first episode, we examine a few instances in André Breton’s early adulthood that would be formative in later concepts behind Surrealism. [https://cosmocomicsnet.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/600full-jacques-vache.jpg?w=570]Jacques Vaché in military uniform, date unknown.Written and produced by Josh Rose. Music is “Kendho” by Chill Carrier [https://chillcarrier.bandcamp.com/]. Sources and Further Reading: Breton, André. Conversations: The Autobiography of Surrealism. Paragon House, 1993. Breton, Andre. What Is Surrealism?: Selected Writings. Edited by Franklin Rosemont. Translated by Samuel Beckett, David Gascoyne, Stephen Schwartz, John Simmons, Bravig Imbs, Guy Ducornet, John Ashberry, and Ralph Manheim. New York; London: Pathfinder Press, 1978. Polizzotti, Mark. Revolution of the Mind: The Life of Andre Breton. Da Capo Press, 1997. Rosemont, Franklin, and Jacques Vaché. Jacques Vaché and the Roots of Surrealism: Including Vache’s War Letters and Other Writings. Charles H Kerr, 2007.

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Long gestating, the time has come to finally begin the podcast I’ve been thinking about for years: the Bureau of Surrealist Research. Inspired by the original public-facing research center for the Surrealist group from October 1924 to April 1925, this podcast will explore the ideas, activities, and (sometimes) pure anachronisms of the Surrealists during the interwar period in Europe. Episodes will begin in early 2021, so please add this feed to your favorite podcasting app to be updated when they arrive. In the meantime, make like founding Surrealist Philippe Soupault and go to random apartment buildings and ask the concierge, “Does Philippe Soupault live here?”