Surrealist Automatism

 Now considering surrealism is heavily doused in automatism, it doesn't always have to writing either, it could be film, performance, thought it was mainly seen in art. I wanted to take this post to show some of the art produced through automatism. In my opinion most of the automatism ended up looking quite sketch-like, but I still like it as well as the idea that those who actually drew it didn't really well... create it? Personally, I also think a big question to this is whats the difference between doodles and automatic drawing or art. But the bid difference between surrealism automatism and automatism are that though automatism focuses on almost being possesses to create this unknown thing in an almost medium sense, the surrealist definition is a little more realistic and based on art in general. When the movement started it was transitioning out of old styles like impressionism and more old school looks, the surrealists wanted to throw all the old rules and ideas of art out the window and make art without tastes or conscious aesthetic, or a moral self-censorship, but to simply create for the sake of creating and throw out prior lessons and typical aesthetics like traditional portraiture or still lifes. Just to mention it, it was movements such as that that lead to the more modernist movements that still affect the contemporary scene.

Automatic drawing by André Masson (1896-1987), ink on paper
made in Paris, France

Petra Stefankova - 3D Psychic Automatism