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Jung, Dada, and the Discussion and Painting of Dreams
Mark Blagrove,
Julia Lockheart
Jungian and Interdisciplinary Analyses of Emotions, Pages: 245 - 264
Swansea University Author: Mark Blagrove
DOI (Published version): 10.4324/9781003564942-21
Abstract
In the early 20th-century the ideas and practices of Carl Jung and of Dadaism started to develop in Zurich and then spread to other countries. Dadaism was a cultural, art and literary movement which later resulted in Surrealism. At first glance Jung and Dada have little in common, with psychoanalysi...
| Published in: | Jungian and Interdisciplinary Analyses of Emotions |
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| ISBN: | 9781003564942 |
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London
Routledge
2025
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa70022 |
| Abstract: |
In the early 20th-century the ideas and practices of Carl Jung and of Dadaism started to develop in Zurich and then spread to other countries. Dadaism was a cultural, art and literary movement which later resulted in Surrealism. At first glance Jung and Dada have little in common, with psychoanalysis addressing the development of the individual and Dada using bizarre creativity, often for political purposes. This chapter however addresses similarities between them, in particular that both movements valued art and recognised the importance of unconscious processes. Jung also addressed synchronicities, meaningful acausal connections, and Dada utilised chance in the production of art and literary works. This overlap between Jung and Dada is particularly seen with the Dadaist painter and sculptor Hans Arp and his wife Sophie Taeuber-Arp. The similarities between the two movements are illustrated by two dream-sharing and art events held in Zurich in the Summer of 2023, one at the C.G. Jung Institute, and one at the Cabaret Voltaire, the birthplace of Dadaism. In each event a dream was discussed, and painted live, each performance resonating with the dreamers and audiences, and resulting also in the creation of concrete poetry. The paintings and concrete poems are presented here. The events show the essential role of dreams in the theories and practices of Jungian psychology and Dadaism, including insights derived from the dreams. They also show the relationship of poetry to dream-like thinking, and reveal the inspiring and intriguing synergy and similarities between Jungian and Dadaist worldviews and practices. |
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| College: |
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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245 |
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264 |