Surreality
From painting and sculpture to film and poetry, the impacts of 20th century Surrealism continue to be felt today. The philosophy of Surrealism was to unleash the unconscious mind—the automatic processes that occur outside our awareness. This impulse lives on today in the “surreality” manifesting in 3D art and design.
“Surrealism as an art movement may have wound down in the middle of the 20th century, but its legacy thrives today.”
Artists today are employing 3D technology to emulate the hallmarks of surrealism, expanding the imagination from powerfully lifelike to the digitally uncanny. Encompassing the visual and conceptual traditions of surrealism, digital surreality combines unexpected textures and objects, and twists our understanding of time, memory, and history. This wave is fast becoming a part of the metaverse, establishing new ways of experiencing surreal digital realities.
