Prof Ursula Hurley will give a public talk at the Working Class Movement Library (WCML) on Wednesday 24 April at 3pm entitled “The Everyday Marvellous: Surrealist Writing Practices and Salford’s Dream Other”
In a project exploring creative writing and wellbeing, the University of Salford partnered with local charity Salford Loaves and Fishes to create a collective surrealist novel about the past, present and future of Salford. Rooted in Surrealism’s opposition to class structures and social conventions, the work used techniques like automatic writing to generate an extraordinary collection of words and images. This talk unfolds some of the history and ethos of the Surrealist movement, and explains some of the techniques used to create the book. Most importantly, copies of the novel will be available to view/buy, and some of the authors will be present to answer questions.
No booking is required, but please see the WCML website for visitor information here.