Sorbonne in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Les Champs magnétiques / The Magnetic Fields (1919 - 1989)
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, July 27, 2022
1. Les Champs magnétiques / The Magnetic Fields Marker
Dans cet hôtel
au cours du printemps 1919
André BRETON & Philippe SOUPAULT
ont inventé l'écriture automatique
et donné naissance au surréalisme
en écrivant "Les champs magnétiques"
In this hotel during the course of Spring, 1919, André Breton and Philippe Soupault invented automatic writing and gave birth to surrealism in writing "The Magnetic Fields".
Erected 1989.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 1919.
Location. 48° 50.743′ N, 2° 20.7′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Sorbonne. Marker is on Place du Panthéon, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 17 Place du Panthéon, Paris, Île-de-France 75005, France. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Charles Péguy (within shouting distance of this marker); Le Panthéon (within shouting distance of this marker); Marius Constant (1925-2004) (within shouting
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Also see . . .
1. Les Champs magnétiques (Wikipedia).
Excerpt: "Les Champs magnétiques (The Magnetic Fields) is a 1920 book by André Breton and Philippe Soupault. It is famous as the first work of literary Surrealism. The authors used a surrealist automatic writing technique....Les Champs magnetiques is characterised by rich textured language that often seems to border on the nonsensical. This is considered a "normal" result of automatic writing and is considerably more logical than the output from other Surrealist techniques, such as "exquisite corpse" (a method whereby each of a group of collaborators, in sequence, adds words or images to a composition)."
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, July 27, 2022
2. Les Champs magnétiques / The Magnetic Fields (1919 - 1989) Marker - wide view
2. Surrealist automatism (Wikipedia).
Excerpt: "Surrealist automatism is a method of art-making in which the artist suppresses conscious control over the making process, allowing the unconscious mind to have great sway. Early 20th-century Dadaists, such as Hans Arp, made some use of this method through chance operations. Surrealist artists, most notably André Masson, adapted to art the automatic writing method of André Breton and Philippe Soupault who composed with it Les Champs Magnétiques (The Magnetic Fields) in 1919...."(Submitted on August 5, 2022.)
Additional keywords. Les Champs magnétiques / The Magnetic Fields (1919 - 1989)
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, July 27, 2022
3. Les Champs magnétiques / The Magnetic Fields (1919 - 1989) Marker - wider view
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 5, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 169 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 5, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
