Image: Balancing game with Found Objects. Raise levels of balance difficulty and artistic composition. Sunnies on top of the frog – Level 3. Credit: Ivan Levant

Play and surrealist games offer one of the key ways for surrealists to come together and connect, evoking surprising outcomes. Here is a book with some, but by no means all of the games that can help you to arrive at the unexpected. Find one that speaks to you and play with your friends (or strangers) at a party, bus stop or general strike. You may have played one of the most renowned surrealist games – exquisite corpse – drawing on a part of a folded paper, for the unexpected collaborative creation to emerge in the end.

Image: Blindfolded impulse game at Zenith Gathering 2023, photography by Karina White.

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