100 Years of Surrealist Imagination: Releasing the Bird from the Cage.

The article focuses on the surrealist conception of imagination, particularly through the works of André Breton and Czech surrealists like Jan Švankmajer. It emphasizes Breton's call to revive the imagination as a means of liberation and explores how Czech theorists, especially Vratislav Effenberger, expanded upon his ideas. It argues that surrealism serves as a blueprint for understanding the transformative power of imagination in the human experience.