{"podcast":{"title":"BRAINLAND","slug":"brainland-6744859","podcast_index_feed_id":6744859,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6452b6516dd22500113dc7ca","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/brainland","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6452b6516dd22500113dc7ca/1683142831630-6485c986c1518411e134acc7a157bc98.jpeg","author":"Ken Barrett","episode_count":93,"summary":"Brainland the podcast navigates the boundary between neuroscience, the arts and humanities with the occasional wander off piste. It began as a neuro-historical exploration of the background to the Brainland the opera but quickly spread its wings. A Brainland Collective production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T20:17:13.397969+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brainland-6744859"},"episode":{"title":"DREAM WARRIORS: Exploring the world of the surrealists...","slug":"dream-warriors-exploring-the-world-of-the-surrealists","published_at":"2025-12-05T09:39:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brainland-6744859/dream-warriors-exploring-the-world-of-the-surrealists","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brainland-6744859","url":"https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/dream-warriors-how-surrealists-fought-then-joined-establishm","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6452b6516dd22500113dc7ca/e/692ef612c64206293339dc32/media.mp3","summary":"In 1924 French poet Andre Breton wrote that ‘Surrealism is based on the belief in the omnipotence of dreams, in the undirected play of thought’. Surrealism grew out of the anarchistic DaDa movement triggered by the carnage of WW and was fueled by Freud's writing on the unconscious. Roland Penrose was a leading surrealist artist and also a key figure in bringing the movement to the UK in the 1930s and setting up the Institute of Contemporary Art. Photographer Lee Miller's work was also often surreal in composition and intention, including her accidental discovery of the 'solarisation' technique whilst working with Man Ray. In this episode, recorded at Farleys House and Gallery, their son and biographer Antony Penrose discusses his parent's lives and work. He outlines key events and recalls the many visitors during his childhood at Farleys, including leading figures in surrealism Man Ray and Max Ernst. We also discuss his parent's close relationship with Picasso and much else. Participants: Antony Penrose, author, photographer and director of the Lee Miller Archive and Penrose Collection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Penrose Ken Barrett, visual artist, writer and retired neuropsychiatrist: http://www.kenbarrettstudio.co.uk Farleys House and gallery: https://www.farleyshouseandgallery.co.uk/ Antony's books: The Friendly Surrealist: https://www.farleyshouseandgallery.co.uk/product/roland-penrose-the-friendly-surrealist/ 'The Lives of Lee Miller https://www.farleyshouseandgallery.co.uk/product/the-lives-of-lee-miller/ Tate Britain Lee Miller exhibition: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/lee-miller?utm_source=google&utm_medium=performance_max&utm_campaign=CAMP_lee-miller_conversion_pmax&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23123668076&gclid=Cj0K…","meta_description":"In 1924 French poet Andre Breton wrote that ‘Surrealism is based on the belief in the omnipotence of dreams, in the undirected play of thought’. Surrealis…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2871,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/brainland-6744859/episodes/dream-warriors-exploring-the-world-of-the-surrealists/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brainland-6744859/dream-warriors-exploring-the-world-of-the-surrealists.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}