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MAX ERNST -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY |
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NARRATOR: The last large group exhibition of surrealism before the Second World War takes place in January, 1938, at the Paris Gallery. It was Marcel Duchamp's idea to hold the show under black-out conditions.
The entire gallery was draped with old coal sacks, and it was so dark that visitors had to equip themselves with electric torches if they wanted to see anything at all.
The darkness was punctuated by jungle sounds and baboons' cries from a concealed record player.
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