Предсюрреалистические мотивы в эстетических концепциях А. Крученых конца 1910-х годов

The article discusses the relationship between Kruchenykh's esthetic conceptions and French surrealism. The techniques of the awakening of the subconscious, derived from psychiatry (Freud) and mysticism – automatic writing, rapid writing et cetera – become the most important means, in the words of Artaud, “to change the very starting point of artistic creation”.