In 1998-1999, Pierre Petiot wrote Surrealism and Machines as a presentation paper for Zazie's work in the International Surrealist Exhibition held in Prague in 1999.
This text was distributed both as a tract during the exhibition and on the Internet in the following languages
In 2004 Michael Richardson answered to Surrealism and Machines in a paper published as an appendix of Manticore:
Far from the frontiers of machines
In june 2005 Pierre Petiot replied to M. Richardson with:
Still an effort... (if you want to live far from the frontiers of machines)
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