It is the symbolism that is important as you say. Generally accepted
status symbols, should not be hard to come by if that is deemed
necessary in the telling of the story.
> I suppose one could provide a Surrealist experience in an office
> complex, by providing random metaphors of consumer goods, advertizing
> slogans, and Marxist diatribes about finance-capital. Embellishing an
> office with random societal symbols that exist in proximity to offices
> and commerce might yield an interesting tableau.
Hmmm, I'm not convinced the scattering of common day objects implies
surrealism - in fact the above has a tendency to imply some sort of
political statement, not the freedom of the dream world which most
certainly sets the criteria for giving value to surrealist collage.
> And then you could always throw in the occasional barking chicken....
Now your dreaming :-)
Lee.