Realizing the Impossible

by MacPhee, Josh

• ISBN13: 9781904859321
• ISBN10: 1904859321
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-01
• Publisher: A K Pr Distribution

Summary

There has always been a close relationship between aesthetics and politics in anti-authoritarian social movements. And those movements have in turn influenced many of the last century's most important art movements, including cubism, Dada, post-impressionism, abstract expressionism, surrealism, Fluxus, Situationism, and punk. Today, the movement against corporate globalization, with its creative acts of resistance, colorful puppets and posters, inflammatory actions and interventions, has brought anarchist and anti-authoritarian politics into the forefront of the global consciousness.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Towards Anarchist Art Theories...	p. 2
In Print
Life, Labor, Art: A Discussion with Carlos Koyokuikatl Cortez	p. 8
Flavio Costantini: Artist of Anarchy	p. 20
Reveil Anarchiste: Salon Painting, Political Satire,
Modernist Art	p. 26
Clifford Harper: Anarchist Illustrator	p. 42
El Grito del Diseno: Diseno Mestizo and the Radical Visual Language in Chicana/o Newspapers	p. 54
Gee Vaucher: Crass Art	p. 68
Shadows in the Streets: The Stencil Art of the New Argentina	p. 76
Subversive Multiples: A Conversation Between Contemporary Printmakers	p. 104
Taring Padi: Under Siege in Indonesia	p. 120
Moving Images and Interventions
A Magical Land of Roving Santa Claus Armies, Pirated Energy Drinks and a Giant Squatted Urban Village: Political Art Activities in Denmark	p. 130
A Conversation with Black Mask	p. 152
The Process is in the Streets: Challenging Media America	p. 168
When Magic Confronts Authority: The Rise of Protest Puppetry in N. America	p. 180
Beyond Authenticity: Aesthetics Strategies and Anarchist Media	p. 210
The Department of Space and Land Reclamation	p. 220
Movements and Militant Media: Communications Technology and Latin American Grassroots Politics	p. 228
Queer Art/Queer Anarchy: An Interview with Luis Jacob	p. 236
Theories
The Twilight of Vanguardism	p. 250
Struggles at Haymarket: An Embattled History of Static Monuments and Public Interventions	p. 254
Better a One-legged Man than a Woman	p. 272
Branding Anti-Consumerism: The Capitalistic Nature of Anti-Corporate Activism	p. 285
Reappropriate the Imagination!	p. 296
Author Biographies	p. 308
Index	p. 310
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