ARMED LOVE 14: Sixties Surrealism w/ Abigail Susik
FEB 20, 202695 MIN
ARMED LOVE 14: Sixties Surrealism w/ Abigail Susik
FEB 20, 202695 MIN
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<p>Abigail Susik is an art historian, vice president of the International Society for the Study of Surrealism, and editor of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eberhardtpress.bigcartel.com/product/resurgence-pre-orders"><em>Resurgence! Jonathan Leake, Radical Surrealism, and the Resurgence Youth Movement</em>, 1964-1967</a>, a compilation of publications by a surrealist sixties' anarchist group in NYC.</p><p>For this <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/collection/87680?view=expanded">Armed Love</a> episode, we challenge ourselves to understand the political potency of the interwar avant-garde art movements (Dada, Futurism, Surrealism), their resurgence within the sixties New Left, and the potentials for avant-garde revolutionary praxis to confront political challenges today.</p><p><strong>For all bonus episodes and Discord access, support the show at </strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/thiswreckage"><strong>http://patreon.com/thiswreckage</strong></a></p><p>TJ Clark works mentioned: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://archive.org/details/imageofpeoplegus0000clar_q5r5">https://archive.org/details/imageofpeoplegus0000clar_q5r5</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://archive.org/details/farewelltoideaep0000tjcl">https://archive.org/details/farewelltoideaep0000tjcl</a></p><p>Andre Breton's surrealist manifestos: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://monoskop.org/images/2/2f/Breton_Andre_Manifestoes_of_Surrealism.pdf">https://monoskop.org/images/2/2f/Breton_Andre_Manifestoes_of_Surrealism.pdf</a></p><p>SI's 1957 text mentioning surrealism: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/guy-debord-report-on-the-construction-of-situations">https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/guy-debord-report-on-the-construction-of-situations</a></p><p>Resurgence Youth Movement's Guerilla Manifesto: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://illwill.com/guerilla-manifesto">https://illwill.com/guerilla-manifesto</a></p><p>Archive of Rebel Worker journal: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://libcom.org/article/rebel-worker-journal">https://libcom.org/article/rebel-worker-journal</a></p><p>Schizofeminism: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.schizofeminism.com/">https://www.schizofeminism.com/</a></p><p>Iraqi (not Iranian) artist mentioned at the end: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haifa_Zangana">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haifa_Zangana</a> Abigail also recommends David Roediger and Robin DG Kelley</p><p>Music: George Antheil - Ballet mècanique, part 1</p>