Art, Politics and the Pamphleteer

Jane Tormey, Gillian Whiteley, Jane Tormey, Gillian Whiteley

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781350022461
• eBook ISBN: 9781350022478
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Art & Politics

Art, Politics and the Pamphleteer brings together a collection of text-based and visual essays, commissioned artworks and graphics. This richly illustrated book responds to the concept, aesthetics and function of the political pamphlet. It is diverse in content, interpreting the 'pamphlet' in the broadest terms, and encompassing a number of case studies that offer historical or specific examples of contemporary pamphleteering practice that can be seen to perform 'a clear political implication' or protest. Besides exploring the radical history and diverse cultures of the pamphlet, it also celebrates the rich visual rhetoric, typography and contemporary relevance of the format for both artists and activists. Contributions include an historical overview and essays by: Andy Abbott, Angeliki Avgitidu, Aziz Choudry and Désirée Rochat, David Murrieta Flores, Michelle Kempson, Pil and Galia Kollectiv, Rachel Schreiber, Jane Tormey, Gillian Whiteley; visual contributions by Gary Anderson and Steven Shakespeare, Ruth Beale, Ami Clarke, Common Culture, Jeremy Deller, Freee, Patrick Goddard, Gavin Grindon, Ferenc Grof, Marc Herbst, Joanne Lee, Josh MacPhee, Manual Labours, Mark McGowan, Minute Works, Chris Morton, radicalreThink, Hester Reeve, Oliver Ressler, Greg Sholette & Christopher Darling, Laura Wild, Andrew Wilson.
As the book was conceived as predominantly visual from the outset, the book concept has been a collaboration with The Little Riot Press (Phil Eastwood and Chris Dunne). Overall, an aesthetic of protest and propaganda was considered integral to the design to reiterate the generally handmade, analogue techniques found in political pamphlets. The Little Riot Press have thus approached the illustration and overall visual cohesion from the perspective of the radical artist pamphleteer. www.thelittleriotpress.com

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Contents
• Notes on Contributors
• Introduction
• 1 The Allure of Pamphilos: The Radical Art of Pamphleteering
• 2 Power in the Hands of the Elite #01
• 3 Essaying the Pamphlet
• 4 The Pamphlet is Personal: Becoming Pamphleteers in the Neoliberalized HE Sector
• 5 Pamphlets as Poetic Fragments
• 6 Un-Publish
• 7 Joy in People, More Poetry is Needed
• 8 Manifesto for Art
• 9 Yesterday’s Future
• 10 How To
• 11 Who is Not Against Us is With Us, Currency Alphabet Series
• 12 Moon Cycle
• 13 The Rise of the Reproducible Political Graphic
• 14 Manual Labours Manuals
• 15 Who Made You God?
• 16 RiotID
• 17 I Spy Cultural Hegemony
• 18 4th Meeting of the Emily Davison Lodge
• 19 Leaflets from the Project ‘Fly Democracy’
• 20 Double City (Chapter One)
• 21 A New Art of Roaming?
• 22 Let’s Forget Everything and Get Drunk
• 23 Tips For Artists
• 24 Power in the Hands of the Elite #02
• 25 From DIY to UBI: The Political Horizons of a Gig Guide Pamphlet: 1999-2017 and Beyond
• 26 The Politics of Form: Zines and the Aesthetics of Grassroots Knowledge Production
• 27 ‘Breed!’: The Graphic Satire of The Birth Control Review
• 28 You Must Destroy the Student Within You: three programmes by the Situationist International, King Mob, and the International Werewolf Conspiracy (1966-1968)
• 29 From Other City to Same City: Manifestos for the Everyday
• 30 Reading Lineages of Migration and Resistance through Montreal’s Community Archives
• 31 The Pamphleteer in the Age of the Dark Enlightenment: Online Manifestos of the Alt-Right
• 32 radical reThink(ing) HE: a Polyphonic Manifesto for Six Voices - Not a Rant but a Chorale
• 33 Pursuing the Digital Pamphleteer
• Selected Bibliography
• Copyright