Lives of the Orange Men: A Biographical History of the Polish Orange Alternative Movement

Author:   Major Waldermar Fydrych
Publisher:   Autonomedia
ISBN:  

9781570272691


Pages:   334
Publication Date:   31 July 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Lives of the Orange Men: A Biographical History of the Polish Orange Alternative Movement


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From 1981-89 in Wroclaw, Poland, in an atmosphere in which dissent was forbidden and martial law a reality, the art activist Orange Alternative movement deployed their 'socialist surrealism' in absurd street painting and massive performances. It worked. Lives of the Orange Men tells the story of the movement's main protagonists, and is the first standalone English-language account of the Orange Alternative, written by is central figure and featuring an appendix of newly-translated key texts, a timeline of every Orange Alternative happening and a new foreword from the Yes Men.

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Author:   Major Waldermar Fydrych
Publisher:   Autonomedia
Imprint:   Minor Compositions
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.447kg
ISBN:  

9781570272691


ISBN 10:   1570272697
Pages:   334
Publication Date:   31 July 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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The streets of Wroclaw were a magical place to be, once upon a time Communism's melting away in Eastern Europe in 1989 cannot be understood without the Orange Alternative. So listen to Major Fydrych - This book teaches the mystical tongue of the Orange Men and unveils their rites. Long live the dwarves! - Padraic Kenney, author of A Carnival of Revolution: Central Europe 1989


The streets of Wrocław were a magical place to be, once upon a time Communism's melting away in Eastern Europe in 1989 cannot be understood without the Orange Alternative. So listen to Major Fydrych - This book teaches the mystical tongue of the Orange Men and unveils their rites. Long live the dwarves! - Padraic Kenney, author of A Carnival of Revolution: Central Europe 1989


"""Lives of the Orange Men presents eyewitness reports and primary documents of the Orange Alternative's cultural activism. Their ideological masquerade, predating The Yes Men and Reclaim the Streets, baffled police and stymied the disintegrating regime of General Jaruzelski. What more could anyone ask except to remind readers that there is no freedom without dwarves!"" - Greg Sholette, author of Dark Matter: Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture ""The streets of Wrocław were a magical place to be, once upon a time Communism's melting away in Eastern Europe in 1989 cannot be understood without the Orange Alternative. So listen to Major Fydrych - This book teaches the mystical tongue of the Orange Men and unveils their rites. Long live the dwarves!"" - Padraic Kenney, author of A Carnival of Revolution: Central Europe 1989"""


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