Rossi, Guglielmo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7850-6904 (2019) Publishing as a prefigurative political form: theory and practice of radical publishing. In: Radical Sixties: Aesthetic, Politics and Histories of Solidarity, 27th Jun - 29th Jun, 2019, The Brighton University. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This presentation looks at editorial approaches and design choices employed by the East London group part of the political organisation Big Flame to produce a selection of their publications.
I am going to consider how the group developed design and editorial processes consistently with its political vision — with the overarching aim of embodying and enacting ideals of democracy, social justice and solidarity.
This entangled relationship between the political vision and the organisational and production practice of East London Big Flame is discussed through an analysis of 3 publications. And looking at different aspects of the pamphlets, I will argue that the group interpreted and developed ideals of democracy and solidarity
towards experimental approaches to publishing. Considering design and layout as a manifestation of the group’s ideology, I have been interested in how visual qualities and the chosen production processes, provide a way to read and possibly nuance histories
of publishing, design, and political activism.

Item Type:	Conference or Conference Paper (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	radical print; publishing; social movement studies; design history
Subjects:	A General Works > AZ History of Scholarship The Humanities H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Design (DES)
Last Modified:	02 Apr 2024 08:21
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/46514

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