Ferrua, Pietro - Surrealism And Anarchism

Surrealism And Anarchismby Ferrua Pietro 53 PagesPublisher: Eberhardt Press Pietro Ferrua’s manifesto “Surrealism and Anarchism” explores little-known and relatively unexamined collaborations between surrealists and anarchists, in particular the surrealist collaboration with Le Libertaire, the weekly publication of the Anarchist Federation in France in the early 1950s. Documents such as these are rare, and translations into English are even more obscure. This booklet presents Ferrua’s thoughts on participation of surrealists in anarchist initiatives, and surrealist writings in anarchist publications. The essay also closely examines the tension with anarchist militants who demanded concrete political art, which led to the end of the collaboration in Le Libertaire after just fifteen months. Surrealism and anarchism have always engaged in distinct forms of resistance that share common goals and common ground, providing fertile opportunities for each to galvanize the other: both attack the