AGIT PROP // AGITATION PROPAGANDA
The term Agitprop originated from Soviet Russia (1917 - 1991) in the Department for Agitation and Propaganda, a committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, later renamed Ideological Department.
pamphlets
flyers
movies
stage plays
art
environments and happenings?...
with a political message
**At the time, in the Russian language, PROPAGANDA was not a negative term, simply a term to describe the spreading of ideas. distribution. airing. broadcasting. circulation. diffusion. dissipation. promulgation. propagation. publication. share. //aka people exercising the right to FREE SPEECH**
"In the case of agitprop, the ideas to be disseminated were those of communism, including explanations of the policy of the Communist Party and the Soviet state."(Wiki)
Agitation acts on the emotions and propaganda acts on the mind.
TIMELINE (abbreviated):
Soviet Agitprop -->
1920s agitprop theater in Europe / America with evil cardboard characters -->
any kind of politicized art (modern) -->
NOTHING.MUCH.HAPPENING?...?
Modern synonyms for the word propaganda include disinformation, hogwash, implantation, hype... and an antonym: truth. *For the sake of the spirit of this project, we shall use the old-fashioned (also communist, definition.)* "Use an old idea." //From Oblique Strategies (Eno, Schmidt)
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agitprop
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