Comrade Lenin Cleanses the Earth of Filth Viktor Deni
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)
Translation:
- DO YOU WANT TO? JOIN
- 1. Do you want to conquer coldness?
- 2. Do you want to conquer hunger?
- 3. Do you want to eat?
- 4. Do you want to drink?
- Hurry up to join the strike team of exemplary labor.
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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)
Freedom, American Style Boris Yefimov 1950.
From Wiki: Freedom of the press is depicted as William Randolph Hearst spreading lies; Freedom of thought is depicted as judge giving a verdict for communist beliefs; Personal freedom is depicted as the lynching of an African American by members of the Ku Klux Klan; Freedom of assembly is depicted as armed troops suppressing protesters. A policeman (looking like a caricature of J. Edgar Hoover) stands on the shoulders of the Statue of Liberty wielding a billy-club and holding handcuffs. Liberty's lips are sealed with a padlock labeled "$". The skyscraper is labelled, "Wall Street".
"To have more, we must produce more. To produce more, we must know more."
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agitprop
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