Fragments from the Beinecke archives for a class I co-taught earlier this year called “Revolutionary Cities” which looked at how the organisation of space in a city plays a role in the formation of social movements and their visual culture. Some of the material we looked at:
2,3,4 — Sketchbooks from students at the Atelier Populaire workshop established during the occupation of the Sorbonne and the École des Beaux Arts, communiques from various groups during ‘68
5,6,7 — Tano D’Amico’s extensive photographs documenting (among many other moments) Movimento del ‘77 and organising by Lotta Continua and the feminist newspaper Noi Donne
8 — Emory Douglas’ posters for the Black Panther Party
9 — Scraps of paper saved from the walls of occupations in Rome and Bologna that reveal much of the everyday life of comrades in an occupation. Ehi!
Immensely grateful for the intelligence, dedication and clarity of these students inside and outside the classroom during this year on campus🫀
