April 12, 2021
Curated by Ethan Almond There is a joke within the Jewish community that defines the optimistic Jew as one that thinks things cannot get any worse. […]
April 2, 2021
In a period of political authoritarianism, increasing scope and power of private tech firms, and a series of crises that have required a fundamental rethinking of […]
March 25, 2021
“…the Proletkult engendered controversy because it embodied a politically charged vision of the newly empowered Soviet proletariat. The most committed members took the idea of the […]
March 23, 2021
In January 2021, Exploding Appendix published the first volume of the Exploding Appendix Dossier. The volume focused on the triad of themes REVOLUTION*ART*MANIFESTO and was comprised […]
March 10, 2021
After Publishing the first volume of our Exploding Appendix Dossier, we are now working on a second volume. To read the first volume click here. The […]
March 7, 2021
Joe Pastorious and Janet Waverley are an emotionally healthy young couple, who are deeply in love with each other. However, their relationship is shattered when Janet is diagnosed as a psychopath by […]
March 6, 2021
I think the mantra at the time was ‘a radical aesthetics for a radical politics’ and that longstanding position, going back to the Soviet Union […]
March 1, 2021
In this second part of our discussion with Yasmin Nair we discuss class, lawyers, sex offender registries, utopia, love and polyamory. To listen to part one […]
February 14, 2021
’Pataphysics is the science of that which is superinduced upon metaphysics, whether within or beyond the latter’s limitations, extending as far beyond metaphysics as the […]
February 13, 2021
…there is a trade union version of entryism also being practised. And I think where C.L.R. James even turns away from that, and also turns […]
February 12, 2021
According to Leon Trotsky, “even a successful solution of the elementary problems of food, clothing, shelter, and even of literacy, would in no way signify […]
January 30, 2021
Since 2009, the radical queer publishing collective Against Equality has published an impressive and incisive collection of writings that challenge the politics of inclusion in favour of […]
January 16, 2021
“Civility is destructive because it perpetuates falsehoods, while vulgarity can keep us honest.” Amber A’Lee Frost, The Necessity of Political Vulgarity Amber A’Lee […]
January 16, 2021
I am convinced that our greatest hope in combating a scale of climate change that significantly inhibits human flourishing lies in a turn away from […]
January 15, 2021
“All you drunken Shiksa sweethearts with your bloodshot eyes of blue All you border-crossing Feyglekh who’ve been quarantined for flu All you lost exilic aliens, […]
January 15, 2021
1968 was a year that heralded revolution and revolt across the world. Whilst we have become accustomed to in-depth analysis and cultural nostalgia for these […]
January 10, 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Max McNally REVOLUTION The Avant-garde Art Research Unit ART The Avant-garde Art Research Unit MANIFESTO The Avant-garde […]
January 10, 2021
“Exploding Appendix is a book whose sacred heart has been ripped out, and finds itself growing, eternally, as a series of fragmented, incohesive appendices. Deprived […]
January 10, 2021
“Our aims: The independence of art – for the revolution. The revolution – for the complete liberation of art!” Breton, Rivera, Trotsky, Manifesto: Towards a […]
January 10, 2021
As the previous essay attempts to demonstrate, the term avant-garde can be linked to a series of revolutionary upheavals from the late 18th century to the […]