Max Klebb – collectivizing antinational refusal
Der text erschien in: when artists struggle together, chto delat? Newspaper, St. Petersburg, 2008.
Er ist eine frühere englische Version des textes, der dem Aufruf beilag.
Max Klebb – collectivizing antinational refusal
Max Klebb are seeking to unite art workers under the task of antinationalism. Art might be just one more branch of the culture industry, but this perspective on its commodity status formulates not only art’s limitation but also positively positions its participation in social processes. From this position in commodified culture art might function as a lever to pull open the contradictions it is subjected to. In attempting to base Max Klebb’s political action in art on its intrinsically affirmative character within capitalist societies, our attempt for an antinational action starts from the acknowledgement of art’s limits. We base its politicality on that reality which needs to be defeated and not on an artistic romanticism which tries to escape from it.
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