Blog – Page 115 – Culture Matters

‘Culture is not a luxury!’: the Proletkult in revolutionary Russia

26 April 2017 / 414

Lynn Mally tells the story of Proletkult, the experimental Soviet artistic institution which was in the vanguard of Russia’s cultural revolution in 1917. Two years after the... Continue reading

Lynn Mally

Science & Technology

Marxism and science

21 April 2017 / 380

In a superb foundation essay for our science and technology section, Helena Sheehan traces the historical contribution of marxism to science studies, and argues not only for... Continue reading

Helena Sheehan

Visual Arts

A weapon in the class struggle: American artists and the Communist Party

20 April 2017 / 388

Jane Kallir focuses on the relationship of 1930s American artists to the Communist Party. In the 1930s, the Great Depression’s far-reaching economic impact lent credence to the Marxist... Continue reading

Jane Kallir

Architecture

‘We want art back, the new art of architecture’

20 April 2017 / 364

‘A model of clear thinking and informed comment’ – Nick Wright reviews the Imagine Moscow exhibition at the Design Museum. “The position is this: the ecstatic period... Continue reading

Nick Wright

Architecture

The architect as activist

15 April 2017 / 381

Peggy Deamer, on behalf of The Architecture Lobby, introduces their manifesto. As professionalized architecture eradicates the discourse of design as labor, it does so in capitalism’s favor,... Continue reading

Peggy Deamer

Architecture

Architecture and socialism

13 April 2017 / 415

This section of Culture Matters is about architecture, including its role in shaping our collective future. Chris Guiton offers a foundation essay on achitecture and socialism. Architecture is an... Continue reading

Martin George - fix

Architecture

Take back control: inspiring revolutionary architecture from 1917 Russia…..and 2017 London

12 April 2017 / 344

Revolutionary architecture should inspire us to take control of the built environment, says Nathan Akehurst Six visions of futures past, resurrected by London’s Design Museum in the exhibition... Continue reading

Nathan Akehurst

Music

Art as a weapon to defend the oppressed

12 April 2017 / 384

Tayo Aluko gives us the background to his one man show about Paul Robeson. I remember singing Deep River in the Metropolitan Cathedral in Liverpool at a... Continue reading

Tayo Aluko

Music

Celebrating the politics of punk

4 April 2017 / 430

8th April is the 40th Anniversary of The Clash’s debut album. Mark Perryman reminds us what the 1977 punk and politics mix was all about. The birth of punk... Continue reading

Mark Perryman

Poetry

Black night, white snow: Alexander Blok’s The Twelve

26 March 2017 / 444

John Ellison discusses Alexander Blok’s great poem The Twelve, and its links to the Russian Revolution. I came fresh, utterly fresh, to the most famous poem by... Continue reading

John Ellison

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