Adam is joined by comrades Abigail Susik (@abigailsusik7), Ben Morea (@ben_morea), and Breanne Fahs to discuss the synthesis of art and activism, as exemplified by Ben’s central role within such collectives as Up Against the Wall Motherfucker! Black Mask, and The Rat during the 60s and 70s in New York. We spoke about Ben’s life and work, from the “redistribution” of garbage to New York’s freshly gentrified Lincoln Centre, breaking into the Pentagon, and helping to inspire the current tactics of the black bloc. Further, we explore the practice of decommodified art against the commercialism of Andy Warhol, and what lessons the radicals of today can learn from the history of a militant, psychedelic surrealism.

A new book of interviews with Ben, “Full Circle: A Life in Rebellion” is available now from Detritus Books: https://detritusbooks.com/products/full-circle-a-life-in-rebellion-ben-morea

Ben is currently making a living through selling his own original artworks, and you can purchase one or more yourselves by getting in contact via his Instragram @ben_morea. Support radical antifascist art!

Durations Festival tickets: https://dice.fm/event/v3oy6l-durations-five-gates-disquiet-of-the-virtual-and-the-artificial-8th-nov-public-records-new-york-tickets

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