Anarchism in the arts - Definition and Overview

Contents

1 Visual Art

Visual Art

A Silver Mt. Zion
Asian Dub Foundation
Chumbawamba
Evan Greer (http://www.evangreer.com)
Ethan Miller (http://ethan.jedcenter.org)
Tom Frampton (http://www.riotfolk.org/tom)
Defiance, Ohio (http://defianceohio.terrorware.com)
Anna Roland (http://www.annaroland.com)
Brenna Sahatjian (http://www.riotfolk.org/brenna)
Haymarket (http://www.riotfolk.org/haymarket)
Ryan Harvey (http://www.ryanharvey.cjb.net)
Erik Petersen (http://www.fistolo.com)
Mark Gunnery (http://www.riotfolk.org/mark)
Corporate Avenger
Crass
David Rovics
Godspeed You Black Emperor
John Cage
Manu Chao
Negativland
The Residents
No Use for a Name
One Minute Silence
Propagandhi
Rage Against the Machine (It should be noted that while the singer, Zack de la Rocha subscribed to more anarchist politics, the guitarist Tom Morello was a fervent supporter of Maoism.)
Snog

Ursula K. Le Guin (esp. The Dispossessed)
Michael Moorcock
M. John Harrison
Robert Anton Wilson (The Illuminatus trilogy and cosmic trigger)
BS Traven
Alan Moore
Iain M. Banks' novels of The Culture are science fiction books centred on a "libertarian-anarchist utopia," as Banks calls it in The State of the Art.
Henry Miller Novelist and playright. "Tropic of Cancer"
Oscar Wilde
Greg Egan Australian hard sci fi author
Ken MacLeod (esp. Fall Revolution sequence)
G.K. Chesterton's novel The Man Who was Thursday

Jean Vigo
Godfrey Reggio
Otto Nomous - produced numerous short and long form documentary movies on anarchist politics including Anarchy in L.A. and The Fellowship of the Ring of Free Trade.
Luis Buñuel
Jon Jost
Hal Hartley - wrote and directed many films with anarchist themes, including Simple Men, a fictional tale about the children of an anarchist on the run from the law.
Judith Malina - actress who was an integral part of the "Living Theater" with her husband Julian Beck. Noted for playing "Grandma" in the Addams Family movie (1991); she recently played "Grammy" in "Snow Days" (2001). Other notable films for Malina include Awakenings (1990), Radio Days (1987) and Dog Day Afternoon (1975).