The publication undertakes to analyse and confront the unprecedented phenomenon of independent culture in the 1980s in the countries of Central Europe. Starting from the concept of freedom, it outlines the processes taking place in the social and artistic fabric of Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary, the transformation of art in the face of the violence of the regimes of the time. As Igor Wójcik writes: the overriding demands of those who fought became human dignity and respect for the right of every person to freedom. Art stood on the barricades in defence of these values.
Edited by by Igor Wójcik Co-edited by Agnieszka Chodysz-Foryś Collaboration Juraj Čarný, Richard Drury, Ábel Kónya, Andrzej Mazur, Marek Sobczyk
Authors of the texts: Kata Balázs, Eszter Ágnes Szabó, Juraj Čarný, Jolanta Ciesielska, Richard Drury, Josef Hlaváček, Mirosław Jasiński, Ábel Kónya, Piotr Lisowski, Zsolt Petrányi, Mira Sikorová-Putišová, Marek Sobczyk, Igor Wójcik
Project Daria Malicka Typesetting and page make-up Monika Aleksandrowicz Book illustration and proofreading Piotr Masny Preparation of photographs for print Justyna Fedec Translation Olga Drenda, Richard Drury, Katarzyna Dudzic, Tomasz Grabiński, Marek Grzybowski, Eva Pázmányová, Zoltán Tóth, Áron Zöldy Proofreading of texts in Polish Maciej Szłapka Proofreading of texts in English Richard Drury
Publisher: The Centre for Culture and Art in Wrocław - a cultural institution of the Lower Silesian Voivodship
Printed by JAKS Printing House
ISBN 978-83-65892-76-8 (softcover)
ISBN 978-83-65892-78-2 (hardcover)
Format: 17.6 x 25 cm | Number of pages: 656| Binding: soft and hardback
Language: Polish, English
Honorary patronage: Cezary Przybylski - Marshall of the Lower Silesian Voivodship
Subsidised by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Fund for Promotion of Culture and the Budget of the Lower Silesian Self-Government
Media patrons: SZUM - art in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe, Blok Magazine, TVP Kultura, TVP 3 Wrocław, Radio Wrocław, Radio Wrocław Kultura, Radio Ram, Miesięcznik Odra, Pismo Artystyczne Format
