Lecture: Florian Cramer: ”Right-wing extremist Avant-pop: From the “autonomous nationalists” to “alt-right”“

The USA is not the only country with "alternative right" movements and subcultures. The neo-Nazi "Autonomous Nationalists" have made appearances in Germany and Europe sporting the black bloc look and modified left-wing autonomist symbols too. This has a long history: There was (as is commonly known) a fascist artistic avant-garde alongside the left-wing avant-garde, the "New Right" at the same time as the leftist movement of 1968, right-wing extremist punk and post-punk parallel to left-wing punk culture, right-wing extremist cyber-libertarians alongside leftist cyber-anarchism – as well as blurry lines in experimentation with the fascist aesthetic and real fascism in art and underground culture. The talk examines these movements and visual cultures with the "Autonomous Nationalists" (who have a stronghold in Dortmund) and the US "alt-right" as a starting point.

Florian Cramer is a reader (in Dutch: lector, in non-UK English: practice-oriented research professor) in 21st Century Visual Culture at Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, Netherlands, an art and design school which is part of Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool Rotterdam).
He does his best to teach, on a project basis, in as many departments of his school as possible, both on the B.A. level and in the different Masters programs of the Piet Zwart Institute (which is part of Willem de Kooning Academy).
Within the research department of his school, he is specialized in Autonomous Practices, one of their three B.A. graduation profiles. The Autonomous Practices curriculum and research projects are focused on DIY artist-run initiatives and self-organization as contemporary art.

http://floriancramer.nl