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What were the conditions of possibility for art and music-making before the era of neoliberal capitalism? What role did punk play in turning artists to experiment with popular music in the late 1970s and early 1980s? And why does the art and music of these times seem so newly pertinent to our political present, despite the seeming remoteness of its historical moment? Focusing upon the production of post-punk art, film, music, and publishing, this book offers new perspectives on an overlooked period of cultural activity, and probes the lessons that might be learnt from history for artists and musicians working under 21st century conditions of austerity. Contemporary reflections by those who shaped avant-garde and contestatory culture in the UK, US, Brazil and Poland in the 1970s and 1980s. Alongside these are contributions by contemporary artists, curators and scholars that provide critical perspectives on post-punk then, and its generative relation to the aesthetics and politics of cultural production today. Title Contents Preface 1. Introduction: Gavin Butt, Kodwo Eshun, and Mark Fisher in Conversation 2. "Personality Crisis? Honey, I Was Born with One": Lydia Lunch Interviewed by Dominic Johnson 3. Being in A Band: Art-school Experiment and the Post-Punk Commons -- a Lecture by Gavin Butt 4. "On The One Hand The State Is Funding You and Enabling Your Existence, On The Other Hand, Your Whole Shtick Is To Rebel Against It": Post-Punk and Poland, a Talk by Agata Pyzik 5. "Going Overground: The Jam between Populism and Popular Modernism": A Lecture by Mark Fisher. 6. Lockdown and Breakout: Laura Oldfield Ford and Gee Vaucher in Conversation with Mark Fisher7. "The Weakest Link in Every Chain, I Always Want To Find It": Green Gartside in Conversation with Kodwo Eshun 8. "40 Degrees in Black": Eliete Mejorado and Bruno Verner in Conversation with Gavin Butt 9. "We Wanted This Sense of Fluxing In and Out of History": Sue Clayton in Conversation with Kodwo Eshun 10. "Vague Post-Punk Memories": A Lecture by Tom Vague, and Conversation with Mark Fisher Contributors Copyright. "What were the conditions of possibility for art and music-making before the era of neoliberal capitalism? What role did punk play in turning artists to experiment with popular music in the late 1970s and early 1980s? And why does the art and music of these times seem so newly pertinent to our political present, despite the seeming remoteness of its historical moment? Focusing upon the production of post-punk art, film, music, and publishing, this book offers new perspectives on an overlooked period of cultural activity, and probes the lessons that might be learnt from history for artists and musicians working under 21st century conditions of austerity. Includes contemporary reflections by those who shaped avant-garde and contestatory culture in the 1970s and 1980s, alongside contributions by contemporary artists and scholars. Focusing on the UK, US, Brazil and Poland, the book provides critical perspectives on post-punk then, and its generative relation to the aesthetics and politics of cultural production today"--Back cover What were the conditions of possibility for art and music-making before the era of neoliberal capitalism? What role did punk play in turning artists to experiment with popular music in the late 1970s and early 1980s? And why does the art and music of these times seem so newly pertinent to our political present, despite the seeming remoteness of its historical moment? Focusing upon the production of post-punk art, film, music, and publishing, Post-Punk Then and Now offers new perspectives on an overlooked period of cultural activity, and probes the lessons that might be learnt from history for artists and musicians working under 21st century conditions of austerity. Contemporary reflections by those who shaped avant-garde and contestatory culture in the UK, US, Brazil and Poland in the 1970s and 1980s. Alongside these are contributions by contemporary artists, curators and scholars that provide critical perspectives on post-punk then, and its generative relation to the aesthetics and politics of cultural production today. Introduction -- Gavin Butt, Kodwo Eshun, and Mark Fisher in conversation "Personality crisis? Honey, I was born with one" -- Lydia Lunch interviewed by Dominic Johnson Being in a band : art-school experiment and the post-punk commons -- a lecture by Gavin Butt "On the one hand the state is funding you and enabling your existence, on the other hand, your whole shtick is to rebel against it" : post-punk and Poland -- a talk by Agata Pyzik "Going overground : the jam between populism and popular modernism" -- a lecture by Mark Fisher Lockout and breakout -- Laura Oldfield Ford and Gee Voucher in conversation with Mark Fisher "The weakest link in every chain, I always want to find it" -- Green Gartside in conversation with Kodwo Eshun "40 degrees in black" -- Eliete Mejorado and Bruno Verner in conversation with Gavin Butt "We wanted this sense of fluxing in and out of history" -- Sue Clayton in conversation with Kowdo Eshun "Vague post-punk memories" -- a lecture by Tom Vague, and conversation with Mark Fisher. What were the conditions of possibility for art and music-making before the era of neoliberal capitalism? What role did punk play in turning artists to experiment with popular music in the late 1970s and early 1980s? And why does the art and music of these times seem so newly pertinent to our political present, despite the seeming remoteness of its historical moment? Focusing upon the production of post-punk art, film, music, and publishing, this book offers new perspectives on an overlooked period of cultural activity, and probes the lessons that might be learnt from history for artists and musicians working under 21st century conditions of austerity. Contemporary reflections by those who shaped avant-garde and contestatory culture in the UK, US, Brazil and Poland in the 1970s and 1980s. Alongside these are contributions by contemporary artists, curators and scholars that provide critical perspectives on post-punk then, and its generative relation to the aesthetics and... Post-Punk Then and Now