Hodler Prize Selection (16/17)
‘I’ve chosen this as it’s one of the most impressively-researched and fascinating podcast series I’ve come across this year. It tells the story of three artists – not exactly forgotten, but certainly not at the forefront of most people’s minds today – who were embroiled in the cultural politics of the Cold War. As we enter a moment where culture is once again a battlefield, it’s good to think about how freedom, art, and propaganda were conceptualized in another historically polarized moment.’ Hari Kunzru
“Not All Propaganda is Art” unravels the gripping tale of three iconic writers—Richard Wright, Dwight Macdonald, and Kenneth Tynan—who became entangled in the covert battles of the Cultural Cold War in the late 1950s. As the boundaries between art and influence blurred, these pivotal figures served as both collaborators and targets of American, British, and French security agencies, ensnared in a high-stakes propaganda war over fiercely contested ideas such as the critique of mass culture and the power of politically engaged art—debates that still resonate.” Benjamen Walker
Title : Not All Propaganda is Art
Author : Benjamen Walker
Medium : Podcast
Publisher : Radiotopia
Selected by Hari Kunzru
Listen the podcast here
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