To celebrate the in-person return of the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair on the weekend of August 6-7, 2022, we’re calling on people to physically share anarchistic art on the streets of cities across the globe. It’s a way of embodying our love and solidarity for each other, and also illustrating quite literally that anarchism is still alive and well. Moreover, it’s a DIY way to create an Art and Anarchy exhibit anywhere and everywhere—and then display photos of your street art at this year’s bookfair.
Also, during the bookfair itself, we encourage individuals, collectives, groups, and publishers to bring banners and hang them along the fencing outside the bookfair!
As for Art and Anarchy, the idea is simple. On or before August 1:
Put up street art in public spaces—your own and/or others’ creations (bonus points for street art on the stolen lands of Tio’tia:ke/Montreal)
Take a photo(s), or get a friend to take pictures
Post the photo(s) on social media, or get friends to do it, with the hashtags #ArtAndAnarchy and #MTLAnarchistBookfair. Include the location, as general or specific as you want
And send us your photo(s) at (info [at] anarchistbookfair [dot] ca), so we can then print out copies and display them at the bookfair
Please spread the word far and wide. It would be so beautiful to see art and anarchism spread across borders and walls around the world, bringing us closer together.
Gallery from Art and Anarchy 2022
@kill.joy.land and Carlos Montealegre, “Gringo Colonizador,” San Jose, Costa, Rica, Art and Anarchy 2022@kill.joy.land and Carlos Montealegre, San Jose, Costa, Rica, Art and Anarchy 2022@anonfutura, Tucson, Arizona, Art and Anarchy, 2022@anonfutura, Tucson, Arizona, Art and Anarchy, 2022@anonfutura, Tucson, Arizona, Art and Anarchy, 2022@anonfutura, Tucson, Arizona, Art and Anarchy, 2022@jose.murgx, Córdoba, Veracruz, Art and Anarchy 2022@verde__wendy, Córdoba, Veracruz, Art and Anarchy 2022@no_jail_no_juvi_, Seattle, I-90 pedestrian tunnel, Art and Anarchy 2022 (for the video of the whole wheatpasted show, see https://www.instagram.com/tv/CgrhXCBpxjv/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)@fragments_qc, Québec, Art and Anarchy 2022@ilustraciones_anarquistas, territories dominated by the state of Chile, Art and Anarchy 2022@ilustraciones_anarquistas, territories dominated by the state of Chile, Art and Anarchy 2022@ilustraciones_anarquistas, territories dominated by the state of Chile, Art and Anarchy 2022@ilustraciones_anarquistas, territories dominated by the state of Chile, Art and Anarchy 2022anarkism.info, Art and Anarchy 2022 (translation from Swedish: “You are the resistance!”)@ave_cosmica_prints, Art and Anarchy 2022
➝ No Jail No Juvi, Art and Anarchy 2020➝ CK, Katarokwi/Kingston, Art and Anarchy 2020➝ Mae B, Art and Anarchy 2020➝ Alice + S, Edinburgh, Art and Anarchy 2020➝ Harvey Hacksaw in Olympia, WA, Art and Anarchy 2020➝ Katarokwi/Kingston, Art and Anarchy 2020➝ Olympia, Washington, Art and Anarchy 2020➝ Surrey, Art and Anarchy 2020➝ @mittlevandejag, Art and Anarchy 2020➝ noprisons.ca / Zola, Art and Anarchy 2020➝ LOKI, Art and Anarchy 2020➝ Naomi RW, Art and Anarchy 2020➝ Zola, Art and Anarchy 2020Art and Anarchy 2020Art and Anarchy 2020Art and Anarchy 2020