Revolution, I Love You is a slogan from May ’68 that recalls the exuberance, deep desire for change and belief in the possibility of freedom illuminating a precious moment of universal revolt.
The exhibition investigates 1968 as an interlude of liberty and global resistance, focussing on the interplay between the politics of the street, radical philosophy, and the explosion of creative responses in the period.
This accompanying publication considers the interconnection of art, politics and philosophy in 1968 across a divided Europe. It is a mosaic of interviews, statements and essays by prominent theorists, historians, curators, cultural workers and artists that shows the multi-polar and interrelated experience of that extraordinary year.
Revolution, I Love You: 1968 in Art, Politics and Philosophy is the second in a series of MIRIAD projects investigating the revolutionary moments of the twentieth century and their ramifications for contemporary art and culture. It follows on from the publication, Revolution is not a Garden Party (2007).
