«Самиздат: сам сочиняю, сам редактирую, сам цензурирую, сам издаю, сам распространяю, сам и отсиживаю за него».
В. Буковский
"Samizdat: I write for myself, I type for myself, I censure myself, I publish and distribute myself, and at the end, I find myself in prison for myself, alone with myself"
Vladimir Bukovskij, trans. by C. Pieralli
«La letteratura non è al servizio della rivoluzione, ma è la rivoluzione sopra il terreno delle parole»
Edoardo Sanguineti
«L’art n’existe pas, l’art c’est vous» / «L’arte non esiste, l’arte siete voi»
(Benjamin Péret) Paris Walls 1968

On both sides of the Iron Curtain:

Cultures of Dissent and the definition of a European identity in Italy, France and USSR (1956-1991)

GEOGRAPHIES OF DISSENT

The section presents a mapping of the phenomena of literary and artistic dissent that existed and developed in Italy, France, and the USSR

CHANNELS OF DISSENT

The section is devoted to the analysis of media and channels through which literary and cultural protest movements sprung, developed and spread.

RECEPTION OF SOVIET DISSENT

The section is dedicated to the reflection on Soviet dissent developed within the Italian cultural world.