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Orange Alternative (Pomarańczowa Alternatywa) is a name for an underground anarchic movement, which was started in 1981 in Wroclaw, a city located in south-west Poland, by Waldemar Fydrych, known as Major (Commander of the Festung Breslau). Bearing some traits of Provos, and strongly influenced by dadaism and surrealism, it organized happenings, painted absurd graffiti dwarfs on city walls, which became its symbol and was one of most picturesque element of Polish opposition against Communism.

It is said that the name of Orange Alternative arrives from Orange being in the middle of colors representing two major political powers in Poland (until this very day) – the Red for the Communist or left, and the Yellow for the Church and the right; initially it was the name of a student newspaper published by Major Fydrych and Andrzej Dziewit during the first student strike in Wrocław in 1981. In fact, the name had come from Andrzej Dziewit's fascination with the Provos movement in the Netherlands of late 1960's.

Particularly active in the period 1986-1989, while more familiar protests have been gathering pace across Eastern Europe, Orange Alternative was the purest expression of Socialist Surrealism. Unlike those pursuing nationalistic or economic freedom, Orange Alternative made no explicit demands at all; rather, it has adopted an altogether more radical strategy - that of directly challenging on the streets the State’ monopoly on Truth.

Today, from the perspective of several decades, Orange Alternative can be seen as one of the world’s very influential currents in the history of the civic disobedience and anti-totalitarian struggle.

For having a look on the expo in berlin please visit:
http://www.pomaranczowa-alternatywa.org/AUSTELLUNG-BERLIN/album/