{"id":1561,"date":"2025-06-24T16:46:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T16:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.minorcompositions.info\/?p=1561"},"modified":"2026-03-17T19:11:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:11:48","slug":"feral-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.minorcompositions.info\/?p=1561","title":{"rendered":"Feral Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/sdk\/js?client-id=BAAZVqDzpOe4wiR8CaLD_oJEvsW8k_r43j2m8f0nPZpK9MqpD3c_nCgZ1_fgqtEOiF3kkO3be21V5NnwRU&#038;components=hosted-buttons&#038;disable-funding=venmo&#038;currency=GBP\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Untamed, Unheard, Unstoppable\u2026 a moving memoir about being a working-class artist\u2026 Art on the Margins, Life Without Permission<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Feral Class<\/em> is Marc Garrett\u2019s deeply personal and thought-provoking exploration of his early years, chronicling his journey as a working-class artist navigating a world that often rejects them. Through humorous, vivid storytelling and incisive critique, Garrett explores how his upbringing shaped his identity, forging a path that defied societal expectations. How can one survive, let alone thrive, as part of what Garrett describes as the feral class: a group of individuals who, like him, exist outside traditional institutions and thrive in the margins, using resourcefulness and rebellion to carve out their own artistic spaces?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weaving together personal memories, political reflections, and the struggles of working-class artists, <em>Feral Class\u00a0<\/em>challenges the elitism of the art world. It celebrates the radical potential of those who refuse to conform. Garrett\u2019s narrative is both an intimate self-portrait and a rallying cry for artists who refuse to be tamed. Passionate, unfiltered, and insightful, this book is an essential read for anyone interested in the intersections of class, creativity, and resistance.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Marc Garrett\u2019s life and work embody the intersection of art, technology, and social change, shaped by his working-class upbringing and a commitment to challenging institutional hierarchies. Growing up in Southend-On-Sea, he explored creative expression through street art, pirate radio, and early online activism before co-founding Furtherfield in 1996 with Ruth Catlow, an artist-led community resisting the commercialisation of the art world. Despite personal challenges, including a cancer diagnosis in 2022, Garrett continues to focus on ideas and questions that acknowledge and engage working-class and feral-class contexts as a springboard for more extensive dialogues on creating conditions for social change across art, technology, and ecology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Ordering Information<\/strong><br \/>\nAvailable direct from Minor Compositions for the special price of \u00a313 + shipping<\/p>\n<div id=\"paypal-container-KA9F5UH8TY6FQ\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  paypal.HostedButtons({\n    hostedButtonId: \"KA9F5UH8TY6FQ\",\n  }).render(\"#paypal-container-KA9F5UH8TY6FQ\")\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>You can also download the book <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/anarchy-in-alifuru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>218 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, paperback<br \/>\nUK: \u00a320 \/ US: $25<br \/>\nISBN 978-1-57027-439-8<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Release to the book trade 1 January 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Untamed, Unheard, Unstoppable\u2026 a moving memoir about being a working-class artist\u2026 Art on the Margins, Life Without Permission Feral Class is Marc Garrett\u2019s deeply personal and thought-provoking exploration of his early years, chronicling his journey as a working-class artist navigating a world that often rejects them. 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