[Minorcompositions] Feral Class

[Minor Compositions]

Now available for advance ordering and/or free download…

*Feral Class <https://www.minorcompositions.info/?p=1561>*
Marc Garrett
Foreword by Cassie Thornton

/Untamed, Unheard, Unstoppable… a moving memoir about being a 
working-class artist… Art on the Margins, Life Without Permission/

/Feral Class/ is Marc Garrett’s 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?

Weaving together personal memories, political reflections, and the 
struggles of working-class artists, Feral Class challenges the elitism 
of the art world. It celebrates the radical potential of those who 
refuse to conform. Garrett’s 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.

*Bio:* Marc Garrett’s 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.

PDF available freely online <https://www.minorcompositions.info/?p=1561>.

/Pre-orders for the book will be taken during July 2025. Anyone who 
pre-orders the book directly from Minor Compositions during this month 
will be sent a special barcode free version of the book with color 
images (the regular trade version will be printed in greyscale)./

Release to the book trade 1 January 2026

Minor Compositions is a series of interventions & provocations drawing 
from autonomous politics, avant-garde aesthetics, and the revolutions of 
everyday life. Minor Compositions is an imprint of Autonomedia.



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