In the 1980s, that is the declining, but also the most tumultuous years of The Polish People’s Republic (PRL), the Orange Alternative entered the streets of the Polish cities.
The movement launched in Wrocław had perceived the absurdity of the political system and assaulted it with absurdity. The weapon of the Orange Alternative was a happening, rallying the crowd in a perverse and humorous way and successfully shaking the foundations of communism. The Orange Alternative was not only a social movement protesting against the Polish reality in the 1980s, but above all a force opposing the regime on the national level, without creating formal structures and voicing political slogans. It was an alternative for the regime, for the opposition, but also for the drab reality.
The movement’s actions poked fun at the regime and after 1989 they served as a comment on the current political and social situation. The methods and language used pointed to a strong influence of Surrealism and an affinity with the Dada movement.
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