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The Situationist International : a user's guide / Simon Ford.
Van Pelt Library NX456.5.I58 F67 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ford, Simon, 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Internationale situationniste--History.
- Internationale situationniste.
- Art, Modern--20th century.
- Art, Modern.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 175 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Black Dog, [2005]
- Summary:
- The situationist international: A User's Guide is the first single volume to present a complete guide to the most notorious and radical art movement of the twentieth century, the Situationist International (SI). Simon Ford offers a unique history and analysis of the SI and its main protagonists, including Guy Debord, Asger Jorn, Constant and Michele Bernstein.
- Tracing its development back to the European avant-garde, Ford provides a comprehensive historical background to the SI's foundation. Looking at painting, architecture and cinema, and tactics more peculiar to the group, such as detournement and psychogeography, the book also maps the SI's legacy within subsequent artistic and activist movements, from punk to culture jamming.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Pre-Situationist Years, 1931-1956 13
- Guy Debord and the Lettriste Movement 15
- Howlings in Favour of Sade and the founding of the Lettriste International 24
- Potlatch, Psychogeography, Derive, and Detournement 33
- Asger Jorn, Cobra, and The International Movement for an Imaginist Bauhaus 37
- First World Congress of Free Artists (1956) 42
- Chapter 2 Early Years of the Situationist International, 1957-1965 47
- "Report on the Construction of Situations" and the Cosio d'Arroscia Conference (1957) 49
- The Launch of Internationale situationniste 52
- Jorn's Modifications and Disfigurations 60
- Pinot-Gallizio's Industrial Painting 68
- Constant's New Babylon 74
- Debord's Films 79
- The German and Scandinavian Sections 81
- The Scission 86
- The Second Situationist International 88
- SI Post-Scission 93
- Chapter 3 The Beginning of an Era, 1966-1968 99
- The Society of the Spectacle and The Revolution of Everyday Life 101
- May '68 112
- Chapter 4 The Dissolution of the SI and its Aftermath, 1969 and beyond 133
- The Veritable Split in the International 135
- The Films of Guy Debord 138
- History and Legacy 145.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-171) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1904772056
- OCLC:
- 58539307
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