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Tag Archives: Situationists
Profaning the spectacle: Advertising subversives and vandals
If it is said today that power is everywhere, it is not to empty the concept of all meaning, but to point to the fact that capitalism shapes and permeates all social relations, that the latter are increasingly commodified and … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandalism, Situationists, Subvertisers International
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The Situationists and May 1968
We share an essay by Miguel Amorós critically analysing the situationist reading of and role in May 68 (from libcom.org), followed by a series of Situationist texts from the events of May 68 … A brief review of the role played … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, france, May 68, Miguel Amorós, revolution, Situationists
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May 68: A Situationist reading
People strolled, dreamed, learned how to live. … For the first time youth really existed. Not the social category invented for the needs of the commodity economy by sociologists and economists, but the only real youth, of life lived without … Continue reading
The situationists in algeria
Without any suggestion that the Situationist texts posted below offer a complete understanding of the algerian struggle for national liberation, without any idolatry of words, but solely with the intent of complementing our last post on traditions of autonomy in … Continue reading
The russian revolution of 1917: The Dada counterpoint
Dada remains within the framework of European weaknesses; it’s still shit, but from now on we want to shit in different colours to adorn the zoo of art with the flags of every consulate. Tristan Tzara, Manifesto of Monsieur Antipyrine … Continue reading
An illustrated guide to Guy Debord’s “The Society of the Spectacle”
From Hyperallergic, a brief, illustrated reflection on Guy Debord’s The Society of the Spectacle, authored by Tiernan Morgan and Lauren Purje (10/08/2016) …
From film of denunciation to the revolutionary use of film
R. Magritte, La trahison des images Le monde est déjà filmé. Il s’agit maintenant de le transformer Guy Debord Contemporary social movements have contributed to and have been sustained by a proliferation of media production, often described as alternative, in … Continue reading
15M: A Cartography of the Spanish Revolution 62
Um historial fotográfico do 15M/A history of 15M in photographs … A Photo Album of 15M
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Tagged 15M, Occupy Portland, Raoul Vaneigem, Situationists, spain, Spanish Revolution
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Raoul Vaneigem: An appeal to life
Photograph by Guillaume Amat (from the series open fields) On the occasion of Raoul Vaneigem’s most recent essay, Appel à la vie contre la tyrannie étatique et marchande, we share an interview, in translation, that he gave to the Ballast … Continue reading →