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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-10-05 04:12 PM
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Anybody out there with an interest in situationism?
Probably not, but I thought I might throw it out there.
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-10-05 04:15 PM
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1. Guy Debord had a couple good quotes
and I like the art of Jamie Reid, who was definitely (in my tiny mind anyway) post-Situationist.

As was Stewart Home, of course, whose "The Assault on Culture" is mandatory reading for anybody in my unfortunate circle of friends.
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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-10-05 04:19 PM
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2. Cool. It's a fascinating area of culture.
Edited on Thu Feb-10-05 04:20 PM by Wat_Tyler
Not that anyone can define it properly, but I take it to mean the theory that the individual is most defined by the situation he/she is in, and that the active situationist should attempt to reveal the ludicrousness of those situations through demonstration and playfulness.
Of course, I could be completely wrong - that's situationism for you.
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-10-05 04:38 PM
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3. It's good stuff - it's completely inspiring
a nice mixture of artistic inspiration, counterculture, and the politics of the absurdly real. I think you know more about it than I do, but,

One of my favorite Jamie Reid slogans is "Keep Warm this Winter: Make Trouble."

Let's see if he'll allow a link to his site to persist:

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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-10-05 04:53 PM
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4. Yeah, the slogans are often the best thing about it. -
Be Reasonable, Demand The Impossible.
Beneath The Pavement, The Beach! (and so on)
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