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WALKING ART & PLACE
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Let Chance Be Your Guide
Let Chance Be Your Guide
Let Chance Be Your Guide
Situationist International
Situationist International
Situationist International
Paris 1958-1972
Paris 1958-1972
Paris 1958-1972
Guy Debord
Guy Debord
Guy Debord
Sandpaper
Sandpaper
Sandpaper
Surrealism
Surrealism
Surrealism
Society of the Spectacle
Society of the Spectacle
Society of the Spectacle
Derive & Random Chance
Derive & Random Chance
Derive & Random Chance
Parc de la Villette
Parc de la Villette
Parc de la Villette
Internationale Situationniste
Internationale Situationniste
Internationale Situationniste
Lonely Planet Experimental Travel Guide
Lonely Planet Experimental Travel Guide
Lonely Planet Experimental Travel Guide
Dehumanizing Urban Change
Dehumanizing Urban Change
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Editor's Notes

  1. The Situationists strong believers in creating random events and experiences
  2. Would create patterns that would lead them through their “walks”
  3. The Derive was driven by chance, not preconceived expectation
  4. Group of “artists” & political practitioners. Theoretical Influences included Marxism, Letterists, surrealists, de-humanizing urban change, life a spectacle Often referred to as SI
  5. Focused on theory & practice of constructing Situations, A moment of life concretely & deliberately constructed by collective organizationUsed methods that forced one or more individuals to critically analyze their lives
  6. Debord defined the group but always told people that“definition was meaningless & clearly devised by Anti-Situationist”
  7. In 1957 Debord wrote the Situationist manifesto which started the group.
  8. The group’s theories were a driving force behind the 1968 Paris uprising.
  9. Ended in 1972 because Debord had expelled or kicked out all members.
  10. Guy DebordFounding member, theoristsLived from 1931-1994Filmmaker, Marxist theoristPart of the Letterists, (dada surrealists)
  11. AsgerJornDanish artist Kicked out of SI & founded Scandinavian Institute of Comparative Vandalism.
  12. Ralph RumneyWas also Quickly kicked out of the groupSole member of the London Psychogeographical Association
  13. Debord & the SI prided themselves on their social abrasiveness
  14. One of Debord’s projects was to cover library books with sandpaperThis way they caused damage to the surrounding books.
  15. For some reason, Debord liked photos of himself smoking.
  16. Situationist International was heavily influenced by surrealist movement Another group of artists from the early 20th century
  17. Surrealist emphasized elements of Surprise, Unexpected juxtaposition Non-sequiturs
  18. Challenged reality and perceptions of reality through movement Created new map forms that expressed these elements Represented explorations in new ways
  19. The SI challenged shallow representations of life & reality
  20. SI believed that real life had been replaced by images that represent real life
  21. Believed that modern life was a Degradation of human experience
  22. Derive translates into “Drift”
  23. Unorganized, aimless yet significant explorations of places These explorations also required new ways of recording experience
  24. Rapid passage through varied ambiences and emotions of place
  25. Designed by Bernard TschumiInfluenced by SI urban principles of emotion and experience
  26. Park is in the 16th Adornment of Paris On site of former slaughter house district
  27. Today is the site ofFrench museum of Science, various public art / spaces, parks
  28. Started by Debord in 1950’s
  29. Created the journal to document groups works, derieves & theories
  30. Did not have a long publication life
  31. Great contemporary guide continuing SI ideas Read any example from book Ideas ultimately lead to Experimental travel & Psychogeography
  32. Key source for this presentation Read Second example from book
  33. Read Third Example
  34. SI was organized to fight against modern shifts in urban life They believed that post-war Paris was un-personal
  35. Wanted to create new highly personalized urban experiences
  36. Concentrated on the role of emotions and feelings in the city