The Situationist City by Simon Sadler

The Situationist City



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ISBN: 0262193922, 9780585028286
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Most importantly “there is no longer any Temple of the Sun”; there is no 'place of enlightenment' in the city where cultural activities can come together. The situationists were are radical group of artists, theorists and activists, mainly in Paris in the '60s. In 2009 the São Paulo-based Ocupeacidade collective created a paper-crafted Volkswagen van with life-size proportions and painted as a real van. The latest addition to Mark Shepherd's Sentient City Survival Kit packages up the best lessons of the Situationists into a handy psychogeographical iPhone App. In my final year in graduate school I learned about a group called the Situationist International and I became fascinated with their imaginative imagery that drew from architecture and art. Vossoughian Thomas, Horn, Joseph. The Situationists sought to dislodge the city inhabitant from their daily life, by engaging in derives, or aimless walks, that could last for any duration, so long as its sole purpose was to observe the city. This entry was posted in Video. New York Institute of Technology NYiT. Just finished reading The Situationist City by Simon Sadler.