Monday 5 November 2012

Situationist International

I've taken a step back to find out more about the Situationists and their effect on modern society.
This website which has links to some reliable sources and provides clear definitions to some of the terms used.

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I've come across this video, it's not the best documentary ever, but it gives a clear overview about what the situationists did, what they believed in and who they were. At 4.11, author, Greil Marcus describes certain techniques, one of which is the idea that situationists would take everything that needed to be said from what is already there and simply change the juxtaposition or add/subract information to express opinion.





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