The Situationist City by Simon Sadler

The Situationist City



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According to Simon Sadler, author of "The Situationist City," the Situationists argued that professional architecture had led to "a sterilization of the world that threatened to wipe out any sense of spontaneity or playfulness. The situationists were concerned with expressing their desires and the desires of the city, embracing play and rejecting work, creating 'situations' in which one could engage with the city as flux – an ever changing event. The mid-twentieth century in Paris saw a movement identified as the Situationist International. The situationist city by simon sadler: guy debord by anselm jappe; Donald nicholson-smith. Backpost on Space, Tom McDonough “Situationist Space”. This analysis begins by looking at Debord's Naked City map of Paris, defined by a psychogeographical space that is linked by 'unity of atmosphere'. The Situationists: Guy Debord, Michèle Bernstein and Asger Jorn. During its short period of existence, the Situationists' ideas had a great impact on the revolution of May 1968 and this historical event made them recognisable in various circles. €� By Tom McDonough – Tuesday, 16th March 2010. This entry was posted in Video. Vossoughian Thomas, Horn, Joseph. The situationists were are radical group of artists, theorists and activists, mainly in Paris in the '60s. Guy Debord's 1957 map The Naked City. City – Psychogeographic Microcosms. New York Institute of Technology NYiT. His publications study the architectural ideas of the Archigram group, the Situationists, and other experimental practices. Diverse By taking dérives across neighbourhoods of the city, the drifters capture their emotions for the terrain with photos, verses or collages on a map, which eventually represent their psychology and for that reason the outcome is called 'psychogeographic map' (e.g. As Rebecca Solnit has said, the great city of walkers and of revolution is Paris. Tom McDonough celebrates the subversive poetic vision of the Situationists.