- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Black Dog Publishing Ltd (25 Jan 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1904772056
- ISBN-13: 978-1904772057
- Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 18.6 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 472,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book is the first to present in a single volume, a complete guide to one of the most notorious and radical art movements of the twentieth century, the Situationist International (SI). Comprising a comprehensive history that includes an examination of the SI's far-reaching ideas about our 'society of the spectacle', this book also provides an insight into the Situationist legacy together with extensive visual material. Tracing its development back to the European avant-garde and groups such as COBRA, the Lettrists and the International Movement for an Imaginist Bauhaus, Ford provides a comprehensive historical background to the 1957 foundation of the Situationist International under its self-proclaimed leader, the brilliant Guy Debord. Looking at painting, architecture and cinema, Ford includes detailed profiles of the main members such as the Asger Jorn, Constant, Pinot-Gallizio and Ralph Rumney. The final chapter looks at how the SI's legacy, following its disintegration in 1972, can be traced within subsequent artistic and activist movements, from punk through to culture jamming and media activism.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Though this book is a decent stab at providing an introduction to a difficult subject - the situationist international - it still fails in my opinion to really crystallize exactly what the situationist international was all about. It's biggest problem, however, and a criticism levelled at the publishers not the author, is a seeming disregard for the profession of copyediting and proofreading. I have never seen so many punctuation errors and typos in a published book before (there was a glaring punctuation error in the first paragraph!). Personally, the feeling that I had been ripped off (the publishers charge full price for the book but obviously neglected quality control to knock it out at a big profit) really affected my ability to enjoy this book. I work in the publishing sector and I am therefore more likely to spot mistakes than the average reader, but, nonetheless, the publishers need to value their readers more and I won't be buying anything else from Black Dog publishing on the strength of this.
Format:Paperback
This books really helped me get a broader understanding of how Situationism originated in Parisian history and what the cultural studies that they explored involved. It is great for references, as the author provides a great deal of insight into various individuals that propagated Situationism and the roles each of them played, including their own personal history. As such, this text provides a means for those new to such theories, to attain a sufficient amount of initial background knowledge for most essays, before embarking upon the denser writings, such as the text 'Guy Debord and the Situationist International' by Tom McDonough.
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Actually I enjojed this immensly, the typogophaphy is inventive and enjoyable. It is the first book I have encounted that links high quality images with text. Fantastic photo documentary, clear printing and superb texts. Guy Debord, still insightfull and penetrating and yet to be really understood and implimented; he has been ripped off and recupperated. The Spectacle, the Simulacra, the Matrix continues revert to original Guy Debord.
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