Reception Situationist International

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debord s analysis of spectacle has been influential among people working on television, particularly in france , italy; in italy, tv programs produced situationist intellectuals, antonio ricci s striscia la notizia, or carlo freccero s programming schedule italia 1 in 1990s.

in 1960s , 1970s, anarchists, communists, , other leftists offered various interpretations of situationist concepts in combination variety of other perspectives. examples of these groups include: in amsterdam, provos; in uk, king mob, producers of heatwave magazine (who later briefly joined si), , angry brigade. in us, groups black mask (later against wall motherfuckers), weathermen, , rebel worker group explicitly employed ideas.

anarchist theorists such fredy perlman, bob black, hakim bey, , john zerzan, have developed si s ideas in various directions away marxism. these theorists predominantly associated magazines fifth estate, anarchy: journal of desire armed, , green anarchy. during 1980s, english anarchist larry law produced spectacular times pocket-books series, aimed make situationist ideas more assimilated anarchist movement. later anarchist theorists such crimethinc. collective claim situationist influence.

situationist urban theory, defined members of lettrist international unitary urbanism, extensively developed through behavioural , performance structures of workshop non-linear architecture during 1990s. re-emergence of london psychogeographical association inspired many new psychogeographical groups including manchester area psychogeographic. lpa , neoist alliance along luther blissett project came form new lettrist international communist perspective. around time, unpopular books , lpa released key texts including new translations of asger jorn s work.

around time also, groups such reclaim streets , adbusters have, respectively, seen creating situations or practicing detournement on advertisements.

in cultural terms, si s influence has arguably been greater, if more diffuse. list of cultural practices claim debt si extensive, there prominent examples:

situationist ideas exerted strong influence on design language of punk rock phenomenon of 1970s. significant extent came due adoption of style , aesthetics , slogans employed si. these second hand, via english pro-situ groups such king mob associates included malcolm mclaren , jamie reid. factory records owner tony wilson influenced situationist urbanism , factory records band durutti column took name andre bertrand s collage le retour de la colonne durutti. (bertrand, in turn, took title eponymous anarchist army during spanish civil war). u.s. punk group feederz have been acclaimed exhibiting more direct , conscious influence. formed in late 1970s, became known extensive use of detournement , intention provoke audience through exposition of situationist themes. other musical artists lyrics , artwork have referenced situationist concepts include: david bowie, seahorse liberation army, love kills theory, chumbawamba, manic street preachers, nation of ulysses, huggy bear, joan of arc, spectacle, international noise conspiracy , refused. situationist theory experienced vogue in late 90s hardcore punk scene, being referenced orchid, hero gone, , crimethinc..
one can trace situationist ideas within development of other avant-garde threads such neoism, artists such mark divo.
some hacker related e-zines, which, samizdat, distributed via email , ftp on internet links , bbs quoted , developed ideas coming si. few of them n0 way, n0 route, uhf, in france; , phrack, cdc in us. more recently, writers such thomas de zengotita have echoed situationist theories regarding spectacle of contemporary society.




^ chaz bufe. listen anarchist! . see sharp press. retrieved 2008-06-23. 
^ luther blissett (2002) [1995] guy debord dead, sabotage editions, isbn 978-0-9514417-3-2 english edition of guy debord è morto davvero
^ derrida (2002) q&a session @ film forum pp. 116–7 quote:

i think know work [debord s] read more when alive. @ least s case in france. don t know if s read in states, in france s read presenting precise critique , political analysis of media, of becoming-spectacle, exploitation of show in politics , in media, , television.

what s interesting in france people, writers or intellectuals asked appear on tv—sometimes every day—they [reflexively] mention guy debord master, , hate this! never quote debord when m on tv, , m never on tv—so guess s how, in way, m true debord.

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