The Situationist International :.

The Situationist International

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The Situationist International was a group of artists, intellectuals, and political activists founded in 1957. The group was active until 1972 and had a profound influence on the development of post-war art, architecture, and urbanism. The Situationists advocated for an experimental approach to art making that was based on the principles of psychogeography and détournement. They believed that art should be used as a tool for social change and that the everyday environment could be transformed into a site of creative activity. The group’s ideas were influential in the development of the May 1968 uprising in France.

The art style is also known as: The Situationist International was a group of artists, intellectuals, and political activists founded in 1957.
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1. Guy Debord (1931-1994) 2. Asger Jorn (1914-1973) 3. Michèle Bernstein (1928-2020) 4. Raoul Vaneigem (1934-present) 5. Mustapha Khayati (1934-present) 6. Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) 7. Henri Lefebvre (1901-1991) 8. Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) 9. Félix Guattari (1930-1992) 10. Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) 11. Pierre Klossowski (1905-2001) 12. Edvard Munch (1863-1944) 13. Paul Klee (1879-1940) 14. Max Ernst (1891-1976) 15. Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) 16. René Magritte (1898-1967) 17. Joan Miró (1893-1983) 18. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) 19. Georges Braque (1882-1963) 20. Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) 21. Hannah Höch (1889-1978) 22. John Heartfield (1891-1968) 23. Dada (various artists) 24. Surrealism (various artists) 25. Situationist International (various artists) 26. Lettrism (various artists) 27. Fluxus (various artists) 28. Nouveau Réalisme (various artists) 29. Art & Language (various artists) 30. Critical Art Ensemble (various artists)

1. “The Sleeping Gypsy” by Henri Rousseau (1897) 2. “Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2” by Marcel Duchamp (1912) 3. “Fountain” by Marcel Duchamp (1917) 4. “Tu m’” by Dadaist Kurt Schwitters (1919) 5. “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” by Robert Wiene (1920) 6. “The Battleship Potemkin” by Sergei Eisenstein (1925) 7. “October” by Sergei Eisenstein (1927) 8. “The Man with the Movie Camera” by Dziga Vertov (1929) 9. “City Lights” by Charlie Chaplin (1931) 10. “Modern Times” by Charlie Chaplin (1936) 11. “The Great Dictator” by Charlie Chaplin (1940) 12. “Meshes of the Afternoon” by Maya Deren (1943) 13. “At Land” by Maya Deren (1944) 14. “A Study in Choreography for Camera” by Maya Deren (1945) 15. “Rite of Spring” by Oskar Fischinger (1947) 16. “N.Y., N.Y.” by Oskar Fischinger (1957) 17. “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” by Werner Herzog (1970) 18. “F for Fake” by Orson Welles (1973) 19. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973) 20. “El Topo” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1970) 21. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973) 22. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973) 23. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973) 24. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973) 25. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973) 26. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973) 27. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973) 28. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973) 29. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973) 30. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973)

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The Situationist International (SI) was a revolutionary international movement that was founded in 1957. The SI was active in a wide range of fields, including art, architecture, urban planning, and psychogeography. The SI is best known for its theory of the derive, or drift, which was a form of urban exploration that sought to challenge the traditional ways of perceiving and experiencing the city. The SI was founded by a group of artists, writers, and intellectuals, including Guy Debord, Asger Jorn, and Michèle Bernstein. The group was influenced by a wide range of thinkers, including Marxist theorists such as Antonio Gramsci and Walter Benjamin, as well as the Surrealist movement. The SI’s ideas were developed through a series of theoretical texts and manifestos, as well as through their practical applications in the form of urban interventions and experimental films. The group’s most famous intervention was the construction of the Situationist City in Paris in May 1968. This project was a response to the traditional city, which the SI saw as a tool of capitalist domination. The SI was dissolved in 1972, but its ideas have continued to exert a significant influence on artists, writers, and thinkers.

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1. Guy Debord (1931-1994) 2. Asger Jorn (1914-1973) 3. Michèle Bernstein (1928-2020) 4. Raoul Vaneigem (1934-present) 5. Mustapha Khayati (1934-present) 6. Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) 7. Henri Lefebvre (1901-1991) 8. Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) 9. Félix Guattari (1930-1992) 10. Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) 11. Pierre Klossowski (1905-2001) 12. Edvard Munch (1863-1944) 13. Paul Klee (1879-1940) 14. Max Ernst (1891-1976) 15. Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) 16. René Magritte (1898-1967) 17. Joan Miró (1893-1983) 18. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) 19. Georges Braque (1882-1963) 20. Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) 21. Hannah Höch (1889-1978) 22. John Heartfield (1891-1968) 23. Dada (various artists) 24. Surrealism (various artists) 25. Situationist International (various artists) 26. Lettrism (various artists) 27. Fluxus (various artists) 28. Nouveau Réalisme (various artists) 29. Art & Language (various artists) 30. Critical Art Ensemble (various artists)

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1. “The Sleeping Gypsy” by Henri Rousseau (1897) 2. “Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2” by Marcel Duchamp (1912) 3. “Fountain” by Marcel Duchamp (1917) 4. “Tu m’” by Dadaist Kurt Schwitters (1919) 5. “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” by Robert Wiene (1920) 6. “The Battleship Potemkin” by Sergei Eisenstein (1925) 7. “October” by Sergei Eisenstein (1927) 8. “The Man with the Movie Camera” by Dziga Vertov (1929) 9. “City Lights” by Charlie Chaplin (1931) 10. “Modern Times” by Charlie Chaplin (1936) 11. “The Great Dictator” by Charlie Chaplin (1940) 12. “Meshes of the Afternoon” by Maya Deren (1943) 13. “At Land” by Maya Deren (1944) 14. “A Study in Choreography for Camera” by Maya Deren (1945) 15. “Rite of Spring” by Oskar Fischinger (1947) 16. “N.Y., N.Y.” by Oskar Fischinger (1957) 17. “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” by Werner Herzog (1970) 18. “F for Fake” by Orson Welles (1973) 19. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973) 20. “El Topo” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1970) 21. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973) 22. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973) 23. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973) 24. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973) 25. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973) 26. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973) 27. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973) 28. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973) 29. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973) 30. “The Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973)

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