Category Archives: Jorn

Memoires – footnotes and sources of detournements (Edited working notes)

I have realised that it would be of value to some people to make some information available on the sources of Debord’s detournements (most derived from Boris Donné’s excellent book “Pour Memoires”), and the sources of the pre-existing English translations I … Continue reading

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And Finally… Debord & Jorn’s “Memoires”

 Here is the first truly significant output of this website – the first complete English translation of Guy Debord & Asger Jorn’s collaborative book “Memoires”.  The document has been put together as a facsimile of the original – with … Continue reading

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Debord & Jorn’s “Memoires” finally coming your way!

Over a year and a half ago (sigh…) I wrote about a side-project of producing a ‘facsimile” English version of Guy Debord & Asger Jorn’s ‘Memoires‘.  At the time I wrote: “Most of the translation work has been done – and … Continue reading

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THE SITUATIONISTS IN AMERICA (IS #2)

NOTICE To the best of my knowledge this text has not previously been translated into English. Draft 1.0 THE SITUATIONISTS IN AMERICA While in London in October, Jorn requested a visa from the U.S. embassy so that he could travel … Continue reading

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ACTIVITY OF THE ITALIAN SECTION (IS #2)

NOTICE This translation is a first draft, and has not been independently proofread. However, to the best of my knowledge this text has never been translated into English. Therefore I am making it available in this form with the caveat … Continue reading

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