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Three short articles from IS#1 added to site
Three of the shorter articles from IS#1 have been newly translated and uploaded. They can be accessed from the “IS#1” tab on the menu above, or directly with the links below: Publications for Situationist Agitation The Second SI Conference Venice … Continue reading
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Two new translations uploaded
Two more articles from IS#1 have been newly translated and uploaded. They can be accessed from the “IS#1” tab on the menu above, or directly with the links below: 1.7 Preliminary Problems in the Construction of a Situation 1.8 Definitions
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Translation of “For and Against Cinema” uploaded
A new translation from IS #1 has just been uploaded to the site. Either follow this link or use the menu bar in the header to access the contents of IS #1.
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
Three more CMDO détourned comics
Original detourned comic strip is printed on p.195 of Vienet, “Enragés et Situationnistes dans le Mouvement des Occupations” (Gallimard, 1968) Original detourned comic strip is printed on p.173 of Vienet, “Enragés et Situationnistes dans le Mouvement des Occupations” (Gallimard, 1968) … Continue reading
Tarzan – Cop of the Jungle
Original detourned comic strip is printed on p 180 of Vienet, “Enragés et Situationnistes dans le Mouvement des Occupations” (Gallimard, 1968)
Another detourned comic strip
There will be a flood of these over the next week or so – so strap yourself in! This is possibly the most self-referentially humorous of all the détourned comic strips that were so well used during the May 1968 … Continue reading
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The Return of the Durutti Column – detourned comics
I was gearing up to begin to translate this famous document that was used by the Stasbourg AFGES to advertise the pamphlet ‘On the Poverty of Student Life’. Then I came across this on the intenet: The Return of the … Continue reading
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Progress Report – Detourned Comic Strips
I have almost completed laying out the first chapter (of three) of Guy Debord & Ager Jorn’s ‘Memoires’. Which is actually only about a quarter of the work – as it is the shortest! For a side-project from this side-project … Continue reading
A side-project
As you know, the main work of this blog is centred around producing “facsimile” English versions of the journal Internationale Situationniste. For the last few weeks a few other people and I have been discussing joining forces to take on … Continue reading
