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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

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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)

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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

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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

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Captions and quotes from THE AVANT-GARDE OF PRESENCE (IS #8)

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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WELL SAID, SI! (IS #8)

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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THE COMMON VIEW ON THE SI, THIS YEAR (IS #5)

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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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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