The Situationist International was one of the rare revolutionary groups to critique Capitalism in its advanced cultural stage...as it was lived in the everyday life by the mid to late century proletariat. Combining whit, humor, rigor, and a fearless candor they analyzed architecture, art, politics of both left and right, the riot, drunkness, and beauty. The S.I.left a legacy that few have been able to simulate, and even less fully absorb into their own lives. Free University of Los Angeles will be giving a lecture/ discussion titled Demanding the impossible: the Situationist International (S.I.): Revolutionary movement or art movement? We will discuss the Situationist contribution to revolutionary movements both at the personal and the political level, "the realization and suppression of art", american post-situationist groups, the relation to academia and art institutions.
Books available at Flor y Canto on the Situationists.
S.I. Anthology edited by Ken Knabb
Public Secrets by Ken Knabb
Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord
Revolution of Everyday Life by Raoul Vaneigem
Leaving the 20th Century: the incomplete Work of the Situationist International
Enrages and the Situationists in the Occupation Movement, France May '68
links:
Situationist International online