Situationism
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Situationism was a mid-20th-century radical artistic and political movement, led by the Situationist International, that critiqued consumer society and sought to transform everyday life through experimental practices and subversive interventions.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| situationism | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
art movement
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political movement ⓘ |
| aimsFor |
self-management of society
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total revolution ⓘ transformation of everyday life ⓘ |
| centralConceptDefinedAs | construction of situations ⓘ |
| criticizes |
advertising
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mass media ⓘ passive spectatorship ⓘ spectacular consumption ⓘ |
| emergedInDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| emergedInPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| geographicFocus |
France
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Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Scandinavia NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Situationist movement
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Situationist theory ⓘ |
| hasCoreConcept |
anti-capitalism
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anti-spectacle ⓘ critique of consumer society ⓘ critique of everyday life ⓘ dérive ⓘ détournement ⓘ psychogeography ⓘ revolution of everyday life ⓘ situation ⓘ spectacle ⓘ unitary urbanism ⓘ |
| hasIdeologicalRoot |
Dada
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Marxism NERFINISHED ⓘ Surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ anarchism ⓘ avant-garde art traditions ⓘ council communism ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Asger Jorn
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Constant Nieuwenhuys NERFINISHED ⓘ Gil J. Wolman NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy Debord NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivan Chtcheglov NERFINISHED ⓘ Michèle Bernstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Raoul Vaneigem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKeyText |
Formulary for a New Urbanism
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Instructions for an Insurrection NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Passage of a Few Persons Through a Rather Brief Unity of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ Report on the Construction of Situations NERFINISHED ⓘ The Revolution of Everyday Life NERFINISHED ⓘ The Society of the Spectacle NERFINISHED ⓘ Theses on the Cultural Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegacyIn |
critical media activism
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culture jamming ⓘ situationist-inspired urban exploration ⓘ |
| hasMainOrganization | Situationist International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedEvent | May 1968 events in France ⓘ |
| influencedField |
activism
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autonomist Marxism ⓘ contemporary art ⓘ cultural studies ⓘ political theory ⓘ punk culture ⓘ urban studies ⓘ |
| opposes |
bureaucratic socialism
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commodity fetishism ⓘ consumer capitalism ⓘ spectacular society ⓘ |
| relatedMovement |
Letterist International
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Lettrism NERFINISHED ⓘ Provo movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Socialisme ou Barbarie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeSpan | 1950s–1970s ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
critical theory
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dérive ⓘ détournement ⓘ psychogeographical exploration ⓘ subversive artistic intervention ⓘ |
| viewsArtAs | means to transform life rather than separate sphere ⓘ |
| viewsUrbanSpaceAs | field for experimental practices ⓘ |
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situationism