The Situationist City Simon Sadler
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Though I missed out on the Situationist art movement, the notion that I gather of it has always struck a certain chord with me, especially in regards to Detroit. "Play and the Urban Realm", in The Ludic City. According to Simon Sadler, author of "The Situationist City," the Situationists argued that professional architecture had led to "a sterilization of the world that threatened to wipe out any sense of spontaneity or playfulness. It comes from a group of theorists called the Situationists, whose work I have been interested in since learning about it in a first year art course. Theory of the derive and other situationist writings on the city. Sadler, Simon, “A New Babylon. The book is divided into three parts. Barcelona: Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, 1996. Christopher Collier (University of Essex) and Joanna Figiel (City University London), 'The Recombinant Dérive – The Situationist International, biopolitics and the neoliberal dérèglement de tous les sens'. This is because of how much your streets are an extension of capitalism. This week predominantly involved us working on our essay which was due on Friday while also keeping our event ideas in the back of our mind. Exploring the potential of public spaces. Invited speakers include Simon Sadler, author of "The Situationist City". (from the amazon blurb: "Simon Sadler searches for the Situationist City among the detritus of tracts, manifestos, and works of art that the SI left behind. €The Great Sideshow of the Situationist International.” Yale French Studies, vol. For the Situationists, your city was there to be misused, to be detourned.