Blogs about: Guy Debord

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THE DEBASING OF THE SPECTACLE

Martin Raybould wrote 16 hours ago: "The spectacle aims at nothing other than itself........the spectacle is the main production of pres … more →

Tags: Fiction, Movies, Politics, Television, Lee Rigby, MICHAEL ADEBOLAJO, society of spectacle, Woolwich killing

Never Wark!

antyphayes wrote 1 day ago: Another link, this time to Les Amis de Némésis and their wonderful critique of Wark’s latest l … more →

Tags: Situationist International, translation, not bored, Critique, situationist, commodity, Alienation, Spectacle, society of the spectacle

Ghost Streets of London

Claudia - SE4 wrote 1 day ago: “Old London is vanishing fast… Every day as we go to business, we see some fresh eruptio … more →

Tags: Sketches, Books, Miss Bloxam, Housmans, psychogeography, walks, Sketches, independent bookstore, iain sinclair

McKenzie Wark: Underworker for the spectacle

antyphayes wrote 2 days ago: Two further critiques of McKenzie Wark. The first concentrates on his cunning attempt to dress up a … more →

Tags: Critique, Situationist International, advertising, Alienation, Ideology, McKenzie Wark, society of the spectacle, Spectacle

Stunted Publicity

antyphayes wrote 4 days ago: “If a rock falls on your head it does positive harm, but shame, disgrace, reproaches and insults are … more →

Tags: Critique, Alastair Hemmens, Alienation, Anthony Hayes, Bill Brown, Brendan Boehning, co-optation, Danish Society for Comparative Vandalism, Grant McDonagh

The Great Gatsby6 comments

jeres wrote 1 week ago: Last night we packed into Le Grand Rex -a beautiful old art deco theatre – to watch the openin … more →

Tags: 3D, A Moveable Feast, Behind the Candelabra, cannes, Daft Punk, Earnest Hemmingway, Ernest Hemmingway, f. scott fitzgerald, Great Gatsby

A Cavalier History of Situationism: An Interview with McKenzie Wark

Sam Hind wrote 1 week ago: 3D-printed Guy Debord action figures (2012). Produced by McKenzie Wark, design by Peer Hansen, with … more →

Tags: Politics, technology, McKenzie Wark, Rhizome, situationism

Godemiché: In Commemoration of the Spectacle

Feline Vomitus wrote 1 week ago: Godemiché: In Commemoration of the Spectacle from Feline Vomitus on Vimeo. … more →

Tags: collage, Detournement, Digital, film, Montage, Adam Curtis, detournement, >DRO)))NE, feline vomitus

Someone is Writing a Poem

The Literary Rogue wrote 1 week ago: Someone is Writing a Poem (1993) BY ADRIENNE RICH INTRODUCTION A feminist poet and critic, Adrienne … more →

Tags: Literature, Poem, Poems, Poetic, Poetry, School of Night, www.newversemovement.com, Adrienne Rich, poetry. poetic theory

Shaking The Habitual Show / Roundhouse, London - The Knife

operantfuture wrote 1 week ago: “But the spectacle served the music, wherever it was coming from”. K. Taylor (2013), The … more →

Tags: London, Music, Performance, reality, Perception, London 2*, the knife, roundhouse, chalk farm

Book Review: The Beach Beneath the Street - the Situationists

thomaswensing wrote 1 week ago: This picture is of Constant Nieuwenhuys’s New Babylon project. Constant was a Dutch painter an … more →

Tags: Architecture, Book Reviews, Politics, urbanism, Beach Beneath the Street, constant, Constant Nieuwenhys, Homo Faber, homo ludens

Baudrillard & Bataille

Christina Hillman wrote 2 weeks ago: Throughout these blog posts I have borrowed two important terms from Jean Baudrillard and Georges Ba … more →

Tags: secret, hyperreality, Sacred, Spectacle, The Gift, Jean Baudrillard, Georges Bataille

The Spectacle and the Machine

Ancient Spirits wrote 2 weeks ago: Yesterday I blogged about the Spectacle, as defined by the Post-Modern theorist, Guy Debord. The Spe … more →

Tags: social change, Kαιρός—Metamorphosis of the Gods, Post-Modern Crisis, Alienation, consumerism, Pink Floyd, Rock music, welcome to the machine, Philosophy

Turn the World On and the Society of the Spectacle

Ancient Spirits wrote 3 weeks ago: (OK—I apologize—-Haven’t blogged anything for quite some time on this one—-I … more →

Tags: social change, Kαιρός—Metamorphosis of the Gods, Post-Modern Crisis, spirituality, Post-modernism, Alienation, Dubstep, Music, dionysus

a sociedade do espectáculo

António Fernando Nabais wrote 3 weeks ago: Enquanto indispensável adorno dos objectos hoje produzidos, enquanto exposição geral da racionalidad … more →

Tags: Geral, Filosofia, Espectaculo, sociedade do espectáculo

three masterpieces of détournement

Trane DeVore wrote 3 weeks ago: Admittedly, only the last of these three works — the unparalleled Can Dialectics Break Bricks? — is … more →

Tags: Cinema, Culture, film, Poetry, Politics, Video, "A User's Guide to Détournement", Building a Human, Alienation

Re-politicizing art?, or What is Art after Art?: (Religion, Politics, and the Earth Blog Tour)

scottjcowan wrote 4 weeks ago: Please forgive this brief preface:    This post is part of something larger…something much, much lar … more →

Tags: Contemporary Art, Brad Troemel, Clayton Crockett, Jeffrey Robbins, Guattari, dada, guerilla girls, Ian Cheng, Group Material

Contre le cinéma31 comments

jacobbacharach wrote 1 month ago: By the end of the week, I found myself wondering if a better society wouldn’t have kept Boston open … more →

Tags: Culture, media, War and Politics, Boston, Fantasy, War-on-terror

¡Silencio, el Capital os rueda!

edipalstropics wrote 1 month ago: Todo acontece en silencio. Hemos decidido prescindir de pianos, pianolas o cualquier otro artilugio … more →

Tags: Especulaccions, Cine, Espectaculo, Capitalismo, Lumiere, Cámara, Afuera


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