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.

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Label Occurrences
Situationism canonical 3
situationism 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
aimsFor self-management of society ⓘ
total revolution ⓘ
transformation of everyday life ⓘ
centralConceptDefinedAs construction of situations ⓘ
criticizes advertising ⓘ
mass media ⓘ
passive spectatorship ⓘ
spectacular consumption ⓘ
emergedInDecade 1950s ⓘ
emergedInPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
geographicFocus France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Situationist movement ⓘ
Situationist theory ⓘ
hasCoreConcept anti-capitalism ⓘ
anti-spectacle ⓘ
critique of consumer society ⓘ
critique of everyday life ⓘ
dérive ⓘ
détournement ⓘ
psychogeography ⓘ
revolution of everyday life ⓘ
situation ⓘ
spectacle ⓘ
unitary urbanism ⓘ
hasIdeologicalRoot Dada ⓘ
Marxism ⓘ
Surrealism ⓘ
anarchism ⓘ
avant-garde art traditions ⓘ
council communism ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Asger Jorn ⓘ
Constant Nieuwenhuys ⓘ
Gil J. Wolman ⓘ
linked to: Gil J Wolman

Guy Debord ⓘ
Ivan Chtcheglov ⓘ
Michèle Bernstein ⓘ
Raoul Vaneigem ⓘ
hasKeyText Formulary for a New Urbanism ⓘ
Instructions for an Insurrection ⓘ
On the Passage of a Few Persons Through a Rather Brief Unity of Time ⓘ
Report on the Construction of Situations ⓘ
The Revolution of Everyday Life ⓘ
The Society of the Spectacle ⓘ
Theses on the Cultural Revolution ⓘ
hasLegacyIn critical media activism ⓘ
culture jamming ⓘ
situationist-inspired urban exploration ⓘ
hasMainOrganization Situationist International ⓘ
influencedEvent May 1968 events in France ⓘ
influencedField activism ⓘ
autonomist Marxism ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ
cultural studies ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
punk culture ⓘ
urban studies ⓘ
opposes bureaucratic socialism ⓘ
commodity fetishism ⓘ
consumer capitalism ⓘ
spectacular society ⓘ
relatedMovement Letterist International ⓘ
Lettrism ⓘ
Provo movement ⓘ
Socialisme ou Barbarie ⓘ
timeSpan 1950s–1970s ⓘ
usesMethod critical theory ⓘ
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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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Situationist International → ideology → situationism ⓘ
linked to: Situationism
Guy Debord → movement → Situationism ⓘ
L’imagination au pouvoir → associatedWithIdeology → situationism ⓘ
linked to: Situationism
Manifesto → featuresManifestoOf → Situationism ⓘ