Correspondence: The Foundation of the Situationist International (June 1957-August 1960)

Debord, Guy

| 2008

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Letters by writer, filmmaker, and cultural revolutionary Guy Debord conjure a vivid picture of the dynamic first years of the Situationist International movement.Yesterday, the police interrogated me at length about the journal and other Situationist organizations. It was only a beginning. This is, I think, one of the principal threats that came up quickly during the discussion: the police want to consider the S.I. as an association to bring about the destruction of France.-from CorrespondenceThis volume traces the dynamic first years of the Situationist International movement-a cultural avant-garde that continues to inspire new generations of artists, theorists, and writers more than half a century later. Debord's letters-published here for the first time in English-provide a fascinating insider's view of just how this seemingly disorganized group drifting around a newly consumerized...

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