Situationists

SITUATIONISTS


TWO UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON ARCHITECTURE

By Guy Debord

The problem of architecture is not that of being seen from without or that of living within. It is in the dialectical relation interior-exterior. Read more

 

NEW BABYLON

By Constant Nieuwenhuys

'To succeed in life is to create and re-create it incessantly. Man can only have a life worthy of himself if he himself creates.' Read more

THE CULMINATION OF SEPARATION FROM: THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE

By Guy Debord

'In societies dominated by modern conditions of production, life is presented as an immense accumulation of spectacles.' Read more

 

FORMULARY FOR A NEW URBANISM

By Ivan Chtcheglov

Written in 1953, this is one of the foundational texts for the Situationist movement, a surreal cri de coeur for a stimulating city. Read more