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The Situationist City by Simon Sadler

The Situationist City Simon Sadler ebook
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ISBN: 0262193922, 9780585028286
Page: 352
Format: djvu

His publications study the architectural ideas of the Archigram group, the Situationists, and other experimental practices. "Play and the Urban Realm", in The Ludic City. He seeks to redefine notions of the Situationists' urban critique, arguing that instead it persisted throughout the group's duration. It is an interesting idea to think about maps as both a tool to navigate the city as well as a tool to represent a particular experience in that city. 'Allure' is an experiment in SITUATIONIST CINEMA. Most importantly “there is no longer any Temple of the Sun”; there is no 'place of enlightenment' in the city where cultural activities can come together. 'We demand games with great seriousness', that is the core essence of my research, can we still play (or were we ever able) to play with seriousness? Exploring the potential of public spaces. Apparently the Dutch situationist Constant had (co-)written a pamphlet fifty years earlier about his ideal city. The latest addition to Mark Shepherd's Sentient City Survival Kit packages up the best lessons of the Situationists into a handy psychogeographical iPhone App. Home > SDS Programs > Foundation > laboratory > lab readings > The Situationist City. Diverse By taking dérives across neighbourhoods of the city, the drifters capture their emotions for the terrain with photos, verses or collages on a map, which eventually represent their psychology and for that reason the outcome is called 'psychogeographic map' (e.g. €�The benign professionalism of architecture and design had, in their opinion [situationists], led to a sterilization of the world that threatened to wipe out any sense of spontaneity and playfulness. €�Cities have a psychogeographical relief, with constant currents, fixed points and vortexes which strongly discourage entry into or exit from certain zones.” [6]. During its short period of existence, the Situationists' ideas had a great impact on the revolution of May 1968 and this historical event made them recognisable in various circles. Huizinga's (1938/1986) Homo Ludens was another profound influence on the Situationists (e.g., on Constant's utopian plans for mutable buildings, for cities that would be shaped by the spontaneous and collective desires of their citizens). The pamphet, it was revealed, could just as easily be interpreted as a joke instead of as an actual serious statement. (McDonough “Situationist Space,” pg. The Situationists' focus on the city has been central to McDonough's choice of documents. Sadler, Simon, “A New Babylon.