Situationist International

Founded in July 1957, the Situationist International brought together currents of experimental poetry, avant-garde art, and radical social criticism to explore new techniques of engagement in cultural protest and revolutionary praxis. Although the organization itself remained small and disbanded in 1972, the SI profoundly shaped the interaction of art and politics at crucial moments in the evolution of postwar culture, including the transnational uprisings of 1968 and 1977. Its influence continues to be felt today.

Publications

• Ken Knabb (ed.), Situationist International Anthology, rev. & exp. ed., 2006, 532 pp.

Literature

• Publications on situationists at Monoskop Log
• Situationist Library at 1000 Little Hammers
• Libcom.org's reading guide
• October 79: Special Issue on Guy Debord and the Internationale situationniste, ed. Thomas F. McDonough, MIT Press, Winter 1997.

Resources

• Situationist International Online
• Situationist International Archives
• Situationist International in Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
• Situationist International resource compiled by Co Seegers

See also

• Lettrist International