October 22, 2011
À écouter religieusement par temps turbulents
In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni
Guy Debord, France, 1978, 100 min
« Nous tournons en rond dans la nuit et nous sommes dévorés par le feu »
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On the Passage of a few People through a Rather Brief Moment in Time: The Situationist International 1956-1972
Branka Bogdanov, USA, 1989, 22 min
A video documentary combining exhibition footage of the Situationist International exhibitions with film footage of the 1968 Paris student uprising, and graffiti and slogans based on the ideas of Guy Debord (one of the foremost spokesmen of the Situationist International movement). Also includes commentary by leading art critics Greil Marcus, Thomas Levine, and artists Malcolm Mac Laren and Jamie Reid.