'...Debord left no doubt that situations are not to be taken as romantic ideals, but rather as the active formation of environments, a free play with urban space as playing field. In the midst of space permeated by spectacle, the Situationists sought to find − or rather invent − disruptions of the familiar.' (Raunig, 'Constructing the Situation' p.173)
After reading the above, I thought back to something I'd heard on a program named 'Not Quite Art' - written and presented by Marcus Westbury (free downloads at www.abc.net.au/tv/notquiteart/). Glaswegian artist Will Foster had an idea which was explained by Gabrielle de Vietri, while in conversation with Marcus (series1:ep3) which I found very interesting and now feel it fits well within the situationist paradigm ... I've been wanting to try 'Bookless library' out for awhile now at SCA.
'Bookless Library' idea: Find a library in your local area. Find out how many books it holds. Get enough people together to take out all those books over the duration of a week. When the library is empty of books, use it a new social space for one week, then return all the books. Thus transfiguration.'
can you expand on this? what is the interest in this work?
ReplyDeleteIt came to mind because it's a 'disruption of the familiar.' By taking away the function of a space (ie. removing all books from a library), you're creating new emotions and behaviours within individuals... psychogeographies.
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