The first meeting of The Situationist International took place in Cosio d'Arroscia in Italy on 28th July 1957. This was the day of it's formation when The International Movement for an Imaginary Bauhaus, The Lettriste International and the London Psychogeographical association (an organisation formed in the course of the meeting) agreed to unify into the SI.
Yes, I liked the Duchamp comment too. 'Art is in a museum not because it's good, but because it survived' was another great observation by Duchamp. If you haven't heard it already a great way to get a sense of Duchamp is through the recording 'the creative Act'. He talks a lot about these things on this recording.
Bests,
Justin
On 23 Apr 2010, at 09:14, mandrake wrote:
> Justin McKeown wrote:
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> Great - the first meeting of the Situationist Int was somewhere in the seamans mission in Limehouse East london?
> Just read Peter Ackroyd's London a Biography, also Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem, which is about the special psycho-geography/"energy" of London -
> there a new exhibit at the BL based on their amazing map collection of London.
>
> I like the other comment on Marcel Duchamp re galleries killing art - which is very ambigious for sure -
> its maybe the temple like nature of the building - perhaps not tribal/shamanic enough for his vibe -
> although other critiques might be that some works of art only seem to exist as functions of the building/gallery space -
> without the framing, much would be diminished or cease to exist . . .??
>
> Mogg
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>> No worries Mogg, Art is my area of specialism so if I can be of any help just give me a shout. Here's a few more links that might be useful:
>> Formulary for a New Urbanism:
>> http://library.nothingness.org/articles/SI/en/display/1
>> An early text of the Situationist International, although early this contains all of the central tenants of the SI project and it makes fair reference to spiritual/psychological ideas and there's a nice statement towards the end about everyone living in their own cathedral.
>> Kurt Schwitters' Merzbau (cathedral of erotic misery).
>> http://www.stunned.org/kdeE.htm
>> Schwitters lived in the lake district for a while and part of the Merzbau was discovered there years after it was forgotten. I think the baltic have it now.
>> Good luck with the text, it's a really interesting choice of subject matter and your previous observation about the museum being the place of the muse is very poetic and therefore also very appealing. I'll keep an eye out for the book.
>>
>> Bests,
>> Justin
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>> On 22 Apr 2010, at 10:46, mandrake wrote:
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>>> Justin
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>>> Thanks - very handy - i've to write a chapter on museums as sacred places for a collection of essays -
>>> haven't really started yet but references are much appreciated
>>>
>>> mogg
>>>
>>> McKeown wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I don't know if you know Tim Brennan's artwork but on the subject of ritual and the art I thought this was a rather nice piece on all the winged angels in the British Museum:
>>>> http://www.roomartspace.co.uk/past_detail.php?eventID=98&eventType=exhibition&theartist=TIM%20BRENNAN <http://www.roomartspace.co.uk/past_detail.php?eventID=98&eventType=exhibition&theartist=TIM%20BRENNAN> <http://www.roomartspace.co.uk/past_detail.php?eventID=98&eventType=exhibition&theartist=TIM%20BRENNAN <http://www.roomartspace.co.uk/past_detail.php?eventID=98&eventType=exhibition&theartist=TIM%20BRENNAN>>
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>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Justin
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