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The Situationist City Simon Sadler
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In my final year in graduate school I learned about a group called the Situationist International and I became fascinated with their imaginative imagery that drew from architecture and art. The Situationists' focus on the city has been central to McDonough's choice of documents. The City Is Wilder and Kinder Than You Think. The book is divided into three parts. Diorama Map: Photographing the Situationist City. Drawing out mental maps of cities is nary a dull activity (first time I've used the word 'nary'). (from the amazon blurb: "Simon Sadler searches for the Situationist City among the detritus of tracts, manifestos, and works of art that the SI left behind. This week predominantly involved us working on our essay which was due on Friday while also keeping our event ideas in the back of our mind. The city would become a giant playground, its quarters acting as stations for a perpetual Revolutionary Festival. Just finished reading The Situationist City by Simon Sadler. He seeks to redefine notions of the Situationists' urban critique, arguing that instead it persisted throughout the group's duration. Though I missed out on the Situationist art movement, the notion that I gather of it has always struck a certain chord with me, especially in regards to Detroit.