The Situationists

GPTKB entity

Statements (81)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:art_movement
gptkbp:advocated_for revolutionary change
the liberation of everyday life
the right to the city.
the importance of experience.
the integration of art and life.
the liberation of desire.
the transformation of everyday life.
gptkbp:aims_to_improve the idea of play.
the idea of the 'dérive'.
the idea of the 'situation'.
the idea of the 'unitary urbanism'.
gptkbp:are_known_for their collective identity.
their collective actions.
their emphasis on spontaneity.
their provocative ideas.
their radical aesthetics.
their radical critiques of society.
their radical critiques.
their radical pamphlets.
their radical political stance.
their use of irony.
gptkbp:are_part_of the avant-garde.
gptkbp:associated_with spectacle
psychogeography
dérive
gptkbp:belief the critique of everyday life.
gptkbp:declined_in traditional art forms
gptkbp:developed_by the concept of 'psychogeography'.
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:1972
gptkbp:emphasizes the importance of play
gptkbp:founded gptkb:1957
gptkbp:had_a_journal_called Internationale Situationniste.
gptkbp:has_impact_on the counterculture.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Situationists
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:postmodernism
gptkb:May_1968_protests
contemporary art movements
social movements.
gptkbp:inspired situationist art
gptkbp:is_active_in the 1960s.
gptkbp:is_challenged_by the status quo.
the boundaries of art.
the norms of society.
gptkbp:is_critical_for the art market.
capitalism.
the commodification of art.
the separation of art and life.
gptkbp:is_criticized_for consumer society
gptkbp:is_influential_in the development of critical theory.
gptkbp:is_inspired_by Surrealism.
gptkbp:is_sought_after_by a new consciousness.
a new form of art.
a new form of engagement.
a new form of social organization.
new forms of social relations.
situations.
transform society.
gptkbp:key_figures gptkb:Asger_Jorn
gptkb:Guy_Debord
gptkb:Raoul_Vaneigem
gptkbp:originated_in gptkb:France
gptkbp:promoted the idea of 'the spectacle'.
the idea of the 'unitary urbanism'.
gptkbp:published gptkb:The_Society_of_the_Spectacle
gptkbp:sought_to_expose the alienation in modern life.
gptkbp:sought_to_reclaim public spaces.
gptkbp:technique art and politics
gptkbp:utilized art as a means of critique.
gptkbp:was_influenced_by Marxism.
gptkbp:was_involved_in the radical left.
the critique of capitalism.
the critique of modernity.
artistic and political activism.
the critique of consumer culture.
the critique of spectacle.
the critique of the spectacle.
the critique of urban life.
the critique of urbanism.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dread_Scott
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6