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The Beach Beneath the Street:<br>
The Everyday Life and Glorious Times of the Situationist International<br>
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A fresh history of the Situationist International by the author of A<br>
Hacker Manifesto.<br>
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Over fifty years after the Situationist International appeared, its<br>
legacy continues to inspire activists, artists and theorists around the<br>
world. Such a legend has accrued to this movement that the story of the<br>
SI now demands to be told in a contemporary voice capable of putting it<br>
into the context of twenty-first-century struggles.<br>
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McKenzie Wark delves into the Situationists' unacknowledged diversity,<br>
revealing a world as rich in practice as it is in theory. Tracing the<br>
group's development from the bohemian Paris of the '50s to the explosive<br>
days of May '68, Wark's take on the Situationists is biographically and<br>
historically rich, presenting the group as an ensemble creation, rather<br>
than the brainchild and dominion of its most famous member, Guy Debord.<br>
Roaming through Europe and the lives of those who made up the<br>
movement�including Constant, Asger Jorn, Mich�le Bernstein, Alex<br>
Trocchi and Jacqueline De Jong�Wark uncovers an international movement<br>
riven with conflicting passions.<br>
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Accessible to those who have only just discovered the Situationists and<br>
filled with new insights, The Beach Beneath the Street rereads the<br>
group's history in the light of our contemporary experience of<br>
communications, architecture, and everyday life. The Situationists tried<br>
to escape the world of twentieth-century spectacle and failed in the<br>
attempt. Wark argues that they may still help us to escape the<br>
twenty-first century, while we still can ...<br>
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The book's jacket folds out into a poster, Totality for Beginners, a<br>
collaborative graphic essay employing text selected by McKenzie Wark<br>
with composition and drawings by Kevin C. Pyle.<br>
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McKenzie Wark<br>
Associate Dean, Eugene Lang College<br>
65 w11th st New York NY 10011 USA<br>
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