look back(4) Situationist International(part1)

----- The history of Situationist International

1957 The fund of the SI

1957~1962 The Avant Garde days

1962~1968 From the Schism to the Revolt
                   --- from SI to SI2 (from art-political works to critical theory on spectacle)

1968~1972 From the Revoltto the Verit able Split
                  --- the dismiss after the top point 

1972 The declaration of dismiss

----- Situationist International can be traced back to...

                                                   1. Dadaism

2. Futurism (characteristic: exaggerate)

                      

                                                   
                                                   3. Surrealism
        
       They led to the existence of the Avant Garde groups and the early SI theory. 

----- The Avant Garde groups

1. The International of Experimental Artist (COBRA)

2. Lettrist Movement

3. Lettrist International

4. The International Movement for the Imaginist Bahaus

    However, the existence of all those Avant Garde groups was closely related to the historical background of Europe of that time, especially the sad emotion led by the economic crisis and the World War. Meanwhile, they created the new concept of building up a new urban environment. In addition, Constant brought out the new idea of 'Unitary Urbanism'. 

----- The Avant-Garde work appreciation
1. Avant-garde music

                                                     Avant-Garde Cellist Zoe Keating

2. Avant-Garde film

                                                           Ménilmontant 1926 Avant garde French Silent Film Classic

      In the Avant-garde days, the artists devoted themselves to creat the new combination between art and politics. 
      
      As we can see in the example film, though the man and the girl were in silence, we can still strongly felt the sorrow in the characters as well as the fear and the hatred for the war in their eye contact.

3. Avant-Garde performance