Members of the Situationist International
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List of people that, at different times, have been members of the Situationist International:
Belgian Section (6)
- Walter Korun
- Attila KotányiAttila KotányiAttila Kotányi was a poet, philosopher, writer and architect-urbanist.In his early years in Budapest, Attila Kotányi belonged to the intellectual circle of philosopher Lajos Szabó and Béla Hamvas...
- Rudi Renson
- Jan Stijbosch
- Raoul VaneigemRaoul VaneigemRaoul Vaneigem is a Belgian writer and philosopher. He was born in Lessines . After studying romance philology at the Free University of Brussels from 1952 to 1956, he participated in the Situationist International from 1961 to 1970...
- Maurice WyckaertMaurice WyckaertMaurice Wyckaert was a Belgian artist, born in 1923, in the city of Brussels. He is a neo-expressionistic, lyrical abstract painter, gouache designer and printmaker. Enjoyed his education at the Academy of Brussels and in Sint-Joost-ten-Node and the Vrije Atelier of Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe...
Dutch Section (5)
- Anton AlbertsAnton AlbertsAnton Alberts was a Dutch architect best known for the ING Bank in the Bijlmer district of Amsterdam and the Gas Corporation headquarters in Groningen....
- ArmandoArmandoThe name Armando may be in reference to:* Armando , the name used by Dutch artist Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd* Armando , studio album by rapper Pitbull* Armando , writer at Daily Kos...
- ConstantConstant NieuwenhuysConstant Anton Nieuwenhuys was a Dutch painter, and one of the foremost innovators of Unitary Urbanism. In 1941, he became deeply interested in the work of Paul Cézanne, Cubism and German Expressionism....
- Jacqueline de JongJacqueline de JongJacqueline de Jong was born in the Dutch town of Hengelo to Jewish parents. Faced with the German invasion, they went into hiding. After an abortive escape attempt to England, her father Hans remained in Amsterdam while she and her mother made for Switzerland...
- Har Oudejans
English Section (5)
- Timothy (T. J.) Clark
- Chris GrayChris Gray (situationist)Christopher Gray was an activist in the Situationist International.Christopher Nelson Gray was born on 22 May 1942 in London...
(1942–2009) - Donald Nicholson-SmithDonald Nicholson-SmithDonald Nicholson-Smith is a translator and freelance editor, interested in literature, art, psychoanalysis, social criticism, theory, history, crime fiction, and cinema.. Born in Manchester, England, he was an early translator of Situationist material into English. He joined the English section of...
- Charles RadcliffeCharles RadcliffeCharles Radcliffe, is an English cultural critic, political activist and theorist known for his association with the Situationist movement.A member of the direct-action wing of the peace movement of the early 1960s, he became a regular contributor to the anarchist press in Britain and in 1966...
- Ralph RumneyRalph RumneyRalph Rumney was an English artist, born in Newcastle Upon Tyne.In 1957 lifelong conscientious objector Rumney was one of the co-founders of the London Psychogeographical Association. This organization was, along with COBRA and the Lettrist International, involved in the formation of the...
(1934–2002)
French Section (15)
- Francois de Beaulieu
- Michele BernsteinMichèle BernsteinMichèle Bernstein is a French novelist and critic, most usually remembered as a member of the Situationist International from its foundation in 1957 until 1967, and as the wife of its most prominent member, Guy Debord.-Early years:...
- Patrick Cheval
- Alain Chevalier
- Guy DebordGuy DebordGuy Ernest Debord was a French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker, member of the Letterist International, founder of a Letterist faction, and founding member of the Situationist International . He was also briefly a member of Socialisme ou Barbarie.-Early Life:Guy Debord was born in Paris in 1931...
(1931 - 1994) - Edith Frey
- Theo Frey
- Jean Garnault
- Anton Hartstein
- Herbert Holl
- Mustapha Khayati
- Ndjangani Lungela
- Rene Riesel
- Christian Sebastiani
- Patrick Straram
- René ViénetRené ViénetRené Viénet is a French sinologist who is famous as a situationist writer and filmmaker. Viénet used the situationist technique of détournement — the diversion of already existing cultural elements to new subversive purposes.- Career :...
Members from the Spur group
- Erwin EischErwin EischErwin Eisch is a German artist who works with glass. He is also a painter, draughtsman and printmaker. With that of his friend and colleague in glass, Harvey Littleton, Eisch's work in glass embodies the ideas of the international Studio Glass movement...
- Heinz Hofl
- Renee NeleRenee NeleE. R. Nele is a German sculptor famous for goldsmithing and large scale metal sculptures.She was born in Berlin, the daughter of Marie-Louise and Arnold Bode . She started her career in 1950 as a student of the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. She participated in Documenta II,...
- Gretel Stadler
Excluded in February 1962
- Lothar FischerLothar FischerLothar Fischer was a German sculptor.He was born in Germersheim, Palatinate. Between 1952 and 1958 he studied under Professor Heinrich Kirchner at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich...
- Dieter KunzelmannDieter KunzelmannDieter Kunzelmann is a German left-wing activist. In the early 1960s he was a member of the Situationist-inspired artists' group Gruppe SPUR. He was one of the founders of Kommune 1 in 1967. At the end of the 1960s he was one of the leaders of the Tupamaros West-Berlin, which carried out...
- Heimrad PremHeimrad PremHeimrad Prem was a German painter born in Roding, Oberpfalz. From 1949 - 1952 he studied decorative painting at Schwandorf and then studied painting with Josef Oberberger and sculpture with Toni Stadler at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich until 1956...
- Helmut SturmHelmut SturmHelmut Sturm was a German painter.He was born in Furth im Wald. From 1952 to 1958 he studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich. After this he joined Heimrad Prem, Lothar Fischer and Hans-Peter Zimmer in founding Gruppe SPUR, which in 1959 entered the Situationist International...
- Hans-Peter ZimmerHans-Peter ZimmerHans-Peter Zimmer was a German painter and sculptor. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich....
Italian Section (10)
- Giors Melanotte
- Walter OlmoWalter OlmoWalter Olmo is an Italian musician and composer. In 1957 he wrote Towards a Conception of Musical Experimentation ....
- Claudio Pavan
- Giuseppe Pinot-Gallizio
- Eduardo Rothe
- Paolo Salvadori
- Gianfranco SanguinettiGianfranco SanguinettiGianfranco Sanguinetti was a writer and member of the Situationist International , a political art movement.Sanguinetti was deported from France in 1971 and settled in Italy....
- Piero SimondoPiero SimondoPiero Simondo is an Italian artistPiero was born in Cosio di Arroscia, Liguria, Italy.In Alba, Piedmont, Italy, with Asger Jorn and Giuseppe Pinot Gallizio he founded the Laboratory of immaginiste experiences as part of the International Movement for an Imaginist Bauhaus .He edited Eristica the...
- Elena Verrone
- Glauco Wuerich
Scandinavian Section (8)
- Ansgar EldeAnsgar EldeAnsgar Elde was a Swedish artist famous for his work in ceramics.Elde was a member of the Situationist International . On March 15, 1962 Elde was excluded from the SI along with Jørgen Nash. Both had been on the central committee and were accused of conspiring with certain art collectors...
- Asger JornAsger JornAsger Oluf Jorn was a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author. He was a founding member of the avant-garde movement COBRA and the Situationist International...
(1914–1973) - Stefan LarssonStefan LarssonRoger Stefan Larsson is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player.Larsson spent most of his career Västra Frölunda apart from two seasons at Leksands IF. He was drafted 133rd overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft but remained in Sweden.-External links:...
- Peter Laugesen
- Katja Lindell
- Jeppesen Victor Martin
- Jørgen NashJørgen NashJørgen Nash was a Danish artist, writer and central proponent of situationism. He was born in Vejrum, Jutland, Denmark, baptized Jørgen Axel Jørgensen, the brother of Asger Jorn. He later changed his family name from Jørgensen to Nash. He was married three times and has six children...
- Hardy Strid
No Section (4)
- Ivan ChtcheglovIvan ChtcheglovIvan Vladimirovitch Chtcheglov, was a French political theorist, activist and poet, born in Paris to Ukrainian father and French mother.-Family background:...
- Andre FrankinAndré FrankinAndré Frankin was a Belgian Lettrist and Situationist.He wrote:* Platform for a Cultural Revolution, . It provided modifications to An appeal to Revolutionary Intellectuals and Artists which was planned to be published at the opening of the Third Conference of the Situationist International held...
- Jacques OvadiaJacques OvadiaJacques Ovadia is an Israeli who was a member of the Situationist International.He lived in Tel Aviv and in 1960 he was the sole agent for Situationist publications in Israel.He wrote:* Surrealisme de l'esprit, which appeared in Je Dis in 1950...
- Alexander TrocchiAlexander TrocchiAlexander Whitelaw Robertson Trocchi was a Scottish novelist.-Early career:Trocchi was born in Glasgow to a Scottish mother and Italian father. After working as a seaman on the Murmansk convoys, he attended University of Glasgow. On graduation he obtained a traveling grant that enabled him to...