Keep walking intently : the ambulatory art of the Surrealists, the Situationist International, and Fluxus /
Walking, that most basic of human actions, was transformed in the twentieth century by Surrealism, the Situationist International and Fluxus into a tactic for revolutionizing everyday life. Each group chose locations in the urban landscape as sites, from the flea markets and bars of Paris to the sid...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin :
Sternberg Press,
[2017]
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| Summary: | Walking, that most basic of human actions, was transformed in the twentieth century by Surrealism, the Situationist International and Fluxus into a tactic for revolutionizing everyday life. Each group chose locations in the urban landscape as sites, from the flea markets and bars of Paris to the sidewalks of New York, and ambulation as the essential gesture. Keep Walking Intently traces the meandering and peculiar footsteps of these avantgarde artists as they moved through the city, encountering the marvelous, studying the environment and reenchanting the banal. Art historian Lori Waxman reveals the radical potential that walking holds for us all. |
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| Physical Description: | 285 pages : illustrations (some color), fascimiles ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783956792793 3956792793 |