{"product_id":"the-consul-contributions-to-the-history-of-the-situationist-international-and-its-time-volume-ii-paperback","title":"The Consul: Contributions to the History of the Situationist International and Its Time, Volume II - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRalph Rumney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMalcolm Imrie\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout his adventurous life, Ralph Rumney was in constant flight from the wreckage of postwar Europe. Crossing paths with every avant-garde of the past fifty years, he was one of the founding members of the Situationist International. Rumney's traveling companions -- Guy Debord, Pegeen Guggenheim, Asger Jorn, Michèle Berstein, Bernard Kops, Yves Klein, Marcel Duchamp, Georges Bataille, William Burroughs, Félix Guattari, E.P. Thompson, Victor Brauner, and many others -- are recalled in the oral history with sharp intelligåence and dry wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfusely illustrated with Rumney's own photos, paintings, and collages and other documentary materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Consul\u003c\/i\u003e regains that magnificent freedom that a handful of people enjoyed and shared with artists, writers and others, in a world whose password was total, unfailing rejection of the world. --Judith Brouste, \u003ci\u003eArt Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...fine compendium of the most poetic of political writings, albeit still a partial measure for fans, followers and future revolutionaries awaiting the complete translations of the journal Situationist Internationale. --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRalph Rumney (1934 - 2002), was the sole member of the London Psychogeographical Society, a founding organization of the Situationist International (1957). He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Leaning Tower of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e, a fabled psychogeographical exploration of that city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalcolm Imrie is a literary agent and translator whose translations include Guy Debord's \u003ci\u003eComments on the Society of the Spectacle\u003c\/i\u003e and Josè Pierre's \u003ci\u003eInvestigating Sex: Surrealist Discussions 1928 - 1932\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 125\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 8.98 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758132068640,"sku":"9780872863989","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/93eb3aef9b6b99ce4affe53d7147a373.webp?v=1780118822","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-consul-contributions-to-the-history-of-the-situationist-international-and-its-time-volume-ii-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}