Keep walking intently : the ambulatory art of the Surrealists, the Situationist International, and Fluxus / Lori Waxman.
Material type: TextPublication details: Berlin : Sternberg Press, ©2017. Description: 285 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 9783956792793Subject(s): Internationale situationniste -- History | Walking in artLOC classification: N8259 | .W396 2017Abstract: 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 avant-garde artists as they moved through the city, encountering the marvelous, studying the environment, and re-enchanting the banal. Art historian Lori Waxman reveals the radical potential that walking holds for us all.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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 avant-garde artists as they moved through the city, encountering the marvelous, studying the environment, and re-enchanting the banal. Art historian Lori Waxman reveals the radical potential that walking holds for us all.
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