The Consul
Contributions to the History of the Situationist International and Its Time, Vol. 2
Ralph Rumney(Author)
Verso Books (Publisher)
Published on 8. August 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
130 pages
978-1-85984-395-6 (ISBN)
Description
Throughout his adventurous life, Raloh Rumney was in constant flight from the wreckage of postwar Europe. Crossing paths every avante-garde of the past fifty years, he was one of the founding members of the Situationist International. Rumney's friends, lovers and travelling companions-Guy Debord, Pegeen Guggenheim Asger Jorn, Michele Bernstein, Bernard Kops, Yves Klein, Marcel Duchamp, Georges Bataille, William Burroughs, Felix Guattari, E. P. Thompson, Victor Brauner, and many others-are recalled in the oral history of The Consul with sharp intelligence and dry wit.
Reviews / Votes
The Consul 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 * Art Press *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
200 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85984-395-6 (9781859843956)
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Persons
Ralph 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 The Leaning Tower of Venice, a fabled psychogeographical exploration of that city.