“We must change life,' the poet [Rimbaud] had written, and so the Situationists set out to transform everyday life in the modern world through a comprehensive program that included above all else the construction of 'situations' -- defined in 1958 as moments of life 'concretely and deliberately constructed by the collective organization of a unitary ambiance and a play of events' -- but that also necessary entailed the supersession of philosophy, the realization of art, the abolition of politics, and the fall of the 'spectacle-commodity economy.” ArtArchitectureSituations1Rimbaud Book:The Situationists and the City: A Reader Source: The Situationists and the City: A Reader
“We are bored in the city, to still discover mysteries on the signs along the street, latest state of humor and poetry, requires getting damned tired... Gilles Ivain (aka Ivan Chtcheglov)” ArtArchitectureCityModernizationSituationist33 Book:The Situationists and the City: A Reader Source: The Situationists and the City: A Reader
“The architect, like other workers in our endeavor, is facing the inevitability of a change of profession: he [sic] will no longer be a builder of forms alone, but a builder of complete ambiances.” ArchitectureCitySituationist108 Book:The Situationists and the City: A Reader Source: The Situationists and the City: A Reader