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March 15, 2004
Guy Debord in the Society of the Spectacle says the spectacle is not just a collection of images; rather it is the social relationship between people that is mediated by images. In all its manifestations--news, propaganda, advertising and entertainment--- it epitomises the prevailing mode of social life. It is a self-portrait of power.
There is an interview with Henri Lefebvre by Kristin Ross on the Situationists and Guy debord over at Spurious The situationists in the 1960s appear to be very similar to, and a continuation of the surrealists in the 1930s.
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