{"product_id":"9780872863989-the-consul","title":"The Consul","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContributions to the History of the Situationist International and Its Time, Volume II\u003cbr\u003eInterviews from an extraordinary career dedicated to art, life, and revolt.\u003cbr\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 intelligence and dry wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProfusely illustrated with Rumney’s own photos, paintings, and collages and other documentary materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\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\n\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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55420590588278,"sku":"9780872863989","price":12.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27667501.jpg?v=1742884219","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780872863989-the-consul","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}