Tag Archives: Guy Debord

Spectacle 2 – “The More You Consume, The Less You Live”

Posted on October 20, 2009 by

With regards to our first assignment, I have been looking at the idea of Guy Debord’s about mass consumerism and the hold it has on us. In today’s lecture we were introduced to Larry Law and the quote “the more you … Continue reading →

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Spectacle – Guy Debord 2

Posted on October 18, 2009 by

To the extent that necessity is socially dreamed, the dream becomes necessary. The spectacle is the nightmare of imprisoned modern society which ultimately expresses nothing more than its desire to sleep. The spectacle is the guardian of sleep. (Guy Debord, … Continue reading →

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Spectacle: Guy Debord

Posted on October 18, 2009 by

After Monday’s lecture/seminar, I realised that Spectacle is far more than a definition we can pull out of a dictionary. We looked at Guy Debord, who I found had very interesting view of spectacle. The quote below (taken from Monday … Continue reading →

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