Guy Debord's seminal work has played an important role since April when I read it. One of the reasons so, is because it was written in the 1960's and this made me realise that the published battle for anti-consumerism has started many years ago. I was aware of the fact that the 1960's were proliferous in movements, but it was both reassuring and frustrating that so many academic, political and artistic voices weren't being listened to. Nowadays this still happens but in extremist mode: we have extremely liberated societies and extremely oppressed ones. 

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The commentary I appreciate and feel its still relevant to our society nowadays it's the fact that images mediate our experience of life. Some of us are passive spectators, others aren't, but because we have access to an interminable amount of images at our finger tips this is substituting quality with quantity. We now know of the pain that is taking over many more communities around the world but we have no idea of the intensity, intricacies that may destabilize consequences in ways that distance or story telling doesn’t grasp. 

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Debord was one of the main founders of the Situationist group, which developed the idea of détournement. Détournement is when an idea is turned against itself. This is an interesting twist I had already observed taking form in art practices such as Brandalism and FREEE, but it was only when coming across détournement in writing I realized it was indeed a politicized strategy. I am operating in this arena.