Guy Debord, Asger Jorn : Mémoires (1958–) [French, English] — Monoskop Log
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Mémoires [Memories] is an artist’s book made by Asger Jorn in collaboration with Guy Debord. Published in December 1958, it is the second of their two collaborative books whilst they were both members of the Situationist International. Second issue of the same book, in slightly different format, appeared in Copenhagen in 1959.
“The pages consist of phrases, photos, drawings and cartoons that Debord cut out of other works, and then pasted up in a randomly suggestive manner. Debord then had Jorn taint these ‘prefabricated elements’ with paint. The colors suggest possible readings of the phrases or simply lend a mood to the images. These plates were then bound in sand-paper to destroy any other books it came into contact with–Debord calls them an anti-book. The book was published at Jorn’s expense and given away as a sumptuous gift to friends.” (adapted from L. Bracken, Guy Debord, 1997, pp 34-35)
Publisher L’Internationale situationniste, 1958
[64] pages
