IVIV (0) Epigraph

[János Székely]

To start my saga of IV as a (n at least partial) key to (some hitherto
surrealist-looking or apparently haphazard elements of) GR as a
comment on late 60s/early 70s reality:

"Sous les pavés, la plage" was a Situationist slogan.
http://www.cafebabel.com/fre/article/2995/situationnisme-les-idees-en-bataille.html

"With their ideas rooted in Marxism and the 20th century European
artistic avant-gardes, they advocated alternative life experiences to
fulfill human primitive desires and pursue a superior passional
quality. For this purpose they suggested and experimented with the
construction of situations, namely the setting up of environments
favorable for the fulfillment of such desires. [...]

They fought against the main obstacle on the fulfillment of such
superior passional living, identified by them in advanced capitalism."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situationist_International

Viz. the activities of  The Counterforce or Der Platz.

Also follow the link to Psychogeography for some surprisingly fitting
formulations (but in relation to IV that may already be SPOILER City).

János

2009/8/16 Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>:
> Under the paving-stones, the beach!
> GRAFFITO, PARIS, MAY 1968
>
>
> May 1968 - The beach was a nod to a slogan from the May 1968 protests
> that shook French society: “sous les pavés, la plage” — under the
> cobblestones, the beach. For a discussion of the various shades of
> meaning behind this slogan, click here. Protests against changes to
> ...The beach was a nod to a slogan from the May 1968 protests that
> shook French society: “sous les pavés, la plage” — under the
> cobblestones, the beach. For a discussion of the various shades of
> meaning behind this slogan, click here. Protests against changes to
> French higher education policy have been going on for two months, and
> administrators now say that if the disruption does not end after
> Easter, the spring semester may be lost entirely
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=Sous+les+pav%C3%A9s,+la+plage&hl=en&sa=G&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=zDmHStqXO5GiMPHDiOsE&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=16
>
> "Sous les pavés, la plage" - slogan dating from the 1968 Paris student
> riots. Literally, it refers to the paving stones thrown at the police.
> Figuratively, it refers to the ideal life to be found beneath the
> confines of society.
>
> http://inherent-vice.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_1#Epigraph
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1968_in_France#Slogans_and_graffiti
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1968_in_France
> http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mai_68#Quelques_slogans_soixante-huitards.2C_.C3.A9crits_et_scand.C3.A9s
> http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mai_68
>
> Cf. ...
>
> "If under the street and under the sea are the same thing then he was
> king of both." (V., Ch. 8, Sec. i, p. 215)
>
> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0103&msg=53656
>
>