90 Years Ago Today
Monday 28th of December 1931Theorist, writer, filmmaker and founding member of the Situationist International Guy Ernest Debord is born in Paris, Île-de-France, France. On 14 August 1932, Ernest Debord and his family arrived in London. Ernest started working in publishing, teaching English to an American audience and earning a B from the London School of Economics in 1953. When Ernest returned to his hometown of Barcelona, Luis Enrique arrived at the British Isles, bringing him home to Barcelona. Ernest has published more than 30 books and films, and is still working on "The Crisis of Art" and others. He founded the Situationist International Guy Ernest Debord. In his last few years his work focused on the art and the struggles of young people as opposed to politicians or "political leaders", people like Hitler, Stalin, Mao and so on. He has studied and worked on numerous works, including "Sorcerorials for Art", "The End of Fascism", "The Art of Resistance", "The Art of Conflict", "An Open Letter to the Political Culture", and a number of other works to inspire others to pursue the art of art instead of politicians, the media or others. On 1 January 1963 Ernest received the Golden Lion award from the British Museum for his "art for life" project. He is survived by his wife Eunice, parents, Maria and Ernest and brother and sister.
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