Détournement

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When independent director Stephen Marshall tried shooting a remake of [Haskell Wexler's movie Medium Cool] at the recent Republican convention, star Rosario Dawson was accidentally rounded up in a police sweep of real protesters. When Marshall objected, he was arrested as well. (Newhouse News Service 13 Sept. 2004)

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Copyright attorneys earned the highest income among US professionals last year, taking first place in the income bracket for the sixth straight year. According to National Tax Service data submitted to Millennium Democratic Party Rep. Kim Hyo-seok on Wednesday, copyright lawyers earned an average of W473 million (about US$473,000) a head, followed by certified customs brokers with W349 million, other lawyers with W317 million, chartered accountants with W237 million and licensed tax accountants with W208 million. (Chosun Ilbo 14 Sept. 2005, 21:43 KST)

3 For a discussion of Bernstein, see (from the Situationists’ archive) <http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/9.artquestions.htm>. For a selection of the Chapmans’ work, including the piece called Hell, see <http://www.whitecube.com/artists/chapman/>.

4 Watch it on YouTube: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8to-x2ez91M>.

5 Visit Bracken's homepage: <http://www.lenbracken.com/index.html>.

6 See Home's Wikipedia entry: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Home>.

7 For stills and clips from Rebirth, see <http://www.rebirthofanation.com/>.

8 See an excerpt of the film on YouTube: <http://youtube.com/watch?v=13GA8JLW9qI&feature=related>. For an English translation of the voiceover, see <http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/debord.films/ingirum.htm>.

9 See QuickTime clips at <http://www.othercinemadvd.com/trib.html>.

10 Watch it at Dailymotion: <http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/evolution%2Bcontrol%2Bcommittee/video/x4n1x2_rocked-by-rape-the-evolution-contro_music>.

11 Visit Drew's homepage: <http://www.jessedrew.com/>.

12 See <http://www.robertcauble.com/alice_in_wonderland_or_who_is_guy_debord.html>.

13 See <http://www.on-rules-and-monsters.org/>.

14 Visit DJ Rabbi's homepage: <http://www.djrabbi.com/>.

15 Visit their homepage: <http://www.theyesmen.org/>.

16 Visit Farocki's homepage: <http://www.farocki-film.de/>.

17 See her Wikipedia entry: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Kraus>.

18 See their homepage: <http://www.critical-art.net/>.

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Not content with admiring Europe from afar, the Arab emirate of Dubai is to build a replica of Lyons under a £350m deal signed with the French city last week […] the obsession of Saeed al-Gandhi, a Dubai businessman. “He fell in love with Lyons while strolling along the river-bank,” said José Noya, an official at Lyons town hall. “He wants to recreate Lyons's soul.” Inspiration struck al-Gandhi while he was drawing up plans to build a French-language university in Dubai in partnership with the University of Lyons. Not wanting to be outdone by Abu Dhabi, another Arab emirate, which has announced it will build its own version of the Louvre, al-Gandhi hit upon the idea of “Lyons-Dubai City,” as the new metropolis will be known […] [T]he new Lyons will cover an area of about 700 acres, roughly the size of the Latin Quarter of Paris, and will contain squares, restaurants, cafes and museums […] Dubai is unlikely to want to copy the decrepit tower blocks that ring the real city, symbols of the urban violence that periodically plagues France. Nor is the country's recent smoking ban in public places expected to be exported. (Campbell)