"Only taxis allow true freedom of movement. By travelling varying distances in a set time, they contribute to automatic disorientation. Since taxis are interchangeable, no connection is established with the "traveller" and they can be left anywhere and taken at random. A trip with no destination, diverted arbitrarily en route, is only possible with a taxi's essentially random itinerary."
(Quote taken from Bernstein, Michele, "Derive by the Mile", Potlach no.9-10-11, August 1954 in The Situationist International: A User's Guide by Simon Ford)
Emma- there's a great deal here that is good. I like the historical material references, and you have picked up on very good authors such as Simon Ford. The notes from class are also key in leading a way to how you can amalgamate into an essay. How would you for insatnce bring in Gavin Turk? On celebrity [ against] - is his work 'clever' or critical or does it fall into the type of art being produced that Badiou names as in the 'ego' particularist bracket? Perhaps you can pivot an argument from these notes about the failure of critical art, and also bring in an idea of teh generative possibilities of randomness of Fluxus and Situation.
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