Playmates and Playboys at a Higher Level: J. V. Martin and the Situationist International

While the actions and writings of the French, Italian and German situationists have received quite a lot of attention during the last 10 to 15 years, the actions of the Danish section remain largely unevaluated. This is peculiar since a number of Danish artists like Asger Jorn, Jrgen Nash, J. V. Martin and Peter Laugesen were members of this artistic-political organisation, which devoted its existence to the realisation of nothing less than a mental revolution. Danish painter J.V. Martin, after the infamous split in the Situationist International in 1962, was unexpectedly put in charge of the groups Scandinavian section. This pocket sized reader, edited by art historian and political theorist Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen who is known for his books on revolutionary traditions in modern art, is the first presentation of Martins writings and paintings within the SI, in which he would remain a member until the groups dissolution in 1972.