Collective Inventions

Content by or about Collective Inventions, a situationist group based in San Jose, California in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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Consumer's Guide to The Jam - Collective Inventions (1982)

A situationist critique of rock group The Jam and popular music culture generally. Published in…

Defense Mechanisms - Collective Inventions (1980)

Situationist text on the geopolitical situation. Published in California, April 15 1980.

Unnatural Acts - Collective Inventions (1979)

A situationist text on the 1970s oil crisis and recession in California.

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Crimes of Freedom - Collective Inventions (1979)

Situationist text circulated at Gay Freedom Day march in San Francisco on June 24th 1979. The text expresses solidarity with participants in the…

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Order Order Order (Poland 1982) - Collective Inventions

Situationist wall poster about events in Poland. Published in California, 1982.

A detourned poster for the film Alien including the caption "in capitalist space no one can hear you scream"

Alienation - Collective Inventions (1979)

Situationist critique of Ridley Scott's film "Alien". Published in California, 1979.