The Museum Tinguely presents the most extensive exhibition hitherto on the Situationist International that was founded on July 28, 1957. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its foundation, 400 exhibits will illustrate this last important avant-garde movement that counted 72 artists among its members, with sections in Germany, Holland, America, North Africa and elsewhere, rescuing it from oblivion.

More visuals of the book here.

The title of the exhitibion, In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni is a 1978 French language film by Guy Debord. This film, which was meant to be Debord’s last one, is largely autobiographical but begins with a thorough and pitiless critique of the spectator.

The title of the movie is a palindrome known as “the Devil’s verse.” It is Latin for “We enter the circle at night and are consumed by fire”, and was said to describe the behavior of moths. It is likely from medieval rather than ancient times.