It is a matter of finding, of opening up, the 'Northwest Passage' towards a new revolution that cannot tolerate masses of executants, a revolution that must surge over that central terrain which has until now been sheltered from revolutionary upheavals: the conquest of everyday life. We shall only organise the detonation: the free explosion must escape us and any other control forever.
Tied in with this idea of subversive art was the myth of the Northwest Passage. A slightly more slippery concept than détournement, the Northwest Passage boiled down to the belief that you can find an instant route to total change; through a mystical blend of imagination and belief in Art (with a capital A), you could destroy the city that existed and create a new city that represented your own desires.
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