Saturday 20 August 2011

Down town: 10 exercises upon the idea that rioters are produced by riots

8.
Are there lilac trees in the heart of town?/Can you hear a lark in any other part of town?/Does enchantment pour out of every door?
On The Street Where You Live



i.
Riot realises the predominant values of society, but in the form of a crime against those values. 

ii.
Revolt is never more than the shedding of the energy of revolt... it is the search for a return path to a less critical mode of behaviour.