Anti-Film

Détournement of images with writings of Guy Debord

Détournement / literal translation: hijack [ˈhaidʒӕk] noun the act of hijacking

In detournement, an artist reuses elements of well-known media to create a new work with a different message, often one opposed to the original. The term “detournement”, borrowed from the French, originated with the Situationist International; a similar term more familiar to English speakers would be “turnabout”, although this term is not used in academia and the arts world.

Detournement is similar to satirical parody, but employs more direct reuse or faithful mimicry of the original works rather than constructing a new work which merely alludes strongly to the original. It may be contrasted with recuperation, in which originally subversive works and ideas are themselves appropriated by mainstream media.

See Also: The Ring of Free Trade

Arabic: إخْتِطاف Chinese (Simplified): 抢劫 Chinese (Traditional): 搶劫 Czech: přepadení Danish: kapring Dutch: kaping Estonian: kaaperdamine Finnish: kaappaus French: détournement German: die Flugzeugentführung, der Überfall Greek: αεροπειρατεία Hungarian: gépeltérítés Icelandic: flugrán Indonesian: pembajakan Italian: dirottamento http://vulkan.wordpress.com/   for more videos see ZIPF at Daily Motion

Japanese: 乗っ取り Korean: 하이재킹 Latvian: lidmašīnas u.c. satiksmes līdzekļu nolaupīšana; aplaupīšana Lithuanian: pagrobimas, apiplėšimas Norwegian: flykapring Polish: porwanie, obrabowanie Portuguese (Brazil): seqüestro, assalto Portuguese (Portugal): sequestro Romanian: deturnare Russian: угон самолёта Slovak: prepadnutie Slovenian: ugrabitev letala Spanish: secuestro; asalto Swedish: kapning, rån Turkish: kaçırma