February 03, 2004

Psychogeography

How do ideas surrounding the Situationist's psychogeographical investigations sit with the Drift Table? Is a dérive still a dérive if you're not really there?

Psychogeography
The study of the precise effects of geographical setting, consciously managed or not, acting directly on the mood and behaviour of the individual (Internationale Situationiste, 1, June 1958).
Dérive
An experimental mode of behaviour linked to the conditions of urban society: a technique for hastily passing through varied environments (Internationale Situationiste, 1, June 1958).

Some links:

  1. Theory of the Dérive - Guy Debord
  2. Psychogeography and the dérive
  3. Wikipedia: Psychogeography

Posted by Jack on February 3, 2004 02:10 PM
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