Monday, October 24, 2011

Intro to Layar+Psychogeography

First off, I'm not sure whether we have discussed about psychogeography in class, which according to Guy Debord, a founding member of Situtationist International, is "the study of the precise laws and specific effects of the geographical environment, consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behavior of individuals."

Now the task of the activity of the map is to imagine that you are running with an unlit Olympic torch at the start [1]. You then run to some fire [2], which leads you to a lit Olympic torch [3], and finally, you must make your way to the grass area within the concave boundaries of the outside Burk Hall building. You are running on a track [4] and you have to reach the rock, which you will stand up and bestow upon your torch with your phone.

It's an experiment within virtual space and psychogeography, to which your imagination will be dependent upon something that doesn't exist in a physical context, rather virtual.

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