'Psychogeography is a term coined by a bunch of avant-garde European upstarts known as the Situationists in the 1950s and 60s to refer to the impact that ones surroundings has upon ones emotion and psyche. The Situationists were rebelling against the way urban planning had dumbed-down individuals' connection to their surroundings by locking residents into prescribed patterns of movement. Through setting off on derivés, literally walking "drifts" about the urban landscape, the Situationists sought to reconnect individual with the environment.'
These are some questions we got given to help us research about Psychogeography:
Who and what are the Situationists International?
Who is Guy Debord and what role did he play in Psychogeography?
Who is Will Self and what contribution does he make to Psychogeography?
Who is Iain Sinclair and what makes him a Psychogeographer?
What is a Flaneur?
Who is J G Ballard and what role does he play in Psychogeography?
Who is Richard Wentworth and whats his engagement with Psychogeography?
These are some questions we got given to help us research about Psychogeography:
Who and what are the Situationists International?
Who is Guy Debord and what role did he play in Psychogeography?
Who is Will Self and what contribution does he make to Psychogeography?
Who is Iain Sinclair and what makes him a Psychogeographer?
What is a Flaneur?
Who is J G Ballard and what role does he play in Psychogeography?
Who is Richard Wentworth and whats his engagement with Psychogeography?
This is what I found out when researching more into Psychogeography to help me understand and learn more about it.
The Situationist International formed as an underground group emerged from a fusion of several artistic groups. The result was a group that sought to redefine revolutionary practice. While heavily influenced by avant-grande artistic movements and Marxist theory, the situationist international renounced artistic bohemianism, proposing instead a critique of capitalism that weighted heavily in favour of the spontaneous realisation of the revolutionary potential of everyday life.
The leading figure was the writer and film maker Guy Debord. The situationist international developed a critique of capitalism based on a mixture of marxism and surrealism. Guy Debord was the leader of the situationist international. In 1967 he published 'Society Of The Spectacle', his major work. In his book he talks about how the spectacle, or the domination of life by images, has subsumed all other forms of domination.
Another person who is involved in Psychogeography is Will Self. 'Psychogeography: Disentangling The Modern Conundrum Of Psyche And Place' is a collection of 55 essays from british author Will Self's 'Independent' column. Will Self is a walker and 100 mile treks are common place for him. As a student of Psychogeography he found fulfilment in his long walks, it had something to do with the way physical world and the mind intersect to create experience, and thats what his book is, a collection of his essays about his walks around the world.
Someone else who is a Psychogeographer is Iain Sinclair. Iain Sinclair is a fan of walking in cities and researching aspects of cities pasts and writing novels about it. People feel he is an icon of Psychogeography but he doesn't like to be associated with it he said "It's a nuisance. Its something which existed in the late 50s and early 60s that disappeared for many years and then was reinvented simply as a provocative device, and now its become pretty much anything you want it to mean."
A flaneur is a person who walks the city in order to experience it. A flaneur's tendency towards detached but aesthetically attuned observation has brought term into the literature of photography, particularly street photography.
What I could find out about J G Ballard was that he was born in 1930, he was a novelist. One of his novels 'Empire Of The Sun' in 1984 won several prizes and was made into a film by Steven Spielburg. In his novels he explored the contradictions of the modern world.
Richard Wentworth's connection to Psychogeography has been that he often makes use of walking as a starting point for the creation of art. He goes on his own personal journey through the city and makes his own creative marks within it.
These are the places I found my information for this:
www.tate.org.uk
www.affinityproject.org
www.egs.edu
www.worldhum.com
www.patrickkingsley.co.uk
www.wikipedia.com
www.guardian.co.uk
The Situationist International formed as an underground group emerged from a fusion of several artistic groups. The result was a group that sought to redefine revolutionary practice. While heavily influenced by avant-grande artistic movements and Marxist theory, the situationist international renounced artistic bohemianism, proposing instead a critique of capitalism that weighted heavily in favour of the spontaneous realisation of the revolutionary potential of everyday life.
The leading figure was the writer and film maker Guy Debord. The situationist international developed a critique of capitalism based on a mixture of marxism and surrealism. Guy Debord was the leader of the situationist international. In 1967 he published 'Society Of The Spectacle', his major work. In his book he talks about how the spectacle, or the domination of life by images, has subsumed all other forms of domination.
Another person who is involved in Psychogeography is Will Self. 'Psychogeography: Disentangling The Modern Conundrum Of Psyche And Place' is a collection of 55 essays from british author Will Self's 'Independent' column. Will Self is a walker and 100 mile treks are common place for him. As a student of Psychogeography he found fulfilment in his long walks, it had something to do with the way physical world and the mind intersect to create experience, and thats what his book is, a collection of his essays about his walks around the world.
Someone else who is a Psychogeographer is Iain Sinclair. Iain Sinclair is a fan of walking in cities and researching aspects of cities pasts and writing novels about it. People feel he is an icon of Psychogeography but he doesn't like to be associated with it he said "It's a nuisance. Its something which existed in the late 50s and early 60s that disappeared for many years and then was reinvented simply as a provocative device, and now its become pretty much anything you want it to mean."
A flaneur is a person who walks the city in order to experience it. A flaneur's tendency towards detached but aesthetically attuned observation has brought term into the literature of photography, particularly street photography.
What I could find out about J G Ballard was that he was born in 1930, he was a novelist. One of his novels 'Empire Of The Sun' in 1984 won several prizes and was made into a film by Steven Spielburg. In his novels he explored the contradictions of the modern world.
Richard Wentworth's connection to Psychogeography has been that he often makes use of walking as a starting point for the creation of art. He goes on his own personal journey through the city and makes his own creative marks within it.
These are the places I found my information for this:
www.tate.org.uk
www.affinityproject.org
www.egs.edu
www.worldhum.com
www.patrickkingsley.co.uk
www.wikipedia.com
www.guardian.co.uk
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