www.affinityproject.org
This site is utterly bizarre, mainly linking to on-line dating web-sites but also containing information useful for countering bullying in the workplace or classroom as well as a link to an Ohio nursing organisation. Perhaps I am missing some kind of surreal joke, but I can't quite see the link to psychogeography. I suspect the URL has been hacked. Not useful, unless you are a buddhist looking for someone special in your life......
This site is utterly bizarre, mainly linking to on-line dating web-sites but also containing information useful for countering bullying in the workplace or classroom as well as a link to an Ohio nursing organisation. Perhaps I am missing some kind of surreal joke, but I can't quite see the link to psychogeography. I suspect the URL has been hacked. Not useful, unless you are a buddhist looking for someone special in your life......
www.uncarved.org/AAA/groups.html
For those of you who are feeling that planet Earth is going to the dogs, then this might be the site for you as its stated mission is:
Unlike bureaucratic state controlled space agencies, the AAA develops as a non-hierarchical network of like-minded groups around the world dedicated to local, community-based space exploration programmes. Here is a list of the AAA branches we know about. Make contact to find out about their specific interests and projects, and/or start your own.
Please note that this list categorises groups by country for reasons of convenience only. The AAA does not endorse any ideas connected to Nations and/or States and these ideas will be superceded as part of the process of forming independent communties in outer space.
This archival list was last updated by Raido AAA on 23/4/00.
AAA, by the way, stands for 'Associations of Autonomous Astronauts'. I only explored a few of the links, but by way of indicating the general feel of the site I thought I might share a few psychogeographical nuggets from the somewhat unfortunately named 'Nocturnal Emissions'.
You will be glad to learn that there is a book forthcoming (well was forthcoming in 1999, Messrs Emissions are probably too busy planning the next mission to update the site too often). Anyway, Network News from 'Earthly Delights' promises:
Sinister beasts, earth mysteries, the occult shenanigans of the royal family, the occult symbolism of British currency, time travelling punk rockers, Nocturnal Emissions merchandising and much, much more...
For those of you who are feeling that planet Earth is going to the dogs, then this might be the site for you as its stated mission is:
Unlike bureaucratic state controlled space agencies, the AAA develops as a non-hierarchical network of like-minded groups around the world dedicated to local, community-based space exploration programmes. Here is a list of the AAA branches we know about. Make contact to find out about their specific interests and projects, and/or start your own.
Please note that this list categorises groups by country for reasons of convenience only. The AAA does not endorse any ideas connected to Nations and/or States and these ideas will be superceded as part of the process of forming independent communties in outer space.
This archival list was last updated by Raido AAA on 23/4/00.
AAA, by the way, stands for 'Associations of Autonomous Astronauts'. I only explored a few of the links, but by way of indicating the general feel of the site I thought I might share a few psychogeographical nuggets from the somewhat unfortunately named 'Nocturnal Emissions'.
You will be glad to learn that there is a book forthcoming (well was forthcoming in 1999, Messrs Emissions are probably too busy planning the next mission to update the site too often). Anyway, Network News from 'Earthly Delights' promises:
Sinister beasts, earth mysteries, the occult shenanigans of the royal family, the occult symbolism of British currency, time travelling punk rockers, Nocturnal Emissions merchandising and much, much more...
Nocturnal Emissions feature musicians and video artists too. You might enjoy...
or
http://www.earthlydelights.co.uk/archive/nevideos.html
Or perhaps, like me, maybe you have have not yet reached the stage of pataphysical enlightenment to fully appreciate the majestic vision on offer.
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www.thing.de/projekte/7:9%23/berndt_dialectical_1mm.html
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www.christinaray.cpm
Oops! where have all the pyschogeographers gone - alien abduction, or has Jobcentreplus finally caught up with them?
Oops! where have all the pyschogeographers gone - alien abduction, or has Jobcentreplus finally caught up with them?
www.londonperambulator.wordpress.com
This site provides a very useful archive of activity relating to the literary practices associated with pyschogeography in London over recent years. It features contributions from Iain Sinclair, Will Self, and Russel Brand and features the work of Nick Papadimitriou, whose practice of 'deep topography' has been influential. A useful summary of these developments is given in a short piece by BBC Newsnight, which features the work of Papadimitriou, but also presents a slightly more critical perspective of terminology surrounding these writers in an interview with veteran British naturalist, Richard Mabey.
www.unpopular.demon.co.uk/lpa/organisations/lpa.html
Ths site contained a small archive of material from the London Psychographical Association. It is difficult to date the material, but references to to contemporary events - Annus Horribulus, for example - suggest the early 1990's. The material provides an insight into the concerns, styles of expression and communication of the British variemnt of Situationalism. It appears to be more closely associated with the mix of dada styled pranksterism of Lettrist precursors than the style of Debord's post 1968 Situationalism in which evermore convoluted, hard-left discourse, conducted in an increasingly sentorious style, eventually resulted in Situationalism in Paris being reduced to a minority of one - Debord himself.
This site provides a very useful archive of activity relating to the literary practices associated with pyschogeography in London over recent years. It features contributions from Iain Sinclair, Will Self, and Russel Brand and features the work of Nick Papadimitriou, whose practice of 'deep topography' has been influential. A useful summary of these developments is given in a short piece by BBC Newsnight, which features the work of Papadimitriou, but also presents a slightly more critical perspective of terminology surrounding these writers in an interview with veteran British naturalist, Richard Mabey.
www.unpopular.demon.co.uk/lpa/organisations/lpa.html
Ths site contained a small archive of material from the London Psychographical Association. It is difficult to date the material, but references to to contemporary events - Annus Horribulus, for example - suggest the early 1990's. The material provides an insight into the concerns, styles of expression and communication of the British variemnt of Situationalism. It appears to be more closely associated with the mix of dada styled pranksterism of Lettrist precursors than the style of Debord's post 1968 Situationalism in which evermore convoluted, hard-left discourse, conducted in an increasingly sentorious style, eventually resulted in Situationalism in Paris being reduced to a minority of one - Debord himself.
www.lutherblissett.net
The prologue sums It up really:
In 1994, hundreds of European artists, activists and pranksters adopted and shared the same identity.
They all called themselves Luther Blissett and set to raising hell in the cultural industry. It was a five year plan.
The prologue sums It up really:
In 1994, hundreds of European artists, activists and pranksters adopted and shared the same identity.
They all called themselves Luther Blissett and set to raising hell in the cultural industry. It was a five year plan.
They worked together to tell the world a great story, create a legend, give birth to a new kind of folk hero.
In January 2000, some of them regrouped as Wu Ming.
The latter project, albeit more focused on literature and storytelling in the narrowest sense of the word, is no less radical than the old one.
In January 2000, some of them regrouped as Wu Ming.
The latter project, albeit more focused on literature and storytelling in the narrowest sense of the word, is no less radical than the old one.
An interview from 1997 concerning pychogeographical activities in Manchester. It is interesting in its discussion of why pschogeography is more than just 'new age' local history. Thoughtful too concering northern attitudes, especially male ones. concerning the avante-garde and 'alternative' lifestyles:
We have a problem with the "northern hardcase" mentality fostered locally in the upbringing of young males. This is a result of industrial culture, obviously, and something Manchester has in common with lots of other places, including parts of London. We have noticed, though, a reluctance on the part of northern males to ditch older modes of brutalised behaviour and recognise the fact that the manufacturing industries which shaped this behaviour in the past are now no more. The grotesque sexual parodies which the industrial city gave rise to, are no longer necessary to get by.
The hardcase should be obsolete, but hangs on. What future has he got?
Females are changing, because of the possibilities of work that are, apparently, open to them, in the postmodern workplace (an idea Sadie Plant has been exploring in her book Zeros and Ones). Men on the other hand are refusing to change, because to change, sexually, is to cave in to some of the basic fears which have created and reinforced the entire sense of male identity.
Bisexual and transsexual identity and activity were, in the local past, ridiculed, and are ridiculed still, possibly because they threaten the traditional industrial male's sense of well-being. Also the act of ridicule creates an important aspect of the male I.D. Ridiculing the "other" is something the male hardcase does, part of the way he proves himself.
Therefore the history of gays and transsexuals in the north is fascinating to us, especially when we see evidence for its practice in nineteenth century, industrial Manchester. MAP isn't a gay-lobby, particularly. All we are pointing out is that the success of phenomena like the Gay Village/Canal Street zone in Manchester is an obvious example of culture developing in a binary opposite to the male-hardcase version of the city around it. Many people who aren't gay flock to this "opposite" version of the city, simply because it feels safer and friendlier, despite the fact that violence does occur there. Last year, notably, a young female graduate was murdered after getting into a car which she mistook for a taxi, in the Gay Village. The driver was a man with a history of violence towards women. This "hardcase" was possibly cruising Canal Street because it is so popular and crowded at the weekends
Some interesting material here on the New York version of pyschogeography - which seems more allied to community activism the the dada-esque pranks of the European variant. Some good links to material relating to both the Lettrists and Situationalism in France during the 70s.
http://fasica.altervista.org/npu/index.htm
A range of material gathered together by Nottingham psychogeographers - with links to a variety of 'mental mapping' workshops in Manchester and Amsterdam. The case for developing subjective, inner' geography is argued here:
http://fasica.altervista.org/geografie/geo_en.htm
http://devenirnomada.blogspot.com/2005/03/psychogeography-in-prague_24.html
A wide range of psychogeographical activities are recorded here, and an attempt to list actions that might be deemed psychogeographical enacted in different countries over the past 50 years. Looking at the list it includes activities which might be regarded as 'happenings' and some activity similar to 'Land-art' and other conceptual art events. An interesting range, including one artist who decided that selling sausages from a hot-dog stand was a significant cultural act. http://kazil.home.xs4all.nl/advart03.html#poetry
A wide range of psychogeographical activities are recorded here, and an attempt to list actions that might be deemed psychogeographical enacted in different countries over the past 50 years. Looking at the list it includes activities which might be regarded as 'happenings' and some activity similar to 'Land-art' and other conceptual art events. An interesting range, including one artist who decided that selling sausages from a hot-dog stand was a significant cultural act. http://kazil.home.xs4all.nl/advart03.html#poetry
www.psychogeography.ca/
This site contains an extensive blog of psychogeographical walks undertaken by a group based in Toronto.
They describe themselves as follows:
The Toronto Psychogeography Society is a loose collection of relentless flâneurs, explorers and walkers. The word psychogeography was coined by the Situationist Guy Debord. It describes the specific effects of the geographical environment on the emotions and behaviour of individuals. The streets of Toronto become a playground, and each route presents a new urban adventure as participants step out of their daily routine and explore the city's overlooked corners to imagine the dynamics of a better future urban environment.
One project interested me in particular - a documentary which placed peoples recollections of an are in mobile phone messages posted within their neighbourhood which enables visitors to 'walk through an oral history. An interesting variant of the 'voceti' idea. http://murmurtoronto.ca/about.php
This site contains an extensive blog of psychogeographical walks undertaken by a group based in Toronto.
They describe themselves as follows:
The Toronto Psychogeography Society is a loose collection of relentless flâneurs, explorers and walkers. The word psychogeography was coined by the Situationist Guy Debord. It describes the specific effects of the geographical environment on the emotions and behaviour of individuals. The streets of Toronto become a playground, and each route presents a new urban adventure as participants step out of their daily routine and explore the city's overlooked corners to imagine the dynamics of a better future urban environment.
One project interested me in particular - a documentary which placed peoples recollections of an are in mobile phone messages posted within their neighbourhood which enables visitors to 'walk through an oral history. An interesting variant of the 'voceti' idea. http://murmurtoronto.ca/about.php
www.xs$all.nl/~kazil/
An extensive collection of material from Rotterdam ranging from photographs of UFOs to accounts of free climbing and articles about 'The Green Man'. as well as the usual algorithimic walks.
An extensive collection of material from Rotterdam ranging from photographs of UFOs to accounts of free climbing and articles about 'The Green Man'. as well as the usual algorithimic walks.
www.bopsecrets.org/
As well as useful material relating to Situationalism - including translations of Debords film scripts - there is an interesting interview about the 'occupy' movement in tthe USA and Canada. http://www.bopsecrets.org/recent/occupy-looking-back.htm
As well as useful material relating to Situationalism - including translations of Debords film scripts - there is an interesting interview about the 'occupy' movement in tthe USA and Canada. http://www.bopsecrets.org/recent/occupy-looking-back.htm
The question is, where does a pschogeographical sense of the uniqueness of place end, and a life-style, Sunday supplement yearning for 'retro' begin. Read this site about the demise of the tubular steel chair and formica tabled local caff; you decide. As for me I'm a philistine if the machiatto is better in the local Costa, I'll go there.
www.flaneur.me.uk
If the classiccafe site led you to suspect that the fate of psychogeography was to mutate quickly through the radical chic phase before being consumed as a cultural canope by the great Wen's chattering multitudes - then 'The Flaneur' mag. assures us all that gentrification has already happened.
www.notbored.org
An extensive archive this 'autonomous, situationist-inspired, low-budget, irregularly published journal'.
The contents of this edition give you a taste of what is on offer:
(July 2013): Special 30th Anniversary Issue: Ryan M. Rogers Reviews the NOT BORED! Anthology; Marc Lenot on Guy Debord; Guy Debord in 2009: Laughing or Spinning?; The Real Split in John McHale's Translation of The Real Split; On Gianfranco Sanguinetti's text on The Pussy; On Gianfranco Sanguinetti's text on Miroslav Tichy; What Rachel Kushner Knows About Gianfranco Sanguinetti; What Rachel Kushner Knows About Guy Debord; On Wayne Spencer's Call for a New Situationist International; McKenzie Wark's Stunted Publicity; Non Serviam: McKenzie Wark is Full of Shit; Is McKenzie Wark a Plagiarist?; Omissions and Errors in McKenzie Wark’s The Spectacle of Disintegration.
An extensive archive this 'autonomous, situationist-inspired, low-budget, irregularly published journal'.
The contents of this edition give you a taste of what is on offer:
(July 2013): Special 30th Anniversary Issue: Ryan M. Rogers Reviews the NOT BORED! Anthology; Marc Lenot on Guy Debord; Guy Debord in 2009: Laughing or Spinning?; The Real Split in John McHale's Translation of The Real Split; On Gianfranco Sanguinetti's text on The Pussy; On Gianfranco Sanguinetti's text on Miroslav Tichy; What Rachel Kushner Knows About Gianfranco Sanguinetti; What Rachel Kushner Knows About Guy Debord; On Wayne Spencer's Call for a New Situationist International; McKenzie Wark's Stunted Publicity; Non Serviam: McKenzie Wark is Full of Shit; Is McKenzie Wark a Plagiarist?; Omissions and Errors in McKenzie Wark’s The Spectacle of Disintegration.
www.nothingness.org/SI/
The nearest thing you'll get to an 'official' archive of the Situationalist International
The nearest thing you'll get to an 'official' archive of the Situationalist International
www.year01.com/forum/issue12/links.html
Another site with an extensive list of psychgeographical sites. Some appear to have been hacked and now operate as on-line shopping sites.
Another site with an extensive list of psychgeographical sites. Some appear to have been hacked and now operate as on-line shopping sites.
www.cddc.vt.edu/sionline/index.html
Again, an attempt to pull together a comprehensive list of material relating to Situationists, their precursors and followers. A good timeline - later parts of the site are 'still under construction'.
Again, an attempt to pull together a comprehensive list of material relating to Situationists, their precursors and followers. A good timeline - later parts of the site are 'still under construction'.
This seems to have been taken over by a Californian Media/Graphic design outfit.
www.stewarthomesociety.org/
An entire site dedicated to the legendary Stewart Home, a legendary figure in the London art scene from the punk era onwards, His legendary Wikepedia entry states "The Neoist Alliance was a moniker used by Home between 1994 and 1999 for his mock-occult psychogeographical activities. According to Home, the alliance was an occult order with himself as the magus and only member. Check the site out, I am sure you will agree it's legendary.
An entire site dedicated to the legendary Stewart Home, a legendary figure in the London art scene from the punk era onwards, His legendary Wikepedia entry states "The Neoist Alliance was a moniker used by Home between 1994 and 1999 for his mock-occult psychogeographical activities. According to Home, the alliance was an occult order with himself as the magus and only member. Check the site out, I am sure you will agree it's legendary.
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