[spectre] Psychogeographic Guide Of Riga

[Andreas Broeckmann]

PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY OF RIGA
Psychogeography is "the study of the effects of geographical settings
on the mood and behaviour of the individual". Guy Debord, founder of
the Situationist International, invented psychogeography during the
1950s - and a big revival is under way today. Psychogeographers who
gathered in New York recently, for the first Psy-Geo-Conflux,
conducted experimental walks using computer code, decks of cards, and
other systems for navigation. There followed an event in Riga, called
Re-public, in which artists intervened in cafÈs, railway stations,
parks, and pharmacies, on the city's outskirts. The opening event,
Moskovskij bazar, was organized by the bio.codes group with
participation of Ventspils Roma Gypsies, hip-hop DJs, graffiti
artists and break-dancers. The Re-public catalogue, Psychogeographic
Guide Of Riga, may be obtained from:
http://www.lcca.lv/en/republic2.html
http://www.lcca.lv/en/repdar.html
http://www.glowlab.com/psygeocon/



from:
[DOORS] News from Doors of Perception: November 2003