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the 54th Venice Biennale of Art<br>
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invites the participant on a drift through Venice guided from
Beirut and in Beirut guided from Venice.<br>
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The work involves two simultaneous dérives through the historic
cities of Beirut and Venice, connected in real time to each
other and to the world.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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Two interconnected groups of participants will walk in each
city, each receiving instruction and guidance from the other as
they wander, get lost and explore<span
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psychogeographical ambiance of the city. The progress of each
group will be broadcast as a live video stream via Bambuser,
tracked in realtime on a map with Google latitude and tweeted,
with followers having the option of giving instructions via
twitter.<br>
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The object is not to create a finite discrete work but to
create a peripatetic relational space which can evolve and
respond to the situation, the desires of its participants and
serendipity, with the work being created through the actions
of its participants. The space is furthermore overlaid with a
hybrid, networked space connecting both cities and augmenting
each space with the absent presence of the other.<br>
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Working from a changing set of basic instructions such as
’describe what you see’, ‘follow that person’, ‘take the next
left and then the first right’ or the more loaded ‘take me to
the heart of the city’ the two groups will walk in tandem each
guiding the other, walking in Beirut as if in Venice and
Venice as if in Beirut.<br>
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The project draws on early dérives carried out by the
Situationists in Amsterdam and Strasbourg which connected
groups in different parts of the cities with walkie talkies
and Ralph Rumney’s 1957 Psychogeographical Map of Venice.<br>
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More Information <br>
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