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The Psychogeography of Loose Associations
Sherif El-Azma
Psychogeography is a practice that rediscovers the physical city through the moods and atmospheres that act upon the individual.
Perhaps the most prominent characteristic of psychogeography is the activity of walking. The act of walking is an urban affair, and in cities that are increasingly hostile to pedestrians, walking tends to become a subversive act.
The psychogeographer is a “non-scientific researcher” who encounters the urban landscape through aimless drifting, experiencing…
e-flux Journal
Posted: November 1, 2009
Category
Urbanism, Photography
Subjects
Psychogeography, Middle East