Just a short post of where I'm at with inspiration at the moment. I like the idea of tracing and documenting human movement and behaviour in a given space.
What causes people to act in the way they do? What happens to behaviour when a space is disrupted?
Gillian Wearing photographed by Jason Schmidt , Nov 2002 , London
"This photograph shows me stopping and talking to a businessman during rush hour at Liverpool Street Station... When most people are stopped in the street, they expect to be asked questions concerning a product, money, a survey, a personality test, or directions. To be asked only to write something, anything, presents a challenge and creates a totally different relationship to the person posing the question."
Guy Débord - Psychogeography
"The concept of drifting (dérive) is the wandering around in the urban area and the close observation and exploration of the effects of the psycho-geographical nature on the residents. Since it also includes the claim of constructive play behaviour while exploring, it is opposed to the classical notions of a journey, strolling or a walk in every respect."
Lousia Döderlein , 'Movement and mapping in urban space'
Julie Mehretu for "Poetry of Sappho" , print
Left - Source
Right - Myron Sullivan , space syntax