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*The DériveThe Purpose and Meaning
*The Dérive
A dérive is an attempt at analysis of the totality of everyday life,
through the passive movement through space. It is translated
as drift…
…A technique of rapid passage through
varied ambiences
Definition
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Debord states that a derive is a technique in which we allow ourselves to undertake a fast journey throughvarious ambiences.
“In the field of culture Situationists wanted to break down the division between artists and consumers and make cultural production a part of everyday life. Situationist ideas played an important role in the revolutionary Paris events of 1968.”
The Origin of the dérive
*The DériveParis
"The sudden change of ambiance in a street within the
space of a few meters; the evident division of a city into
zones of distinct psychic atmospheres…”
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City of Romance – what makes it romantic?
Myth or Cliché?
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On both the preparatory dérive and our planned one for Paris, one of the aspects we shall be looking at is the representation
of the old and new
*The DériveWe shall also be looking at
how the media represents
the city and how that differs
to reality.
*The DérivePrimary Sources
Photographic Camera
Video Camera
*The DériveMethodology
“Using film, picture or other various techniques to capture a derive, you allow yourself to take a journey to discover a city”
“We planned a standardised walk around Coventry, using the relevant technologies to capture what we saw”
*The DériveSecondary Sources
“But from any standpoint other than that of facilitating police
control, Haussmann’s Paris is a city built by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” (Debord)
*The DériveAnalysis
“It contains a large number of short publications
from 1958 to 1969 which were important and
closely related to Paris and the changes it was
undergoing. It comprises opinions and reactions to
this change, merging as a unified struggle of voices
towards a better city.” Knabb, K. 2006., Situationist International Anthology (1981) USA: AK Press
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXzbS79lXqo
*The DériveAnalysing the Footage
“In a dérive one or more persons
during a certain period drop their
relations, their work and leisure
activities, and all their other usual
motives for movement and action,
and let themselves be drawn by the
attractions of the terrain and the
encounters they find there.”
(Debord)
*The DériveContinued…
“Men can see nothing around them that is not their own image;
everything speaks to them of themselves. Their very landscape
is alive.”
*The DériveEvaluating the Experience
“We want to ask questions that can answer why the cities function
in the way they do in terms of Culture and Attitude. Looking at both
of the cities pasts could be an ideal way of finding out.”
*The DériveEvaluating the Experience
“We will investigate how from Paris being a
pivotal head quarters for the French revolution
in 1789, to Coventry’s role in the 2nd World
War; being destroyed by German bombers 70
years ago last month, before rising up and
sustaining their output of military machines in
a time of need. We know believe”
*The DériveEvaluating the Experience
“We believe Paris as a city is represented in popular media forms such as film, literature and music as something it may not be. Asking questions such as ‘Why is Coventry not represented in the same way?’”
“The photo’s from our Derive show Coventry as a cold, hard-working industrial city.”