The purpose of this assignment is the further investigation of art and life, the use of mapping as a conceptual strategy, the further development of skills in digital photography and Photoshop, and the use of Google Earth and Panoramio as artististic tools.
Read Guy Debord's "Theory of the Derive".
Go on a "derive" (drift) following the outline given in Debords essay. Record your route either on a map or in writing. Take at least 10 photographs which capture the essence of your experience - ideally these will be photos of things you would not normally notice or new perspectives on the ordinary. Record the locations where you took the photos on a map. The derive should take at least an hour. Try to pay attention to the "psychogeographic" influences referenced by Debord. As emphasised by Debord the derive should NOT be part of your normal daily activity.
In class on Tuesday, 11/9 we will do basic editing on the photos in Photoshop, then use Panoramio to post the images to Google Earth at the location they were taken. We will mark the route of the derive using tools in Google Earth.
