Tag: Crab Man

We were disappointed not to be able to attend the recent Fourth World Congress of Psychogeography, which by all accounts was a great success.

The opening address by Phil Smith (aka Crab Man, aka Mythogeography), is a fascinating and thought-provoking missive on the state of psychogeography and the walking arts today.  You can read, download and share it here:

Psychogeography Extreme

Also check out Phil’s Mythogeography website – ‘an ambulatory goldmine’ and his books published by Triarchy Press.

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One of the points Phil makes is the need to rethink the drift on a smaller scale. In the gaps, in the smallest fractures, in small disruptions to personal routines; the late running of a train that allows you a few minutes to explore the hinterland around a station.

A recent personal example was the unexpected distress visit to a garage when a section of exhaust pipe fell off the car. Whilst the new part was being sourced and fitted, a short walk around the immediate environs:

Crack-

ed slab scree

c  o  b  b  l  e  s

   c  o  b  b  l  e  d

in    p O O l

-ing   light

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Now playing: The Soft Machine – s/t (with a nod to Boyle Family).