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Albert Street Wanderings
Boustrophedon Risograph Art Zine
Albert Street Wanderings is a psychogeographical zine that uses the theory of the dérive to explore my immediate surroundings.
I have documented the section of Albert Street where I live and walk up and down every day - using drawing to discover the changing landscape between the intersections of Lygon Street and Sydney Road.
It uses the Boustrophedon format to hide, reveal, and rotate viewpoints, allowing it to be read in a multitude of ways. It is printed as a three-colour Riso zine, in a limited edition of 50 copies.
I have documented the section of Albert Street where I live and walk up and down every day - using drawing to discover the changing landscape between the intersections of Lygon Street and Sydney Road.
It uses the Boustrophedon format to hide, reveal, and rotate viewpoints, allowing it to be read in a multitude of ways. It is printed as a three-colour Riso zine, in a limited edition of 50 copies.
Drawing inspiration from Situationist and surrealist Guy-Ernest Debord's theory of the Dérive (“drifting”), a technique of “rapid passage through varied ambiances” (Debord 1956), the dérive is different to a leisurely walk, in that the artist is actively aware of psychogeographical effects and is letting them inform their art practice.
A dérive aims to drop your sense of ‘purpose’ when walking, and instead let the environment lead you. I wanted to capture this sense of letting go by establishing no clear baseline or axis point. Inspired by the rotating and interconnected staircases in M. C. Escher’s 1953 Relativity, the zine is able to be read in any direction and order, with no definitive starting point.
A dérive aims to drop your sense of ‘purpose’ when walking, and instead let the environment lead you. I wanted to capture this sense of letting go by establishing no clear baseline or axis point. Inspired by the rotating and interconnected staircases in M. C. Escher’s 1953 Relativity, the zine is able to be read in any direction and order, with no definitive starting point.
