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Dax Tran-Caffee
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Journey to the End of the Night Chicago by Dax Tran-Caffee

August 8th, 2008 5:41 PM

INSTRUCTIONS: A pursuit across Chicagø in 6 parts, staged on the night of April 19th, 2008.

The city spreads out before you. Rushing from point to point, lit by the slow strobe of fluorescent buses and dark streets. Stumbling into situations for a stranger's signature. Fleeing unknown pursuers, breathing hard, admiring the landscape and the multitude of worlds hidden in it.

For one night, drop your relations, your work and leisure activities, and all your usual motives for movement and action, and let yourself be drawn by the attractions of the chase and the encounters you find there.


If you participated in Journey Chicagø - as a player, chaser, or volunteer - please post your adventure here. We encourage you to be detailed and thorough. If you have photographs, please post them. If you don't, consider making a comic. Describe your chases, the people you met, what you thought of the route, the checkpoints, and the city in general. Feel free to make opulent references to Debord, de Certeau, Céline, Psychogeography, Social Plastik, subversive play, Reclaim the Streets, and the aesthetics of failure.

Yours,
Dax Tran-Caffee

Journey to the End of the Night - Chicagø
4.19.08



Video Documentation:


Reading of the Rules [2'56"]


The Chase[4'25"]


The Full Route [12'37"]


Here is my journey write up, in which I describe what happened, and then what it meant:

Subversive Play and Submersive Theater [pdf]

(the first half of an MFA Thesis)
... and the second half?

The Architect & the Urchin
9.19.08

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JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE NIGHT - CHICAGO

JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE NIGHT - CHICAGO


RUNNERS

RUNNERS

Robert Clauch


CHASERS

CHASERS

Whit Nelson


VOLUNTEERS

VOLUNTEERS

Robyn Sarvis


Subversive Play and Submersive Theater

Subversive Play and Submersive Theater


a sample page from the .pdf above



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posted by Darkaardvark on August 8th, 2008 6:37 PM

The paper was a fascinating read. Thank you for sharing it.

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posted by JJason Recognition on August 8th, 2008 7:38 PM

What he said. Plus the the footnotes brought up so many wonderful memories.

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posted by Dax Tran-Caffee on August 9th, 2008 11:06 AM

I would love to hear feedback on the paper. I haven't even had this thing proofread yet.

I just watched the chase video.
posted by Spidere on August 8th, 2008 11:01 PM

Two new favorites in one night. Wow.

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posted by praximity on August 9th, 2008 12:28 AM

posted on the night of the olympic opening ceremonies.
coincidence? you decide.

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posted by Dax Tran-Caffee on August 9th, 2008 11:05 AM

Six weeks until A & U.

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posted by praximity on August 9th, 2008 6:46 PM

oh, i wasn't suggesting intent.

but it was "a night of contrasts" as those boring TV announcers kept saying.

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posted by Ink Tea on August 9th, 2008 6:43 AM

Dear Dax,

I love Erik Satie. For the record. I also hope to win back my dinosaur in early September.

Love,
Inky

Damn.
posted by Myrna Minx on August 10th, 2008 11:59 PM

Pleasure to relive this night through your video. Sinnerman for the win.