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
It was a tough battle from start to finish, two hours later it felt like I wanted nothing more but t chop my legs off and make a trophy out of them. I met some extraordinary people on my voyage and hope them the best from here on out. The night was a total success and the after party was great to. Ill post pictures of the trophy in all its Glory!
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