Tasks / Dérive
Among the various situationist methods is the dérive [literally: 'drifting'], a technique of transient passage through varied ambiances. In a dérive one or more persons during a certain period drop their usual motives for movement and action, their relations, their work and leisure activities, and let themselves be drawn by the attractions of the terrain and the encounters they find there.
One can dérive alone, but all indications are that the most fruitful numerical arrangement consists of several small groups of two or three people who have reached the same awakening of consciousness, since the cross-checking of these different groups' impressions makes it possible to arrive at objective conclusions.
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Undertake a dérive, and report your objective conclusions to your fellow players.
1 to 3 players
20 points
Level 1
In the zone of: BART Psychogeographical Association
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To date, my whole life is like one big dérive. I've dérived around our house a lot both crawling and walking. But I finally undertook my first full fledged outdoor dérive last week, which lasted about an hour. My father attended as my personal ph...
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A thorough documentation of my wanderings, Sunday, February 24, 2008: WHEREBY our hero makes $2.71, fights a malevolent storm, crosses 2 (almost 3) states, and plots future trespasses. A cold and rainy morning in Berkeley, CA. It's been raining fo...
In Medias Res: Coming out of the facilities at the Villa Gregorio (which were sparkling clean, and supplied with both toilet seats and paper) we head down the verdant path towards the main trail, and I remark that this is the most lovely bathroom d...
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A derive on a sunny day in the late times of may.
Graveyard Dérive In which I wander around a graveyard seemingly at random, heading in the direction of whichever gravestone or marking caught my eye. Not just graves, but plant life as well. Particularly the giant cypresses and flowers. A (nearly)...
It has been a while since I did a task, and I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do until this morning. The day was an absolute stunner, and what better way to spend it than on a dérive. Getting into derive mode was more difficult than I thought it woul...
Life is just a derive.
If it's not a derive someone's controlling you too much.