Art and the City

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So how does ‘Art and the city’ relate to Psychogeography and Derive.

On a surface level Art is influenced by the pyschogeography, the way the geographical landscape affects how art will be seen, an example would be street art, an artist could put his art on a wall or on a high rise, this is a choice the artist makes when looking. As an audience we are more likely to notice a piece of art in a more controversial place, like a high rise.

Looking deeper into architecture as art the geographical landscape influences have always been apparent, early civilisation would have concentrated on recourses such as water supply, rivers and lakes. And would have built around them. More recently the industrial revolution has had a massive affect on architecture, the development of factories and the work force. The building of terraced housing in grids meant factory owners could keep all their work force in one place close to the factory in affordable living. This is based on pyscho geography.

In respects of the Derive, art could be a reason for the Derive, setting out to see the art around the city, walking a random path to discover any and all work.

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Life in industrial towns. [online] Available at: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/industrial_revolution_towns.htm 02/03/2015