#Psychogeography

That’s it - I submitted the online version of the major project! Tomorrow I will hand in the physical book at LCC - then we shall see the examiners verdict… It’s been quite a journey, a steep learning curve and an (insanely) interesting process. I am really pleased with the outcome of the book and surprised at the same time, that my idea actually has materialized. If you’d like to view the horizontal “composite version” (which should resemble the concertina book) you can do so by downloading the file via this link: http://dl. [Read More]

The critical report is submitted and the deadline for the practical work submission is getting closer… ahhhh…. exciting but hard times! Last weekend was a “killer weekend” - on Friday I went to LCC to print all the pages for the book. It took the whole day to do it. Xavier was there too, frantically scanning his work :) It was an interesting experience to be in the same “physical” space with a class mate, haven’t had that situation in a long time. [Read More]

… I hope! At last I can look at the Via Miracoli book without having a head ache afterwards! What a nightmare editing is… Last week I attended the lecture held by John E. & Patrick S. on book publishing and one point Patrick mentioned was, that producing a book involves a great deal of STRUGGLE. Hell yes, can I relate to that! Just about everything is difficult in book making; it starts with the beginning of a book which is in a way pure insanity… Which photograph “sucks” the viewer in? [Read More]

So, quite a few hours of heart ache, head ache and all kinds of tantrums behind me - but there you go, the first “complete” test book. The intro text is not there yet, I will hopefully soon have it squeezed out of my head… Some of the pages are double, this is just because I haven’t yet made my mind up which one I should go for. But for this reason and a few more, I am looking forward to the tutorial on Friday with Peter Fraser, though I have to admit, I am nervous… I am curious to know what he has to say about my editing and design “skills”, reactions have been mixed so far. [Read More]

Finally - the first encounter with Via Miracoli. I was going up and down, “inspecting” the street, the house walls, looking out for details, snapping around a bit. It proved to be more complicated than expected… Neapolitans are a curious people and I was regularly approached, they wondered what I am doing here… I was dragged along to see a very very interesting thing… it was a religious altar.. I realized that I have to be quite firm in order to complete this project and not get too involved with interactions of residents of the street… I happen to come across a young woman looking outside a Basso on a little side street of Via Miracoli; to me she looked like a Saint! [Read More]