Take yourself off the grid of downtown L.A. and interact with it as a new terrain. Join the “collective situationist ludic engagement,” organized by UCLA’s research lab REMAP, for a walking exploration of our nuanced urban geography. Participants will be provided with mobile technology that maps out alternative ways to experience and play in downtown. Rooted in the situationist ideas of Guy Debord, the REMAP “engagement” encourages us to reconsider our place in our surroundings, to let go and mindfully drift.
REMAP’s “engagement” is part of a larger exhibition, “Photocartographies: Tattered Fragments of the Map,” that investigates how we understand our social, environmental and virtual maps and our power to re-imagine them.
DAYLIGHT ENGAGEMENT: 4:00pm-6:30pm
NIGHT ENGAGEMENT: 9:30pm-12midnight
ADMISSION: Free
WHERE: g727
ADDRESS: 727 South Spring Street, Downtown LA
G727 WEBSITE: www.gallery727losangeles.com
REMAP WEBSITE: la.remap.ucla.edu/ludicity
PHOTOCARTOGRAPHIES WEBSITE: www.tatteredfragments.info
PHOTOCARTOGRAPHIES EXHIBIT: Closes July 3, 2009
