Kayla Linda Kasarherou

Name: Kayla Linda Kasarherou Level of study: Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours - Photo Media Artist Statement: The blessing/surprises of wandering My work explores my wandering in Auckland City and in its suburbs. I was trying to find tranquility in my wandering. Going to different places without knowing where I am going led me to a place of being lost but at the same time being happy to get lost as it made me to feel more present. I felt quite uncertain when moving around the new places I find myself in and there’s always some surprises, that results in great photographs. These photographs ended up expressing my idea of peace, of calmness. With influences as diverse as Oli Kellett capturing unexpected moments of peace in busy cities, and Edward Hopper with his paintings exploring themes of loneliness and isolation in the modern age, my work has progressed along with these ideas. (Remote this and put it on my blog) As my yearning to find peace within myself and in the world has alwa...

https://nbrokaw.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/theory-of-the-derive-4.pdf = One of the basic situationist practices is the dérive [literally: “drifting”], a technique of rapid passage through varied ambiances. Dérives involve playful-constructive behavior and awareness of psychogeographical effects, and are thus quite different from the classic notions of journey or stroll. In a dérive one or more persons during a certain period drop their relations, their work and leisure activities, and all their other usual motives for movement and action, and let themselves be drawn by the attractions of the terrain and the encounters they find there. Chance is a less important factor in this activity than one might think: from a dérive point of view, cities have psychogeographical contours, with constant currents, fixed points and vortexes that strongly discourage entry into or exit from certain zones....

https://teaching.ellenmueller.com/walking/2021/10/10/guy-debord-drifting-derive-1958/ = Walking as Artistic Practice Guy Debord, Drifting / Dérive (1958), Situationists Guy Debord, The Naked City Guy Debord established the Situationist method of the dérive (drifting) as a playful technique for wandering through cities without the usual motives for movement (work or leisure activities), but instead the attractions of the terrain, with its “psycho-geographic” effects. (credit: Walk Ways catalog) While similar to the flâneur, the dérive is influenced by urban studies (especially Henri Lefebvre). (credit: The Art of Walking: A Field Guide, 2012). Definition: Letting go of the usual reasons for walking – and being drawn by the affordances and attractions of the place. The Drift or Dérive is one of the basic situationist practices advocated by Guy Debord and others. It’s a technique of rapid passage through varied ambiences. Dérives involve playful-constructive behaviour and...