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Category Archives: Embodiment & performance

Responding to invitations

Thursday, March 13, 2008

As the Desire Paths Flickr Pool makes the rounds, I thought I’d point to Matt’s recent article, Accepting Invitations: Desire Lines as Earthly Offerings
I would like to suggest that desire lines are not merely the product of a human-desiring, nor are they merely a material expression of some aspect of the human imagination; rather, desire [...]

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Urban game space, urban play space

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Speaking of parkour and vertical mobility, serial consign reports on a new video game in development:
The narrative revolves around Faith, a nimble traceur in a predictably totalitarian, ultra-sterile futuristic cityscape. Faith, a parkour courier, has been charged with delivering some extremely valuable information – so valuable in fact that she finds herself relentlessly pursued through [...]

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Segways No Longer Dorkiest!

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

In a piece entitled “Powerbocks Steal Dork Prize From Segways” Wired columnist Lore Sjöberg directs our attention to the latest form of upward mobility: powerbocking. Patented by Mr. Bock in 2003 it seems that powerbocks — of which there are numerous brands — could become an indispensable tool for enhancing parkour escapades.

YouTube: Freestyle Powerizer Stilts
However, [...]

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Bouquet for Edmonton

Monday, February 11, 2008

Marilei Fiorelli has created ephemeral winter art for Edmonton, which has had over a week of below -20C cold. Snow graffitti flowers make a bouquet for a frozen city. Check out her blog for more, before it melts! Let’s make an annual tradition out of this – if one can have [...]

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When Parkour and Soccer Converge….

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

We’re all familiar with parkour, the urban-assault-a-la-Spiderman phenomenon from France.

So what happens when parkour is paired with le football? (Assuming the video is not some sort of computer-graphics-enhanced mashup….)

– Matthew

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