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Misleading

Misleading
Schönwalder Allee 26, Berlin, Deutschland
43 minutes
Free
German

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Walking piece

Four participants were guided for two hours by a person who is visually impaired and uses a wheelchair. The GPS track was recorded using the Komoot app.

It was agreed among the group before the beginning of the walk that the decisions of the guide were not questioned, criticized or discussed in any way. The only exceptions are the serious life-threatening developments. Otherwise, all are obliged to walk the route to the end.

The project was developed as part of my art walk workshop, which is run as a regular educational program at the creative center for people with physical and cognitive disabilities “Die Macherei” at the Johannesstift Diakonie, Proclusio GmbH Berlin. The walk was made with the group of four people. Due to data protection, the names of the participants may not be mentioned in credits.

Credits

Andrey Ustinov &
Die Macherei, Johannesstift Diakonie Berlin, Proclusio GmbH
Hosted by: Die Macherei, Johannesstift Diakonie Berlin, Proclusio GmbH

APA style reference

Ustinov, A. (2022). Misleading. walk · listen · create. https://walklistencreate.org/walkingpiece/misleading/

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pedestrian acts

By de Certeau: In “Walking in the City”, de Certeau conceives pedestrianism as a practice that is performed in the public space, whose architecture and behavioural habits substantially determine the way we walk. For de Certeau, the spatial order “organises an ensemble of possibilities (e.g. by a place in which one can move) and interdictions (e.g. by a wall that prevents one from going further)” and the walker “actualises some of these possibilities” by performing within its rules and limitations. “In that way,” says de Certeau, “he makes them exist as well as emerge.” Thus, pedestrians, as they walk conforming to the possibilities that are brought about by the spatial order of the city, constantly repeat and re-produce that spatial order, in a way ensuring its continuity. But, a pedestrian could also invent other possibilities. According to de Certeau, “the crossing, drifting away, or improvisation of walking privilege, transform or abandon spatial elements.” Hence, the pedestrians could, to a certain extent, elude the discipline of the spatial order of the city. Instead of repeating and re-producing the possibilities that are allowed, they can deviate, digress, drift away, depart, contravene, disrupt, subvert, or resist them. These acts, as he calls them, are pedestrian acts.

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