1. Identify the article you have selected and why you chose it.



The article I chose was "Will Self: On ‘Psychogeography’ and the Places That Choose You." This article caught my interest because of Will Self's personal insights and experiences with Psychogeography. This gave me a better understanding of the aesthetic value of walking and listening to an urban landscape and in doing so discovering and learning about the place of which you are a part of.



2. What are the main points of the essay?



The main points of the interview were to highlight the points of a person's pre-concieved notion of "place" and breaking that notion through the exploration of the urban landscape through walking and listening which Self describes as the only real form of exploration left in the post-industrial age. The idea of psychogeography is his backdrop as he explains that one must experience the urban geography without using it. Through the practice of solitary walking, one can see past the illusion that is the urban humanity.



3. How are the ideas or arguments in this article relevant to your own practice as a media artist?


In a general sense, I believe that in order to be an effective media artist, you must sometimes disconnect yourself from your surroundings. In doing so, you allow your mind to think creatively. As it relates to psychogeography, discovering one's own environment and seeing it for what it is lays a fine base of understanding of contemporary urban culture and landscape.