Our interpretation of a psycho-geography project aims to develop our understanding of the world around us. In this particular case Leicester. We have collectively taken two pictures of each area in aid of showcasing the binary opposites. Every image can be perceived differently. One person see’s yellow and interprets it as happy, mellow and warm. Another person interprets yellow as dull and boring. We have attempted to introduce a new vision to the sites of Leicester to encourage everybody to look at the sites around them a little differently.
We have used Tumblr to create two different sites one called Utopia and one called Distopia. Utopia meaning; An ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspect., evidently represents pictures representing a more positive side to Leicester and highlights features which would normally be overlooked such as trees in a park. Distopia meaning; An imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror. represents the slightly more negative pictures otherwise known as reality through a non-psycho-geographer. Hopefully by focusing upon different angles more of the general public will take notice to the small yet beautiful things around them.
The original idea which I presented to the group was focused more specifically upon the ignorance of the public. Through looking into other Psycho-geography projects I discovered just how oblivious people actually are (including myself) to the world around them. Therefore I wanted to photograph small things such as leaves, litter and graffiti. Similar to the our actual project, I wanted one picture through the life of a normal person and one photo through the eyes of the psycho-geographer. The psycho-geographer noticing the beauty and the potential of the items. Some pictures that inspired this are here;
Here we see litter, rocks and leaves being presented as colourful, beautiful and inspirational. I think this alone highlights the power of technology as it can make something that is generally seen as irrelevant actually beautiful!
As a group we decided that this idea was too complex and far too time consuming for the time that we had for the project however in future I would like to carry out this project as I feel it would deliver a stronger and more unique message.
Below are the Links to the final outcome of our Psycho-Georgaphy project which we then presented on Tumblr;
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