Urban Disorientation Game . Lost in the Supermarket

Filed under Game, projects

Event Information

Artist: Calvin Johnson, Kurt Braunohler + Scott Knowles

The Urban Disorientation Game invites participants to be lost in the city. Participants are placed in situations where they are made to be disoriented and then challenged to find their way out of this state.

At its core, psychogeography investigates the relationship between urban space and one’s psychological state. Nothing heightens a person’s awareness of his/her environment more acutely than being lost.

Lost in the Supermarket (credit to The Clash): This game investigates the disorientation that arises from the overall assault on the senses coming from a shopping center. Participants will be blindfolded and taken to a supermarket, mall, outdoor market, or similar venue, where they will remove their blindfolds and be challenged to find each other and perform certain tasks.