Comments on: The Cracks Between the Worlds http://www.hannahnicklin.com/2009/10/the-cracks-between-the-worlds/ Playwright, blogger, academic, tech-enthusiast. Eco-anarcha-socialist-cyber-feminist. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:44:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Miranda http://www.hannahnicklin.com/2009/10/the-cracks-between-the-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-1157 Miranda Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:38:06 +0000 http://www.hannahnicklin.com/?p=1119#comment-1157 Really interesting stuff--thanks for such a well crafted, well worded, post. Makes me think of two (related) things... 1) Perhaps the obvious connection is to the flâneur, which seems analogous to the dérive, at least in terms of walking and drifting. Particularly the quote you highlight, "the act of walking is to the urban system what the speech act is to language," makes me think of the idea of walking in an urban space for the sake of experiencing (and understanding) it--a la Walter Benjamin, who wrote somewhere about "the art of straying". 2) A quote by Baudelaire: “For the passionate observer, it’s an immense pleasure to take up residence in multiplicity, in whatever is seething, moving, evanescent and infinite: you’re not at home, but you feel at home everywhere; you see everyone, you’re at the centre of everything yet you remain hidden from everybody.” Ultimately, it seems to me to be all about the importance of not only observing, but *interacting with* one's environment--whether it's interaction through art, through human contact, through simply noticing things, or through a (rare and wonderful) combination of all three. Anyway, good stuff! Really interesting stuff–thanks for such a well crafted, well worded, post.

Makes me think of two (related) things…

1) Perhaps the obvious connection is to the flâneur, which seems analogous to the dérive, at least in terms of walking and drifting. Particularly the quote you highlight, “the act of walking is to the urban system what the speech act is to language,” makes me think of the idea of walking in an urban space for the sake of experiencing (and understanding) it–a la Walter Benjamin, who wrote somewhere about “the art of straying”.

2) A quote by Baudelaire: “For the passionate observer, it’s an immense pleasure to take up residence in multiplicity, in whatever is seething, moving, evanescent and infinite: you’re not at home, but you feel at home everywhere; you see everyone, you’re at the centre of everything yet you remain hidden from everybody.”

Ultimately, it seems to me to be all about the importance of not only observing, but *interacting with* one’s environment–whether it’s interaction through art, through human contact, through simply noticing things, or through a (rare and wonderful) combination of all three.

Anyway, good stuff!

]]> By: andyvglnt http://www.hannahnicklin.com/2009/10/the-cracks-between-the-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-1156 andyvglnt Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:17:09 +0000 http://www.hannahnicklin.com/?p=1119#comment-1156 Really interesting post. Especially interesting in the decontextualisation and reclamation of public space. As far as situationism goes, I should really lend you Grant Morrison's The Invisibles. It's seven volumes long, so it's a fair commitment in comics terms, but it's also one of the best series around, and easily the most influential on my own life and thought. Really interesting post. Especially interesting in the decontextualisation and reclamation of public space. As far as situationism goes, I should really lend you Grant Morrison’s The Invisibles. It’s seven volumes long, so it’s a fair commitment in comics terms, but it’s also one of the best series around, and easily the most influential on my own life and thought.

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