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Sean Orr: On Psychogeography And Your Favourite Local Tree

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One of my first foray’s into writing was a brief description of a tree that had grown through a fence in the West End and how such places contribute to a liminal, mental map; a kind of ongoing Psychogeography. The Vancouver Public Space Network has always flirted with the kind of wild urban flaneuring associated with the likes of Guy Debord, Will Self, and Thomas de Quincey. Obviously, they are rooted in the policy side of things, essential in a city with grand urban schemes seeking to re-define the ever transient horizon that is Vancouver. We are still very much a frontier city of contrasts, so any attachment we can foster with such a new ecology the better. One way to do this is to have a contest whereby people share their favourite tree.

Sounds simple enough, much like the innocent observations of Bob Kronbauer on Vancouver is Awesome (similarly, Re:Place magazine focuses on the politics of architectural space. In their own words, they “educate citizens about the workings of the public realm, and to encourage interaction and engagement in cities”). So if you have a special connection with a particular tree in Vancouver, get in touch with your city by submitting a pic with a few words why.

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