Get Lost!
GET LOST! is a GPS and compass-based "disorienteering" guide
GET LOST! asks particpants to sense their surroundings in novel ways, set strange goals for themselves, and take unique journeys through their built and natural environments. I typically install the GET LOST! kiosks in places such as busy sidewalks and parks to intrigue potential participants who might be intersested in interruping their daily commute to work or jog/ride through a park.
I have printed and assembled 1000+ copies in 4 different versions for:
- Abandon Normal Devices Festival 2009 – Grizedale UK
- Tracing Mobility Symposium, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt – Berlin, DE 2011
- Conflux Festival – New York, NY 2012
- Artist Services, Fashion District Arts Festival – New York, NY 2012
- Power Play, Southern Queens Park Association – Jamaica, NY 2012
Materials:
- 20 page booklet
- customized golf pencil with clip
- magnetic compass
- binder clip and chain
The first version of GET LOST! booklets commisioned by the Abandoned Normal Devices festival in the Grizedale Forest of the English Lake District.
The compass is used as a disorienting device. The northward arrow picks one of three possibilities for you when you place it in the middle of the page.
In the book I ask participants to use their senses in new ways using new body poses.
It has been especially rewarding to see groups of people deciding to "get lost" together.
Sometimes the environment and our artmaking finds synergy! I love that this public sculpture happened to be a part of "getting lost" in the Grizedale forest.
Page 10 from the booklet.
Based upon the direction this person is facing, the compass selects an activity from one of three on the page.
Some pages have one simple prompt. This gives people's different experiences some overlap and cohesion.
The hot pink version of the piece installed at the Conflux Festival, New York, NY.
Some pages have a workbook-style prompt for recording your thoughts.
The kiosk installed at the Conflux Festival, New York, NY. I like the mailbox-style interface as it is friendly but also a bit mysterous.
The kiosk installed at the Conflux Festival, New York, NY. I like the mailbox-style interface as it is friendly but also a bit mysterous.
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