Monthly Archives: October 2015

The City, Modernism and the Flâneuse

Posted on 20/10/2015 by Bobby Seal

  The passing of the historical figure paved the way for the resurrection of the flâneur as a methodological persona, adopted in order to pursue the exploration of the city. Stripped to its basic characteristics and used as a modus … Continue reading →

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City of Exiles by Stuart Braun

Posted on 13/10/2015 by Bobby Seal

The first time I visited Berlin was in the spring of 1989. Falling into conversation with a Berliner on a bus one day I asked him if he thought the Wall would ever be taken down. Of course it would, … Continue reading →

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Psychogeographic Review’s Recommendations – October 2015

Posted on 07/10/2015 by Bobby Seal

This past month Psychogeographic Review has been reading: Stuart Braun – City of Exiles (2015) Read my extended review of this book  at minor literature[s]           Simon Foxell – Mapping London: Making Sense of the City (2007) … Continue reading →

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Why I Am Not a Painter

Posted on 05/10/2015 by Bobby Seal

  Why I Am Not a Painter is one of my favourite Frank O’Hara poems.  He wrote it after a series of visits to his friend Michael Goldberg, the American abstract expressionist painter.  Like many have done so before and since O’Hara … Continue reading →

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October Sky

Posted on 01/10/2015 by Bobby Seal

October sky grey above – Sun glow claws at southern edge. Daggers of rain cold, vindictive. Leaf blown, withered. Slick wet paving mirrors sky. Grey on grey.  

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