Author Archives: Bobby Seal

About Bobby Seal

Freelance writer, poet and psychogeographer

Website of the Month – March 2012 – Urban Adventure in Rotterdam

Posted on 21/02/2012 by Bobby Seal

At the confluence of the Rhine and the Meuse sits Rotterdam.  Her eyes looking west, out into the cold, muddy Noordzee and across the Atlantic to America, her heart plugged into the brooding river waters flowing ceaselessly out from Mitteleuropa.  … Continue reading →

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Walter Benjamin and The Arcades Project

Posted on 17/02/2012 by Bobby Seal

In many ways The Arcades Project is Benjamin’s lament for the passing of the flâneur. For Benjamin, the flâneur’s disappearance functions as a symbol for the ravages of capitalism upon metropolitan life.  The changing urban environment was no longer conducive … Continue reading →

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