The dérive montage song is by @toastwaffle – an instrumental cover of “Die Anywhere Else” from Night in the Woods. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ4ZC59KnSU
Thank you to the red-winged blackbirds for their background performance. And just so everyone is aware, my bike is named Epona and I love her very much 🙂
Follow me on bsky to see me upgrade my bike and catch more snakes @/roryaych
No video for the next two months! I will be dériving in Europe, and I’m not about to video edit on the trains 😛
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Sources used (in order):
Ballard, J. G. Concrete Island. Picador, 1973.
Ruberg, Bonnie. Video Games Have Always Been Queer. New York University Press, 2019.
Debord, Guy. “Perspectives for Conscious Alterations in Everyday Life.” Group for Research on Everyday Life, 17 May 1961, CNRS, Paris, France. Guest tape recording. https://situationist.org/periodical/si/issue-6-1961-en/perspectives-for-conscious-alterations-in-everyday-life-76.
Debord, Guy. “Introduction to a Critique of Urban Geography.” Translated by Ken Knabb. Les Lèvres Nues #6, September 1955. https://theanarchistlibrary.org/mirror/g/gd/guy-debord-introduction-to-a-critique-of-urban-geography.pdf.
Debord, Guy. “Theory of the Dérive.” Translated by Ken Knabb. Les Lèvres Nues #9 November 1956. https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/guy-debord-theory-of-the-derive.
Footage credits:
Firewatch footage from @XboxStadium. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQkf7nbH16g Thank you!
Paris metro map from here: https://www.mapsvx.com/listing/1042683050/1950s-vintage-paris-metro-map
Thumbnail based on Debord’s psychogeographical maps of Paris: https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.thecollector.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F01%2Fguy-debord-map-of-paris.jpg%3Fwidth%3D1400%26quality%3D55&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=dde70fb8456ee3cf2056ec568ef1ecfce1ba3a5b9616182d42e0b797551a4b4c
Walking dérive b-roll was taken by me in Baden-Baden, Germany. Biking dérive was shot by me in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Music used (in order):
Stay in Your Tower and Watch (Firewatch), Riding (Night) (Breath of the Wild), Shrine (BotW), Wetlands (BotW), Aria Math (Minecraft), Alone In The Town (Silent Hill 2), To The Top (Scattle, Hotline Miami), The Walk (Umurangi Generation), Hydrogen (M.O.O.N, HM), Murder On The Saint Fucko Express (UG), Frozen Train Tracks (UG), Beartooth Point (Firewatch), Elevenses (Chicory: A Colorful Tale), Club Hölle (Hitman 3), Canyon Sunset (Firewatch), Something’s Wrong (Firewatch), New Equipment (Firewatch), going to bed at 8am (UG), Run (iamthekidyouknowwhatimean, Hotline Miami 2), Thorofare Hike (Firewatch), C.D. Pressing (UG), Red Hats (Original Edit) (Games Are Dumb And For Kids), Opal (UG), Haunt Muskie (Minecraft), Air Scape (UG), Die Anywhere Else – Instrumental Pop/Rock Cover (toastwaffle, cover of a song from Night in the Woods), Back to the Holler (Night in the Woods)
Script available upon request.