THE CRUISING

Research Area: Abney Park Cemetery, N16

Stoke Newington Church Street
London, United Kingdom

Project launches 5th April 2012

Public spaces have identities and uses both intended and appropriated. For the public, any space can acquire meaning through personal experiences or by existing information. That meaning differs to each person. The Cruising uses the simple act of passing on information... [read more]

Research Area: Abney Park Cemetery, N16

Stoke Newington Church Street
London, United Kingdom

Project launches 5th April 2012

Public spaces have identities and uses both intended and appropriated. For the public, any space can acquire meaning through personal experiences or by existing information. That meaning differs to each person. The Cruising uses the simple act of passing on information and creates an unquestionable identity for Abney Park, that of the cruising area. The act of cruising is a practice that appropriates the pre-determined and common uses of urban public spaces from streets to parks with a queer geography using as little as a backwards glance or a quick smile.

The Cruising invites participants to envision new experiences in an existing public space by subverting its meaning through the introduction of new information. The custom made online guide and map enable visitors of Abney Park Cemetery to project their desires and longing based on the chosen authority as a guided experience. The same space can take on different meanings for a variety of users all guided by the experience that the guides provide.
Download the guides on this page to enable you to experience The Cruising before, during and beyond the limits of the festival.

To download the MAP click here: http://fringefilmfest.com/cruising.pdf

To experience the guide through mobile technology navigate to this link from your smartphone browser: http://m.twoppy.com/FringeEast
Check out the VISUAL GUIDE and the GOOGLE MAP in the MAPS section

The Cruising conceived by Konstantinos Menelaou

Guides designed by Simon Allen at The Swarm

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