psychogeography

     Incorporating psychogeography into contemporary art is the idea of having the art create playfulness and have the viewer be interactive within it and have the ability to drift throughout it.  It also has to do with how a geographical location will affect a persons behavior and emotions. If a piece of art puts an idea of a specific location within it, then the viewer will automatically be placed in that location and will have a set of specific emotions and behaviors towards that location. 
     I went on to a different website to try and understand the purpose and impact of psychogeography a little bit better; and i’m glad i did because this site gave me much more insight in a way i could grasp. It explains how psychogeography started in art work as a way to explore the urban city and world in a way no one had ever imaged before. This type of work had roots that extend from surrealism and other art movements that would break the boundaries and release the ideas of the inner subconscious.
     It is very interesting to see how others do this as one example mentioned in this website that i found (tate.org.uk) is of artists, writers and filmmakers such as Iain Sinclair and Patrick Keiller, that used the idea of walking through a location to explore how simply a location affects a persons emotions and experience with a work.