Robert Ladislas Derr





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Rational Structures/Broken Conventions, 2003

In these performances for the camera, I embark on a process of reinventing the uses of structures designed with foreordained intent, or I approach the landscape in a playful manner to emphasize how the geographical environment affects our behavior and emotions. I am attracted to structures that dictate behavior and emotion–a type of predetermined functionalism, these structures by inherent design elicit predestined actions and feelings from people. Guy Debord coined a term for this phenomenon known as psychogeography, which he defined as "the exact laws and specific effects of the action of the geographical environment, consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behavior of individuals." From rolling down a hill to laying in a bike rack, I break from the conventions of daily life.
color digital print, 11" x 14", 2003



color digital print, 11" x 14", 2003



color digital print, 11" x 14", 2003



color digital print, 11" x 14", 2003



color digital print, 11" x 14", 2003

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