A mis-guide to anywhere

Greetings

Had a chance to go checkout the Belluard Art Festival in a city called Fribourg, not too far from Zurich and part of the exhibition was a project called the mis-guide to anywhere by a collective called Wrights and Sites.

Their main aim is "to explore and celebrate space and place through site-specific performance, Mis-Guided Tours & published Mis-Guides, 'drifts', mythogeographic mapping and public presentations & articles".

What happens is that when people arrive they first have to go to the mis-information office where you can purchase your ticket and get your map and timetable. You then have to follow them and find the different exhibition spaces on your own which gives you an opportunity to explore the city. You also get a chance to go on a tour where a "tour guide" gives you the real thruth about the city and its history and along the way theres all sorts of interesting interventions taking place. My personal favourite was Harun Farocki's Deep Play an installation that brings together 12 different perspectives on the 2006 world cup final match between France and Italy. You get to view the match from different angles including the behind the scenes and abstract computer-generated versions.

Otherwise I enjoyed the works it was nothing too deep very light and accesible stuff. Found some interesting quotes on the mis-guide to anywhere catalogue and this was one of my favarits:

"Anywhere you can reorganise buildings without permission. Anywhere you can stand still without being questioned. Anywhere you can find abondened beds. Anywhere the movie you always wanted to see is playing. Anywere you legged it"

Peace and Light