Jeff Beck said something like “Things work out better by accident but you can’t plan accidents.” And that idea is wrong. You can encourage randomness to sort of “guide” you potentially happy accidents.
I remember googling “dérive” years ago and checking out the Wikipedia page but I didn’t like what I read. What’s a good, concise definition? Is dérive basically the walking around version of aleatory?
aleatory (also aleatoric)
1 Depending on the throw of a dice or on chance; random.
1.1 Relating to or denoting music or other forms of art involving elements of random choice (sometimes using statistical or computer techniques) during their composition, production, or performance: aleatory music a photograph can capture the aleatory chaos of modern urban life
Etymology: late 1600s from Latin aleatorius, from aleator “dice player”, from alea “die”, + -y^1.
That’s mostly how I understand it. Debord’s official definition is hardly helpful:
dérive
A mode of experimental behavior linked to the conditions of urban society: a technique of rapid passage through varied ambiances. The term also designates a specific uninterrupted period of dériving.
“as walkable as Paris”*
*Walkable areas in private sections onlyWhaddya know, they’ve already techified the Dérive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dérive#Technology
Jeff Beck said something like “Things work out better by accident but you can’t plan accidents.” And that idea is wrong. You can encourage randomness to sort of “guide” you potentially happy accidents.
I remember googling “dérive” years ago and checking out the Wikipedia page but I didn’t like what I read. What’s a good, concise definition? Is dérive basically the walking around version of aleatory?
That’s mostly how I understand it. Debord’s official definition is hardly helpful:
Help! I’m stuck in a pretentious tautology loop!
It reminded me of my searches years ago. But that effort was actually better. I miss old google. I never thought google itself would become garbage.
You can’t plan accidents (because the CIA smashed Cybersyn)