The Flaneur's Relationship to Marginal Types in The Old Acrobat

Relationship between Flaneur and the Edge Type of ancient acrobat at Charles Baudelaire's "The Old Acrobat", Flaneur explained the encounter with a depraved person and finally revealed the lack of human nature in the hardships of urban people did. For people of the border character type, this feeling is very comfortable because he is easy to connect with them. In the world focused on overstimulation and over stimulation, he is an idler, one of which runs on a timepiece that is always eccentric, which will direct the crowd to desensitization and misfortune.

In the case of Flaneur, his needs and being unable to become part of the masses are economic problems. Flaneur benefited from trivial bourgeoisie in the early years of decline. This is the late 19th century, they are still a kind of wealth and growth experience, but they are not strong. This means that their main concern is to spend time as soon as possible. Therefore, Flaneur went to the street, hoping to soak in the inner happiness of the crowd. But thanks to his privilege and education, he has always regarded the public as a group of strangers beyond his rule. Chaplins factory workers are undoubtedly a member of this group, a member of the working class who enjoys anonymity. Chaplin himself can not enjoy this freedom. He could not get lost completely in the crowd. This is because he is homemade Flaneur

For this project, students are asked to do wanderers taking them to the streets to cope with roles, urban environments. The idea was built on the 19th century flaneur tradition where a male man walks around the city of Paris and observes the city. For the cultural transformation of the 21st century, Overbrook students will collaborate with the artist Man Bartlett of this exhibition to develop a project entitled "We / We See / We Listen". Students will participate in the "listening" section of the project through video and continuity to capture the impression of Philadelphia. This is the first time that students 'works are included in Burns' special exhibition, which is a rare occasion for students to work at Burns. I am very excited about discussing this project with students and creating a stage to work with Man.

One of my second year photo project at Bath Spa University is about theme objects, graphics, and space. This explanation is done in the philosophy surrounding the text. The concept was advocated by Charles Baudelaire, a poet and thinker. However, in the 20th century, Walter Benjamin returned to the concept of flanur with a revolutionary work "Arcade Project". In this important but incomplete research, we use the Baudelaire flanur as a starting point to investigate the psychological impact of modern urban life on human beings. Benjamin borrowed a poem by Charles Boudereaa and used it as a symbolic prototype of the modern experience of the city.