JUXTAPOSITION OF CITY IDENTITIES Mapping Tilburg Through Psychogeographical Perspective of International Students by Meric Cukurova

The city is not simply a physical space but also a cultural and social space that is continually being constructed and reconstructed by its inhabitants. Unlike a fixed city image, mapping practice represents a temporary city that is open to change from an individual’ perspective. In that sense, I try to explore new ways of seeing the city through the social imaginaries of people from different cultures by co-creating with international student. As a tactical field, public space is an imaginary space that resists one dominant image of the city where participants produce meaning continually through observing and following their emotions in the urban environment. Aiming to understand how international students create meaning and how the city of Tilburg is constructed through multiple ways of mapping in three areas -Dwaalgebied, Winkelgebied, and Veemarktkwartier-, I focus on the performative aspects of mapping and challenge traditional mapping practices through psychogeographical and experimental video mapping.

QR code intervention includes AR screening via the app Blippar and video screening via Google Drive.

The cardboard is used and printed poster is glued on it.

uniqueness of passing

uniqueness of old

diversity of modern

dominance of yellow

unique encounter

singularity of beauty

repeated crowdedness

distinctive funniness

distinctive contrast

click on texts to visit imaginary landmarks!

I anchored drawings in the most striking points based on participants’ narratives in the public space, and embedded the films into QR codes. I placed QR codes in situ. They represent the imaginaries of international students which are repetitive, dominant, singular, unique, distinctive, and diverse imaginaries in these locations. And I used relationality in psychogeographical narratives to name these imaginary landmarks.

repeated independency

singularity of looking and hearing

distinctive green

The whole trip to place the cardboards is documented via the app AllTrails.

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