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The process begins as the streets of perth are

walked, allowing the urban environment to instruct

movement within the city. This form of navigation

is carried out without a map or navigational

agenda, the process somewhat in opposition

to the increased mindless navigating by use of

satellite navigation. This form of movement within

the urban environment could be though of as

an example of almost complete disconnection

between people and place. The process is similar

to the practice of drive, a process developed as

a method of working practice by the situationists.

A mode of experimental behavior linked to the

conditions of urban society: A technique of rapid

passage through varied ambiances.1

The collection is focused around the strange

attraction and repulsion of redundant space.

Treating the city as an archive, the collected

instances of redundancy are collect in a manor

so as to represent the city as an archive. The act

of performing such a task draws the attention

of the public, mostly bewildered to why such

an instance would be tagged. Most of the tags

remain months after their initial placement, anillustration of the dormant, unnoticed nature of

the collected instances. The exercise draws the

beginning of a new attention to the redundant

space. The collection is never perceived as

something that could be finished, avoiding the

potential for the process to become exhaustive.

The collecting exists as fragments, drawn out

from the process of drive.

1 Internationale Situationniste #1 (June 1958)

Collect

Collect:Collections:Collective

Theory of Drive


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RedundantGa

slampatthebackofterracedproperties.

AccessiblefromMelvilleStreetviaaclose.Thecloseis

primarilyused

foraccesstoanewbuildinghousingan

architectsoffic

eandartistshome.

UNION

LANE

NORTHWILLIAMSTREET

ATHOLLSTREET

U H C U T

F

UN

YL

NE

NOTH ETHVEN ST EET

ATHOLLSTREET

BARRA

CKST

REET

BLACKWATCHGARDENS

RRA

CE

STOR

MONT

STREET

OSSASTR

EET

LOWS

TREET

MELV

ILLEST

REE

T

UNI

N

T

EET PC[S]001

Thebridgecreatesalinkbetweentheoldrailway

stationplatform

andtherailwaycarriagesidings.The

bridgeisnotw

idelyusedbutispubliclyaccessibleand

isapotentialrisktoanyoneusingit.Thestructureslack

ofcarerendersitasahealthandsafetyhazard.

LI

TEET

ALEXANDRA

T

EET

EL'E

CALEDONIANROAD

ST

ANDREWSTREET

INN

ULL

CUE

EXCHANGE

LANE PC[S]002


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40 41

RemainingFra

gmentofPerthCitywall.

Constructeda

sacitydefenceinthe14Centuryin

ordertosecu

rePerthasapermanentEnglishbase

withinScotland.Thesedefenceswerestrengthenedby

thecityladew

hichrunsoutsidetheperimeterofthe

wall.

PORT

KiEartrt

Albert

SKINNERGA

TE

TE

T

EET

Hi

treet

CROSS

NORTH

GEORG

ESTREET

L

KFRI

ARS

WYND

BRID

GELA

NE

Close

HORSE

CASTL

EGA

BLE

HIGHS

TREET

GEORGEINN

LANE

TAYSTREET

GuardVennel

PC[S]003

Tothelasting

memoryoftheemployesofthecityof

Perthco-operativesocietyLTD

WHO

FELLIN

THE

GREATWAR.

Thisremembranceplaquelocatedon

skinnergate:oneofPerthsoldeststreetsandisaprime

exampleofmisplacement.

PC[S]004

T

J

HN'

L

CE

KiEdwardStreet

Albert

TJ HN TEET

re

SKIN

NERGATE

tJ

's

High

Street

CROSS

T

GEORGE

STREET

L

K

I

W

KIRKGATE

KIETEET

BRID

GELA

NE

Close

HORSE

C

KIKIE

HIGHS

TREET

GEORGEINN

LANE

TAYSTREET

TE TE

GuardVennel


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Abandonedw

arehouselocatedinsideanurbanblock

betweensouthMethvenStreetandNewrow

SOUTHMETHVEN STREET

STPAUL'SSQUARE

HI

H

T

EET

MILNES

TREET

MARKETSTREET

LICKLET

CRES

CENT

L

CE

LET

CANA

L

YO

RK

PLA

CE

CO UN

TY

PLA

CE

NEW ROW

INN

ULL

CUE

HOSPITALSTREET

NEWROW

PC[M]001

Gapsitelocate

dincloseproximitytoboththeAKBell

libraryandthe

railwaystation.

ELIKTEET

YO RK

PL

ACE

YO RK

PL

AC

E

ALEXANDRA

STREET

CO

UNT

YP

LAC

E

EARL'SDYKES

CALEDONIANROAD

T

N

E

TEET

NEW ROW

KINN

OULL

CAUSEWAY

EXCHANGE

LANE

LE

EE

HOSPITALSTREET

IUTEET

P O M A R I U M

S T

E E

PC[M]002


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44 45

Shopfrontage

currentlyactingassignagefordirections

tothePerthMuseum.

ST

JOHN

'SPL

ACE

Albert

STJOHN STREET

SKINNERGA

TE

CROSS

GEORGES

TREET

KIRKGATE

IE

Close

UTH

T

J

HN'

L

CE

HORSE

KIKIE

l ihant' s

Venn

el

HIGHS

TREET

GEORGEINNLANE

TAYSTREET

WATERGATE

arVennel

PC[M]003

RedundantshopfrontalongGeorgeStreet

KiEartreet

Albert

T J H N T EET

SKINNERGA

TE

H

L

TTE

TEET

Hih

Street

CROSS

T

GEORGES

TREET

L

K

I

W

K I K T E

BRI

DGE

LANE

Close

HORSE

CAST

LEGABL

E

HIGHS

TREET

GEORGEINNLANE

TAYSTREET

T E T E

GuardVennel

PC[M]004


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TheMusterroom

canbeaccessedviaanalleyoff

GeorgeInnlane,openingup

toacourtyardwith

accesstothe

upperroomviaastaircore.Therooms

locationisextremelyhidden,attheverycentreofan

urbanblock.Althoughthesiteispubliclyaccessible,

itsredundant

statehidesitawayfrompublicsite.The

room

wason

ceusedasagatheringpointforCity

officialsintimesoftrouble.

PORT

KiEartrt

Albert

SKINNERGAT

E

L

TTE

T

EET

Hi

treet

CROSS

NORTH

GEORG

ESTREET

L

K

I

W

BRI

DGE

LANE

Close

HORSE

CAST

LEGABLE

HIGHS

TREET

GEORGEINNLANE

TAYSTREET

arVennel

PC[M]005

Thesite,locatedoffavennelrunningbetweenGeorge

StreetandTaystreet,hasrunintoastateofdisuse

anddisrepair.

Thecurrentbuildingonthesitewasonceusedby

thecitycouncilbutlackofcarehastransformed

thesiteintonothingmorethanarubbishtipandan

inappropriately

placedcarpark.

PC [s] 006

PORT

KiEartrt

Albert

T

LLL

CE

SKINNERGA

TE

H

L

TTE

T

EET

Hi

treet

CROSS

NORTH

GEORGEST

REET

L

K

I

W

BRID

GELA

NE

Close

HORSE

CAST

LEGABLE

HIGHS

TREET

GEORGEINNLANE

TAYSTREET

arVennel

PC[M]006

CT [] LE'CEE []


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PerthRailway

carriagesidings

Thesidingsh

averunintoastateofredundancy,a

casualtyofthechangefrom

locomotivehaulageto

DMUs.

ALEXANDRA

STREET

EL

CALEDONIANROA

D

ST

ANDREW

STREET

E

EXCHANGE

LANE

LEONAR

DSTREET PC[L]001

Originalfragm

entofPerthsrailwaystationconverted

intoacarpark

YT

EET

T

N

E

TEET

K

EU

LE

EE

E

K

GLOV

ERSTREET

NEE

DL

ESS

ROAD

PC[L]002

[] s o cIST U T []


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AbandonedC

hurchPropertysituatedonAthollStreet

CARPEN

TERSTREET

UNION

LANE

NORTHWILLIAM STREET

ATHOLLSTREET

DRUMHARCOUT

FOUNDRYLANE

NORTH METHVEN STREET

KINN U LL T EET

ATHOLL

STREET

CKSTREE

T

BLACKWATCHG

ARDENS

ET

UNION

STREET

PC[L]003

PerthCityHallcurrentlyliesinastateofdisuse.Plans

forthebuildingsre-useweredismissedinfavourto

demolishthe

buildinginordertocreateanewpublic

square.

ST

JO

HN'S

PLA

CE

KingEdwardStreet

STJOHN STREET

Square

SKIE GA

TE

StJohn's

Hig

h

Street

KIRKGATE

KINGEDWARDSTREET

SOUT

H

ST

JOHN

'SPL

ACE

KIRKSIDE

STANN'SLA

FLESHERS'VENNEL

OUTH

STREET

HE'LE

VENNEL

MEAL

CVEEL

EKERSCLOSE

Oliphan

t'sVe

nnel

Bax

ter's

Venn

el

ETEWATERGATE WATERGATE

arVennel

SCTTST EET

PC[L]004


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