The Nottingham Psychogeographical Unit was founded in
Nottingham
Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...
, England, in 1994, by Onesto Lusso, Minky Harry and Dade Fasic. It produced videos, writings and
mental maps based on
psychogeography. It moved to
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
in 1998.
In 2002, the unit was quoted in a ''Guardian'' article that "there are already too many buildings" and that all new developments should stop immediately. Recent new buildings should be torn down according to popular demand from local residents, they were quoted as saying, and "citizens should be given total administrative power over development".
[{{Cite news
, date=2002-02-22, title=Power to the psychogeographers, url=http://www.theguardian.com/society/2002/feb/22/urbandesign.architecture, access-date=2023-01-18, newspaper=The Guardian
, first = Simon , last = Parker]
References
External links
Official website
Psychogeography