The Body of the Flaneur
<p>This podcast is the first one of a series of three recorded during a short residency at the <em>Miami Rail</em>. It addresses the ongoing photographic series that artist Adler Guerrier constructs around the performativity of the flaneur. From the romantic figure described by Walter Benjamin in his writings about Charles Baudelaire, to its anti-capitalist offspring as defined by the Situationists, Adler explains how the action of flanerie (aimless walk) is a means to gather knowledge. He tells us how the body of the flaneur is a nameless solitary figure that the film noir’s amnesiac embodies the best, looking for markers that allows her/him to cartograph the walk.</p>
Host: Léopold Lambert
Guests: Adler Guerrier
Part of: The Funambulist Podcast