Lost London is a project which explores pervasive gaming in relation to the idea of psychogeography. The project focuses on forgotten spaces within London and encourages users to reflect on the overlap of physical and digital space.
The Beginning
This tube map may at first glance look like any other tube map to you. However, take a closer look; what do you see? You will notice that there are 14 extra stations on it that you may not have seen before in your life. As you can see they are bolder than the other ones and these other ones (which are faded) we will ignore.
These 14 tube stations were once functional places which were used everyday for travelling around the underground network. They are now lost, disused, in some case abandoned spaces which most people are oblivious to.
Travel
I would like you to find and visit these tube stations and document your travels between them. I want you to observe everthing around you and absorb it, as if you are viewing the city with new eyes. Think of it almost like an aimless wander. Try to see how these wanderings affect you emotionally.
Photography
To document your journey use a digital camera or a camera phone. Try to make your photographs reflect what you are feeling inwardly and try to capture everything which your eyes are drawn to.
Foursquare
Whilst traveling between the stations, you can also search for them on Foursquare. Checking-in to them will give you points and if you earn enough, you will be rewarded for your efforts.
Try to tweet about your journey as you do it so that people can follow your progress. Use the hash tag #Lost_London for this and also use @Lost_London to send direct tweets to the Lost London account.
Post
As you travel around London and take your photographs, send them in directly to the Lost London website (http://lostlondon.org.uk) with a description of when and where you took them to post[at]lostlondon.posterous.com . If you have a smart phone you can do this live. If you do not, it is not problem as you can do it via email when you are finished on your journey.
Reward
For participants who contribute regularly to the blog, tweet about their travels and check-in to the venues on Foursquare, there will be rewards to be gained in the form of information about secret trails and lost spaces around London.
To play, register at hello[at]lostlondon.org.uk
That is all for now. As the game progresses so will the project and so come back here regularly for any progressions in 'how to play'.
Lost London is a project which explores pervasive gaming in relation to the idea of psychogeography. The project focuses on forgotten spaces within London and encourages users to reflect on the overlap of physical and digital space.
Lost London is a project which explores pervasive gaming in relation to the idea of psychogeography. The project focuses on forgotten spaces within London and encourages users to reflect on the overlap of physical and digital space.
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