Flâneur Issue 01-03

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Co- founder of Stroll散歩

Stroll散歩 is an interrelation monologue press based in London. We are self-publishing studio that is exploring and sharing loving, caring, belonging and inner-self through visual and writing narrative.

‘Stroll’ means slow walk. Sometimes we go for walk on our own, focusing on inner self. Sometimes we walk with other people, and share the moment/time with them.

Stroll will produce publication that is for anyone who want to narrate their feeling/stories.

Flâneur is a French word meaning a person who stroll or wander. Flâneur were the first and foremost casual observer of urban life. They were people who travelled through the city, watching but did not participating in what they saw. Although they were observers and early ramblers who retained and valued their own sense of individuality and identity, many exhibited a flamboyant style of self-presentation.

For our first open call, we use Flâneur, the idea associated with our studio’s identity, as a starting point, to encourage audience to be able to experience and analyse life from a transcendent or external perspective, exploring the relationship between self and other. The open call has three parts; Object, Space and People.

01. Flâneur - Object

What is the object you use in your daily life that represents yourself?

Life can be told in objects, which may be common and unrefined, but strangely affect the minutiae of life. This connection represents a reflection and thinking on oneself through an object. In this project, you will use objects as a language to compile a lexicon for interpreting the ideas within yourself.

02. Flâneur - Space

Exploring your own meaning in the space.

The purposes of space are very diverse. Not only for sleeping, eating, working, interacting with people but also it really can be any space you want to be in. It could be a beach where the waves are lapping, a quiet wood, a frequented coffee shop, a towering city building, a remembered home. It could be a space that even doesn’t exist, a ‘habitat’ of your own creation, a dreamscape to remember.

In the contemporary world where is messed, we want you to stroll this space that appeals to your soul to feel yourself and inspiring whether actual or fictional. This SAPCE can express your inner experience.

03. Flâneur - People

“Hey, let’s go for stroll”

For our final open call in this Flâneur series, we go back to our studio identity. Stroll is not only about walking through spaces or observing objects but also about encountering and connecting with People, both strangers and familiar faces. We can go for walk on our own but also sometimes we can walk with others.

These connections, fleeting or lasting, shape our understanding of the world and ourselves. As we wander, we absorb stories and emotions, weave them into our own narrative. In this final issue, we have invited participants to reflect on these moments of connection and to explore how they are walking with others or even crossing paths with them to bring deeper meaning to our solitary journeys.

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