Psychogeography probes the relationship between one’s mental state and the physical space one inhabits. By introducing stresses like fatigue or randomness, psychogeographers hope to break down barriers, alter perceptions and open minds and eyes to new ideas.
These walks — and the sense of community ownership underpinning them — have struck a chord with a new generation of Windsorites put off by traditional politics and centralized, top-down approaches to solving problems.
They are coming together for a series of structured strolls known as “psychogeographic walks” in the bid to gain a deeper understanding of, and an appreciation for, a city that is down on its luck and, in their view, way too hard on itself.
There are no rules as to how you should proceed. Cacophony grows organically, nurtured by example. The various lodges are different but bear a family resemblance to one another. Like families, they may squabble, envy, backstab, and inspire. If you’re getting out of line, your family will let you know. If you don’t like it, you can always run away with the name. The only contentious areas have generally been implicit political agendas (generally frowned upon whether anarchist, libertarian, or worse) and “commercial” events (a vague concept — get reimbursed for services, materials, and rentals necessary to some events.) If you get different information from all of us, it’s to be expected. It is Cacophony, after all. Every branch has its own legitimate way of running things. The fact that they’ve survived for a few years is the only justification we have for our approach.
The Cacophony Society is a randomly gathered network of individuals united in the pursuit of experiences beyond the pale of mainstream society through subversion, pranks, art, fringe explorations and meaningless madness.
A retired railway servant who is attempting to make a collection of old works on religion, quantum physics, consciousness and the never ending quest to know - who am I.