Description
Product ID: | 9781781685570 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Explore Everything |
Subtitle: | Place-Hacking the City |
Authors: | Author: Bradley L. Garrett |
Page Count: | 320 |
Subjects: | Extreme sports, Extreme sports, Travel and holiday guides, Travel & holiday guides |
Description: | Select Guide Rating "Volatile and extraordinary ... a gonzo road trip." - Robert Macfarlane, Guardian It is assumed that every inch of the world has been explored and charted; that there is nowhere new to go. But perhaps it is the everyday places around us—the cities we live in—that need to be rediscovered. What does it feel like to find the city’s edge, to explore its forgotten tunnels and scale unfinished skyscrapers high above the metropolis? Explore Everything reclaims the city, recasting it as a place for endless adventure. Plotting expeditions from London, Paris, Berlin, Detroit, Chicago, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, Bradley L. Garrett has evaded urban security in order to experience the city in ways beyond the boundaries of conventional life. He calls it ‘place hacking’: the recoding of closed, secret, hidden and forgotten urban space to make them realms of opportunity. Explore Everything is an account of the author’s escapades with the London Consolidation Crew, an urban exploration collective. The book is also a manifesto, combining philosophy, politics and adventure, on our rights to the city and how to understand the twenty-first century metropolis. |
Imprint Name: | Verso Books |
Publisher Name: | Verso Books |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2014-09-09 |