Category: events

Fantastic Funchal
After a fine workshop on the lovely island of Madeira, we now have a solid new deck for the city of Funchal.

Getting lost in Funchal
Together with Art Center Caravel, we're hosting a Dérive app workshop in Funchal, on the island of Madeira, in Portugal, on March 16.

Ready for Derive Day
September 9 is Derive Day. Join people from all over the world and discover your city in a more random way, like a game.

Come create at the Fourth World Congress of Psychogeography
Derive Day coincides with the Fourth World Congress of Psychogeography at Heritage Quay in Huddersfield on September 9. Join Dérive app in creating a deck of task cards for the occasion. And, figure out who the Young Men’s Mental Improvement Society were.

Come test drive hosted dérives
We’ve worked on adding ‘hosted dérives’ to Dérive app. In a hosted dérive, all participants get presented the same task cards at the same time, wherever they are in the world. We’re officially introducing hosted dérives on Dérive Day, September 9, but you can test drive them right now.

Astrid Kaemmerling kicks off The Walk Discourse on Dérive Day
San Francisco based artist Astrid Kaemmerling kicks off The Walk Discourse, a series of walkshops, in and around the San Francisco bay area, on September 9, Dérive Day 2017, by hosting a shared dérive as part of Dérive Day.

Join us for Dérive Day 2017
On 9 September 2017, explore your city with others around the world through randomly generated and synchronised tasks that are simultaneously drawn whether you’re in Rio or Rome, Kampala or Kuala Lumpur.

Dérive app is coming to Oakland
In Oakland, California, ProArts is hosting a seven week event called ‘The New Situationists‘. On March 11, Dérive app will host a workshop, after which, for six consecutive weeks, participants will collaborate in the creation of location-specific deck for Oakland. If you’re in California, consider stopping by.

Dérive Walk: Cairo, Egypt
Dalia Said recently organised a group Dérive walk in Cairo, Egypt. Here are some photos from the walk, to see all the photos, check our Flickr group.

Entrepreneurial observation walk in Cairo
On the morning of Sunday, November 17, nine young entrepreneurs took to the streets of Cairo, Egypt for a walk. No ordinary walk, fully equipped with smart phones loaded with Dérive app, this was an “Observation Walk”.

Jo’burg workshop creates new deck for the city
We’ve just finished a successful workshop in Johannesburg, in collaboration with the Maboneng Precinct. Besides a wonderful two days in downtown Jo’burg, the tangible result has been a deck of cards, specifically designed for meandering around Johannesburg, and to be used within Dérive app.

Johannesburg Dérive app Workshop
Date: 13-14 April 2013 | Time: 10am-4pm | Venue: Maboneng Precinct We are very excited to be carrying out the second Dérive app workshop, this time in Johannesburg, South Africa. This, in collaboration with the Maboneng Precinct situated on the eastern edge of Africa’s richest and 4th largest city.