Journey To The End Of The Night – Chicagø

A pursuit across Chicago in 6 parts.

The city spreads out before you. Rushing from point to point, lit by the slow strobe of fluorescent buses and dark streets. Stumbling into situations for a stranger's signature. Fleeing unknown pursuers, breathing hard, admiring the landscape and the multitude of worlds hidden in it.

For one night, drop your relations, your work and leisure activities, and all your usual motives for movement and action, and let yourself be drawn by the attractions of the chase and the encounters you find there.

 

[click for printable poster]

UPDATE 8.6.08

Apologies for taking my time to post these videos to this site [I've had them up on the SFØ site since May... I'm such a layabout]. These edits are for use as a memento for participants and promotional material for future games.

[these edits have reduntant footage at the beginning]

Reading of the Rules [2'56"]

The Chase [4'25"]

The Full Route [12'37"]

Videographers: Robyn Sarvis, Jason Pratt, Beverly Taylor, Allison Daneil. Edited by Dax Tran-Caffee. Music in "The Chase" is by Guitarzan vs. Bazzilla featuring Drumasaurus Rex. Music in "The Full Route" is by Nina Simone, used without permission (because she is dead, and the dead should not be owned).

Distribution Rights:

  • Feel free to link to these videos if you would like to help spread the word about Journey, appropriative games, or SFØ/CGØ.
  • Screenings of these videos is acceptable without permission only in not-for-profit situations; higher resolution videos are available upon request.
  • It is possible to use some of this footage for artistic purposes if you contact me [Dax Tran-Caffee] for permission; higher resolution videos are available upon request.

 

UPDATE 4.20.08

The game last night was beautiful.

If you participated in this game in any way, we would love to read your story. Post it at the following location:

http://sf0.org/tasks/Journey-to-the-End-of-the-Night-Chicago/

We have a list of volunteers, participants and other statistics.

Editing of the video footage has begun - stay posted to this site, or the SFØ subsite.

The pre-run site, including the game rules, is still viewable for the curious.

Thank you everyone, again, for bringing the game to life for the first time in Chicagø. For more street-level shenanigans, join in on the mothergame, SFZero.org.

Yours,
Dax

 


This event prepared Dax Tran-Caffee and CGØ, the Chicago chapter of SFØ.

Other Journey to the End of the Night presentations:

6.17.06 San Francisco
9.16.06 Brooklyn
9.22.06 Manhattan at Come Out & Play
4.11.07 London at Hide & Seek
6.23.07 San Francisco
4.19.08 Chicago
5.3.08 Washington DC
7.12.08 Los Angeles
9.13.08 Minneapolis

related presentations:

6.26.08 London "This is It..." at Hide & Seek
9.19.08 Chicago "The Architect & the Urchin"

 

Inquiries can be made to Dax at: