Collect

The process begins as the streets of perth are

walked, allowing the urban environment to instruct
movement within the city. This form of navigation
is carried out without a map or navigational
agenda, the process somewhat in opposition
to the increased mindless navigating by use of
satellite navigation. This form of movement within
the urban environment could be though of as
an example of almost complete disconnection
between people and place. The process is similar
Collect:Collections:Collective
Theory of Dérive
to the practice of dérive, a process developed as
a method of working practice by the situationists.
“A mode of experimental behavior linked to the
conditions of urban society: A technique of rapid
passage through varied ambiances.”1

The collection is focused around the strange

attraction and repulsion of redundant space.
Treating the city as an archive, the collected
instances of redundancy are collect in a manor
so as to represent the city as an archive. The act
of performing such a task draws the attention
of the public, mostly bewildered to why such
an instance would be tagged. Most of the tags
remain months after their initial placement, an
illustration of the dormant, unnoticed nature of
the collected instances. The exercise draws the
beginning of a new attention to the redundant
space. The collection is never perceived as
something that could be finished, avoiding the
potential for the process to become exhaustive.
The collecting exists as fragments, drawn out
from the process of dérive.

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UNION STREET
NORTH METHVEN

FOUNDRY LANE
Redundant Gas lamp at the back of terraced properties.
STREET

DRUMHAR COURT

Accessible from Melville Street via a close. The close is

primarily used for access to a new building housing an
architects office and artists home.
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The bridge creates a link between the old railway

station platform and the railway carriage sidings. The
bridge is not widely used but is publicly accessible and
is a potential risk to anyone using it. The structures lack
of care renders it as a health and safety hazard.
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High Street

Remaining Fragment of Perth City wall.

Street
Constructed as a city defence in the 14 Century in

King Edward
order to secure Perth as a permanent English base
within Scotland. These defences were strengthened by
the city lade which runs outside the perimeter of the
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Guard Vennel
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STREET
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High Street
Street
KIRKGATE

King Edward
WATERGATE

To the lasting memory of the employes of the city of ST JOHN'S PLACE

ST JOHN STREET

St John's
Square

Perth co-operative society LTD WHO FELL IN THE

KIRKSIDE

KING EDWARD STREET

GREAT WAR. This remembrance plaque located on

skinnergate: one of Perths oldest streets and is a prime
example of misplacement.
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LICKLEY
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MILNE STREE
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NEWROW
SOUTH METHVEN STREET

YORK PLACE
COUNTY PLACE

NEW ROW
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Abandoned warehouse located inside an urban block

between south Methven Street and Newrow
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YORK PLACE

YORK PLACE
COUNTY PLACE
NEW ROW

KINNOULL REET
CAUSEWAY L ST
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ROAD
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Gap site located in close proximity to both the AK Bell

POMARIUM STREET

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KIRKGATE
WATERGATE

ST JOHN'S PLACE

ST JOHN STREET

KIRKSIDE
Oliphant's Vennel

Shop frontage currently acting as signage for directions

SOUTH ST JOHN'S PLACE

to the Perth Museum.

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High Street
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KIRKGATE

King Edward

Redundant shop front along George Street

WATERGATE

ST JOHN STREET

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High Street

The Muster room can be accessed via an alley off

Street
George Inn lane, opening up to a courtyard with

King Edward
access to the upper room via a stair core. The rooms
location is extremely hidden, at the very centre of an
urban block. Although the site is publicly accessible,
its redundant state hides it away from public site. The
room was once used as a gathering point for City
officials in times of trouble.
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NERGAT
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TAY STR
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STREET
HIGH

High Street

The site, located off a vennel running between George

Street

Street and Tay street, has run into a state of disuse

King Edward

and disrepair.
The current building on the site was once used by
the city council but lack of care has transformed
the site into nothing more than a rubbish tip and an
inappropriately placed car park.
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Perth Railway carriage sidings
The sidings have run into a state of redundancy, a
casualty of the change from locomotive haulage to
DMUs.
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UNION STREET

NORTH METHVEN FOUNDRY LANE

STREET

DRUMHAR COURT
KINNOULL STREET

Abandoned Church Property situated on Atholl Street

SKIN

Guard Vennel
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High Street
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KIRKGATE

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WATERGATE

ST JOHN'S PLACE
SCOTT STREET
ST JOHN STREET

St John's
Square
KIRKSIDE

Oliphant's Vennel
KING EDWARD STREET

SOUTH ST JOHN'S PLACE

Baxter's Vennel
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FLESHERS' VENNEL

SOUTH STREET
WATERGATE

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ROPEMAKERS CLOSE

HORNERS' LANE
SPEYGATE

COW VENNEL

Perth City Hall currently lies in a state of disuse. Plans

for the buildings re-use were dismissed in favour to
demolish the building in order to create a new public
square.
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STREET
HIGH STREET

LICKLEY
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ST PAUL'S SQUARE

MILNE STREE
MARKET
STREET

NEWROW
SOUTH METHVEN STREET
SCOTT STREET

YORK PLACE
COUNTY PLACE
Built in 1807, St Pauls was the first new church in Perth
since the middle ages as a result of Perth population
growth from 9000 in 1755 to 20000 in 1793. The
majority of Perth’s population live in the suburbs and as
a result, St Pauls has become redundant, yet still has
a huge presence on the High street. The last service
took place 1986
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