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Inspired by the situationist writings on urbanity and urban space and their exploration of the interrelation between city and mood I practiced several dérives during my stays in Paris in 1998/99 and 2001. Coincidentally they all led me to rather unspectacular suburbs such as Ivry-sur-Seine or the area around the subway station Stalingrad. Considering such a magnetic impact these areas had on me, obviously something became visible there I was willing to identify with.