A more famous example of anarchitecture is le parkour. ("The art of movement", or "free-running"). From World Wide Words:
Free-running treats the urban landscape as an adult playground. It treats man-made structures as an obstacle course that participants negotiate by daring feats of graceful gymnastics. It was invented by a group of childhood friends in Lisses, near Paris—as in so many suburban towns, there was little for young people to do, so Sebastien Foucan, David Belle and others created what they call le parkour (a deliberately un-French spelling to make the point that they were doing something different).
British television viewers will know about le parkour from the BBC adverts shot amidst the roof-tops of London, and a Channel 4 documentary. There's a collection of videos here, and here is an essay explaining the philosophy behind the art.
Is that that kind of free up and down movement you do like you do on my mum?
Posted by: Tim Cornish | January 20, 2005 at 08:16 PM
Absolute pretentious shite. Stupid fucking northern Australian. Who do you think you are aye?
well im not sure what you're up to but i dont like it. So i suggest that you go back to felching rabbits where you belong.
Anyone who hails from bashley is a sycophantic moron with the intellect of a dead whore's cunt.
Screw you.
Posted by: Bashley are shit | January 20, 2005 at 08:19 PM
How dare you diss B'WITCHED a pox on you!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Manic | January 20, 2005 at 08:21 PM
sorry about all these messages tevans but you are a lanky git
Posted by: Drib | January 20, 2005 at 08:32 PM
Check this shit out. I am a bad man , aint nobody badder than me. any fool who thinks he is , is just straight clowin and that aint no lie.
U cant touch this, i got bigger trousers than MC Hammer.
so dont be gettin in my way or up in my face or it will be the worse for you.
cause i keep spending most my life living in a gansta's paradise. And when i aint doing that i like to go fishing or ten pin bowling, or sometimes have high tea at the ritz with jam and scones. delightful i tell you they melt in your mouth. quite exquisite.
p.s i aint getting on no damn plane you crazy fool
Posted by: bad man | January 20, 2005 at 08:37 PM
Oh anthony, you can't marry that girl. You promised yourself to be mine! I get that at school you loved fitzpatrick too but who wouldn't! I love you from the depths of my back passage. Come and mine me baby
Posted by: Drib | January 20, 2005 at 08:41 PM
Filter^ Quiz:
Have these comments been posted by friends of mine from:
a. state school
b. private school
answers on a postcard!
Tim, Drib - shame James Beattie's got bigger tits than any bird from Southampton, but never mind. All the best in Divvie 1!
Posted by: AJE | January 20, 2005 at 09:43 PM
state school pah.
i am a vet now evans you fool. I am having fun interferring with things on the isle of wight.
Come on over some time and i'll happily interfere with you.
But then thats just par for the course. or Parkour or whatever.
Posted by: Manic | January 24, 2005 at 05:48 PM
Division 1 , who you trying to fool. We just thrashed one bunch of scousers, and are definately staying up. As for Beattie, youre welcome to him. No way is he worth 6 million, specially seeing as he has a cocaine addiction.
You should remeber it was the otherway round last season, Saints in fourth and everton by the relegation zone. So just enjoy it while it lasts cause i suspect strongly that you will return to being shit again very quickly.
Posted by: Drib | January 24, 2005 at 05:54 PM