Archive for Public Play
Archive for Public Play explores the meaning of self-initiated forms of free play — in all their diversity — for activating the public space as a site for public being and public interaction. The realisation of the project depends on the participation of adults sharing their most memorable stories of their childhood’s self-initiated free play activities resulting in a database archiving their collective play memories. These Public Play stories were used to invite people to re-enact the diversity of play activities in public space and hereby also activate or re-activate the public space as a site for public being and interaction.
This project was part of the Office for Public Play research project and funded by the FP7, Marie Curie Multi-ITN project TRADERS. It was exhibited at Growing with Design, A-venue, Gothenburg (SE), October 2015.
Archive for Public Play exhibited at A-venue, Gothenburg (SE), October 2015: collecting, archiving, and displaying Public Play stories.
The Public Play story reenacted in public space, Gothenburg (SE). Photo by Ylva Holmgren
Photo by Ylva Holmgren
A-venue photos by Annelies Vaneycken
The Public Play stories displayed at A-venue, Gothenburg (SE).
Photo by Ylva Holmgren
Related publication
Vaneycken, A. (2016). A playlist with Footnotes & Archive for Public Play. In H. Benesch, & J. Friberg (Eds.). Growing w/ design (pp. 35–53). Göteborg: HDK — Academy of Design and Crafts, Making Narratives 1. >> read here