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After months of Leanne and I sewing the monsters are complete and have been to the BALTIC to be played with and interacted with their family audience. I am sad to say I’ve not been able to see the installation, […]

For the finally of my Arts Council research project I am creating Do Touch Me. The research has been into how to create interactive art without touch for a Covid world. The outcome of the research is people want to […]

Last Thursday I had the pleasure of meeting with Anja, the family learning officer from Coventry Transport Museum. I really wanted to chat with Anja as we have a shared love of play. Anja’s role is to bring as much play […]

For Random String I created a totally new, immersive experience for myself and the audience. For the duration of Saturday 13th November I was in the projection marquee experimenting with circles and colours. I invited the audience to come and […]

Godiva took place over the first weekend of September with no restrictions in place. The lollipops were being shown on the family field. Jon asked for them to be manned over the weekend, I had a lot of opportunity to see […]

“Those who played survived, adapted, and developed skills and capacities that their ancestors could never have imagine.” “Play has always been a key to adaption and survival, and I believe it will remain so in the future.” Page 197 After reading […]

It’s hard to say a definite yes or no, it depends on the circumstance. The first issue that is discussed in the chapter is bullying, which isn’t play at all. We all know the feeling of being teased when it’s […]

“Those who play together stay together” page 158 Quick, play with your friends and partner to make sure you stay together. That’s what this phrase says to me. Chris and I are going to go swimming tonight to stay together! […]

Chapter 4: Parenthood is child’s play “We grow out of childhood and leave behind “childish things”. We feel that we shouldn’t act this way anymore, and get a sort of wilful amnesia for pure play experiences.” Page 78 I don’t feel […]

This is a bit of a stock take of what I’ve achieved over the past 8 months. I’ve not only made a massive step forward in gaining Max MSP programming knowledge and created a system which includes light, glass, and […]