Unruly Play

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The program includes a short talk, activities drawn from an archive of play, and small groups responding to prompts from invited organizations. The listing describes a choreographed evening with strangers and says there will be no small talk.

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An archive of play in unlikely places, activated in a choreographed evening with strangers. Play belongs in more places. Play is permission to have new ideas, to question what's fixed, and to meet people you might never have met otherwise. It's how change gets rehearsed before there's a business case, before anyone approves it. Unruly Play is an archive of references from the artists, designers and communities we admire: play in unlikely places, games about unusual things, unexpected encounters, across decades and countries. Some of them happened right here: Pac-Man chased through Washington Square, snowballs for sale on Cooper Square priced by size, a ping-pong table in Queens where every bounce plays a drum. Turns out the archive is a bit of a New Yorker. This is a creative gathering for anyone who suspects their practice could use more play, and anyone whose work could use a little more permission. Expect a choreographed evening with the archive as backdrop: instructions, bent rules, strange moments between strangers. Program Multiplayer networking. Creative coalitions. No small talk. 7:00–7:30Doors open. Skip the small talk: strangers, on and off script. 7:30–8:20The archive comes alive: a short talk, and a few things we’ll play together. 8:20–9:00Small groups take on provocations from organizations we’ve invited to the room. Facilitators Monique Grimord is an art director and interaction designer.