denny Architectural Art & Design

More info: www.v2.nl Featuring Stichting de Stad, Stealth Unlimited, Arturo Hernandez, on-signal.org, Pablo Valbuena, Edwin van der Heide and many others. Urban Play can be described as 'designing the city' and is considered common ground for architects and city planners on the one hand, and designers, artists, and performers on the other. Theory on Urban Play prophesises new forms of interactive spaces, stretching from virtual game-spaces to physical architectural spaces, as discussed by Friedrich von Borries et al. (eds.) in the book Space Time Play for instance. Furthermore, exhibitions such as Droog Event 2: Urban Play (curated by Scott Burnham) have clearly shown Urban Play's potential in the design field. In practice, however, only few architects and city planners realise the potential of Urban Play; only seldom do they contact designers, artists, or performers when faced with a tough urban planning case. This special edition of Test_Lab proposes to look into the true practical value of the notion of Urban Play by physically visiting a concrete case in urban development. There, game designers, media artists, and urban performers are invited to demonstrate how their work could contribute to the challenges faced by architects and city planners in their daily practice. Can game designers, media artists, and urban performers live up to the predictions made by theory on the notion of Urban Play? Are these new forms of social interaction and uses of the city, these new ...