Play Summit in collaboartion with Assemble. 2014
Play Summit was a three-day event with artist Nils Norman and art & architecture collective Assemble, which considered the state of play in Scotland and beyond. There were free talks, workshops and discussions, and a symposium bringing together leading thinkers and practitioners working in play from around the world, along with play ventures from across Scotland.
These activties ran alongside free outdoor play on Glasgow Green by Baltic Street Adventure Playground, a new project currently being built in Dalmarnock by Assemble. Together with PEEK and Playbusters, they invited families and children of all ages to come and play, build, enjoy a campfire and explore.
Schedule:
Saturday and Sunday: PEEK, Playbusters, Tim Gill, Mark Halden, Ben Tawil, The Woodcraft folk, Play Scotland
Monday Symposium: Mike Barclay, Mark Halden, Tim Gill, Wendy Russell, Marcus Schmidt, Hitoshi Shimamura
and Ben Tawil
Saturday 12 April. 2014
Outdoor play on Glasgow Green Baltic Street Adventure Playground, PEEK and Playbusters 10am–6pm | Free
Guided walk by play worker, Robert Kennedy, from Baltic Street Adventure Playground, Dalmarnock to Glasgow Green with an intervention byOrtonandon 427 Baltic Street, Dalmarnock, Glasgow, G40 3EU 4pm | Free – booking required
Keynote talk: Tim Gill One of the UK’s leading thinkers on childhood, children’s play and free time Doges, Templeton on the Green 6pm | Free – booking required
Sunday 13 April. 2014
Outdoor play on Glasgow Green Baltic Street Adventure Playground, PEEK and Playbusters 10am–6pm | Free
Workshops for families Winter Gardens 11am | The Woodcraft Folk
4pm | Tower building with Assemble
Free
Talks on play
Learning Room, People’s Palace
11am | Jumping off Shed Roofs, Debbie Willett, PlayScotland
2pm | Mark Halden from Glamis Adventure Playground
4pm | Take a risk on Play, Ben Tawil
Free
Monday 14 April. 2014
Outdoor play on Glasgow Green Baltic Street Adventure Playground, PEEK and Playbusters 10am–6pm | Free
Symposium
Where did adventure play come from and what does it look like today? Speakers including Hitoshi Shimamura from Tokyo and Marcus Schmidt from Berlin, along with play ventures from across Scotland, discuss these and other play-related issues.
Doges, Templeton on the Green 10am–6pm £30 | £20 concessions
Play Summit was a collaboration between Collective’s All Sided Games andBaltic Street Adventure Playground.
Baltic Street Adventure Playground is a VELOCITY project delivered collaboratively by ASSEMBLE and Create London and is funded by Creative Scotland, Clyde Gateway and Glasgow City Council.