Kars Alfrink - Play in public space

Play in the city

‘the street finds its own uses for things’
-William Gibson

Skateboarding started in empty pools

Flash mobs are mass gatherings coordinated by internet en cell phones. Friction between players and outsiders is fun.

Play is a widespread cultural phenomenon. Play is a generative process which is the foundation of creative processes.

LED throwies concept. non destructive grafiti. play with the object you have with you.
instructables for mario question blocks. and photographs of the blocks in the street.

processing power changes games.
data intensity vs. processing intensity
processing intensity is better

explore the model and possibility space of a game, the exploration is fun

games can communicate arguments just like other media. procedural rhetoric arguments.
September 12. news game.

introduction of processing power will introduce procedural rhetoric to street games

ufo findings of 1967 in england

make a possible future feelable

goes on to very nicely visualize a game based on camera surveillance in the public space.

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