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The Hide&Seek Weekender Conference 2012
September 17, 2012 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
“Hide&Seek brings you a conference day intended to illuminate the latest and best thinking around the subject of public play.”
From the website:
Games are entering the cultural mainstream and becoming part of our civic life, creating a set of challenges and opportunities for professionals tasked with managing public spaces. Through a series of talks from leading thinkers and practitioners, showcases from artists, producers and technology companies, and tailored networking sessions, the Playing in Public Conference creates an environment where new ideas for the future of play in public space can flourish.
Tickets are available from the Southbank Centre website, and are £60/£30 concession (including students, unemployed and low-income artists).
- The Who and How of Collaboration. Creating games and playful experiences for public spaces begins from innovative collaborations: between artists, game designers, architects, organisations, curators, funders and space holders. The day will look at the issue of collaboration from all these perspectives, illuminating the practical and creative steps necessary to foster great projects.
- The Past and Future of Public Play. Playing in public is arguably our oldest cultural activity, yet games are generally thought of has a technological, industrial cultural form. How can we link heritage with innovation?
Conference schedule and speakers:
- 9:30am-10:00am
Keynote – the past and future of public play
Pat Kane
Pat Kane kicks off the conference with a survey of the intellectual, social & political context for public play, a glance at our Olympian present, and a brief glimpse of the future of civic spaces with play built in.- 10:00am-10:15am
Artist Showcase #1 – 815 Agency / Joshua DeBonis & Nikita Mikros
815 Agency, Joshua DeBonis, Nikita Mikros
Artists from the Hide&Seek Weekender deliver flash presentations of their work.- 10:15am-10:45am
Technology for public spaces – an insider’s guide
Clare Reddington
Clare Reddington brings her experience as director of the Pervasive Media Studio to bear on a frank and illuminating guide to the do’s and don’ts of commissioning and developing technology for public spaces.- 11:00am-11:15am
Olympics / Games / Design #1
Bennett Foddy, Ricky Haggett
Interesting game designers deliver short provocations on what’s important to them about the Olympic and Paralympic Games.- 11:00am-11:15am
Artist Showcase #2 – Laura Kriefman / Chloe Barden & Pollie Vareldi
Laura Kriefman, Guerilla Dance Project, Pollie Barden, Chloe Varelidi
Artists from the Hide&Seek Weekender deliver flash presentations of their work.- 11:15am-12:00pm
Regeneration games – how can public play contribute to community life?
Hannah Nicklin, Kate Kneale, Shan Maclennan, John Newbigin
A new understanding of the role of playing together in public spaces is stimulating a range of projects and developments that seek to connect game culture with community life. The panel will share their perspectives on public play from the perspectives of design, academia, public policy and cultural curation. Can public play have a lasting beneficial impact on communities? If so, of what kind?- 12:00pm-12:30pm
Faciliated Networking Session
Hide&Seek-designed networking intended to put you together with interesting others.- 12:30pm-1:30pm
Lunch
Lunch will be provided for delegates.- 1:30pm-2:00pm
The strange things people play
Kars Alfrink
In this talk, Kars Alfrink (Hubbub, NL) contemplates the future shape of public play: new social issues, new hybrid spaces and new nonhuman playmates. With interestingness, not accuracy as his yardstick.- 2:00pm-2:45pm
Funding public play – investors in conversation
Dermot McPartland, Shonagh Manson, Charles Beckett, Mark Earls
It’s clear that public play events can create value for investors. Primarily, that value relationship is happening at the level of the cultural organisation commissioning the artist – to create an event or installation that meets its goals. What other models of investment and collaboration might be out there? What support structures might be needed to support games and public play? And what kinds of things do brands, trusts and public bodies need to ensure in order to collaborate?- 2:45pm-3:00pm
Artist Showcase #3 – Rosie Fairchild / Jason Anthony
Rosie Fairchild, Jason Anthony
Artists from the Hide&Seek Weekender deliver flash presentations of their work.- 3:00pm-3:15pm
Olympics / Games / Design #2
Interesting game designers deliver short provocations on what’s important to them about the Olympic and Paralympic Games.- 3:15pm-3:45pm
Coffee break
- 3:45pm-4:30pm
Curating Public Play in Cultural Spaces
Heather Kelley, Jérôme Delormas
Curator Heather Kelley and Artistic Director Jerome Delormas discuss the development of Joue le Jeu / Play Along and offer insights into a future best practice of curating games into cultural spaces.- 4:30pm-4:45pm
Artist Showcase #4 – Viviane Schwarz / Jaime Woo
Viviane Schwarz, Jaime Woo
Artists from the Hide&Seek Weekender deliver flash presentations of their work.
Looking for more game industry events?
Check Jurie Horneman’s excellent gameconfs directory.
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Have a look at the excellent promoter app calendar.
Events for the Dutch industry:
Game Industrie Kalender / DGG / Courage Events