Movement of Play

Movement of Play is a project that highlights the importance of play for everyone at all stages of our lives, bringing to life physical games that encourage playfulness and social connections.

Movement of Play invites people to recall and share the games of their childhoods to uncover a spectrum of physical games from across different regions, cultures and countries. The project enables the discovery of unusual games as well as more familiar ones, and how the same games have different names and alternative rules.

Activities

Movement of Play includes a series of projects which can be offered independently or collectively to create an in-depth project or series of independent activities. 

 Mapping games

Mapping games focuses on gathering games from across the globe, inviting people to share the playground and physical games of their childhood, including games that have been passed down to people without written explanations or rules.  As this collection of games builds it reveals how games transform as they are passed on through generations and across cultures. creating a visualisation of a game’s journey, where they were played, their connections across the globe and with other games.  

Game Exchange

Is a fun event for people of all ages. People are invited to propose a game, prior to the day or just come along with a physical game they love to share with others. Throughout the day the repertoire of games will build along with a collection of stories relating to the games, where they were played and with whom and their personal meanings.

The sessions are supported by game-collectors who are experienced at leading the games and gathering people’s stories relating to playing the games.