Southbank Centre and various venues across London
‘… combines all my favourite things about games - play, interactivity, performance, cleverness, technology, participation’ - Guardian Gamesblog
A worldwide photographic treasure hunt, a night time chase across London, a wide-game with a difference and flashmob dance like you have never seen it before – the new cultural phenomenon of social games has arrived this summer with the Hide & Seek Festival, a 3 day extravaganza of free games and play, encouraging us to look at our cities – and each other – with new eyes.
The UK’s first festival of its kind challenges Londoners to Find The Fun In Their City, bringing together a wide spectrum of renowned artists from across the world including Blast Theory, Gideon Reeling, Snap Shot City, Coney and Jane McGonigal. The programme is guaranteed to create a sense of fun, wonder and abandon often missing from everyday life and celebrate all the creativity and social interaction that games have to offer…
For full programme and games sign up - www.hideandseekfest.co.uk
Featured mscapes at Hide & Seek:
Timehole
By Jon Williams and Hazel Grian, Licorice Media
Spirits from the past are entering our world through a mysterious “Timehole”. Help world famous Paranormal Investigators Pat and Dave lay these spirits to rest
Stamp the Mole
After placing three mole holes stamp on ten moles to win. The moles run away more quickly each time you stamp on one so don’t take too long!
Always Something Somewhere Else
By Duncan Speakman
Interwoven stories connect you to remote locations around the world, soundtracked with a generative music score. Touching on climate change and global awareness.
Or sign up for Simon & Simon’s Comfort of Strangers, a a street game that uses ipaq PDAs, mscape software and adhoc wifi networks to create a series of social encounters driven by risk and common interest.
Posted for Vanessa Bellaar Spruijt