“What has happened to the children who once played freely on the streets?”
This question was asked by british artist Bruno Taylor, as part of a new project to explore public spaces, and their use.
“71% of adults used to play on the streets when they were young. 21% of children do so now. Are we designing children and play out of the public realm?
This project is a study into different ways of bringing play back into public space. It focuses on ways of incorporating incidental play in the public realm by not so much as having separate play equipment that dictates the users but by using existing furniture and architectural elements that indicate playful behaviour for all.
It asks us to question the current framework for public space and whether it is sufficient while also giving permission for young people to play in public.
I suppose some of you might wonder what the deal was with the whole “Screw the world” topic yesterday….
Yeah, I wondered that myself. All I remember, was that the name of the brilliant blog entry that I lost (may it’s soul rest in peace), was “Screw the world” - and that it marginally had something to do with an IM conversation with Rebecca.
Aha! After sufficient digging around in my history, I figured out what the reference was from. I was grumbling about the nablopomo site not having an easy way to import/rss-suck-in your real blog posts, instead providing a means to post blog entries (thus requiring you to double-post, in essence).
To which my response was: Maybe I’ll just blog… and screw the world :)
So yeah, I’m not double-blogging - heavens know I am having enough trouble keeping up with this blog, I don’t need yet another blog to worry about.
So keep watching this spot, people. It might actually get interesting. :)
I blogged yesterday about the photo shoot I did in my living room.
Having been too tired and sore from jumping up and down off the floor, I neglected to clean up - so tonight, when we got home from watching the excellent ”The Kingdom,” her first comment was ”Do you want to watch some Table TV?”
