PLAY IN THE CITY

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CONTENTSREFLECTIONSESSAY3591321_23262830333500. The Street Party:Thinking through a depiction of play in the city01. Theorising Play02. The Playful City03. Theorising Space and Place00. References04. Approaches to Space and Technology05. The City, Space and Technology06. Simulation07. Immersion08.The Body00. Afterword2
00. ESSAYTHE STREET PARTYTHINKING THROUGH A DEPICTION OFPLAY IN THE CITYTHE STREET PARTY:THINKING THROUGH A DEPICTION OF PLAY IN THE CITYABSTRACT:As an event, the street party allows a collective and ephemeral act ofsubversion to the existing space and order of the city. A notion ofplayfulness creeps in through the activity’s inhabitation of a heretouninhabitable zone; A zone which is designed for mass circulation,which opposes any pursuit of lingering or fun. The British street party,however, summons an image of bunting, patriotic flags, a celebrationof the monarchy or an end to nation’s war. Herein lies the intriguingsituation which the street party presents; Can an act of play enforce theauthority of the day, or does it, in doing so, strip it of its playfulness?This essay will focus on Lawrence Stephen Lowry’s depiction of theBritish street party in his painting from 1945, entitled VE Day. Thispiece will enable a conversation with key voices in critical theory, whoexplore the themes of play, place, the festival and the carnival. Thisconversation will bring to light layers through which we can readLowry’s work.3
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Page 14 and 15: 02.writing; its character, mood and
Page 16 and 17: 00.What then are we seeing in Lowry
Page 18 and 19: 03.and other functional space. Soci
Page 20 and 21: 00.Let us return to Huizinga and pl
Page 22 and 23: 00.Carnival, in particular, has a s
Page 24 and 25: 00.Lefebvre guided us to think that
Page 26 and 27: Figure 1: Tarvy Bridge Social Club,
Page 28 and 29: 04.We can understand place to be di
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Page 34 and 35: 06. REFLECTIONSIMULATIONWEEK 8, 13.
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Page 38 and 39: 07. REFLECTIONIMMERSIONWEEK 9, 20.0
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