22/7/2014
72 hour interactions
Different venues, Witten
A World Championship of Gameful Architectur. The festival connects gamers, artists, architects, designers, cultural activists, and residents. The urban space of Witten will be transformed by means of temporary works: a spectacular festival of active urban participation.
72 HOUR INTERACTIONS is a festival that connects gamers, artists, architects, designers, cultural activists, and residents. Within 3 days and 3 nights, the urban space of Witten will be transformed by means of temporary works: a spectacular festival of active urban participation.
During the festival, from July 23 to 27, 2014 international teams on site are to tackle tasks that deal with local issues and requirements. For 72 hours, the teams work together in order to uncover the hidden potential of five places determined in advance – designing and realizing projects in public space by means of imagination, discussion and physical work. The teams work and sleep on site and develop their interventions in urban space within a tight time schedule, a small budget and limited space.
Via the Internet platform, local residents of the Ruhr Valley and everybody interested in the project can stay informed about the festival. The World Championship of Gameful Architecture takes place in July 2014. Urbane Künste Ruhr presents the festival together with Invisible Playground and 72 Hour Urban Action.
Image: 72 Hour Urban Action 2010 in Tel-Aviv © Mor Arkadir
Press contact:
Hendrik von Boxberg, Virgilio Pelayo jr.
T +49 (0)209 60507 212 F +49 (0)209 60507 399 presse@urbanekuensteruhr.de
Dates
72 HOUR INTERACTIONS: A World Championship of Gameful Architectur
July 23 - 26, 2014, the installations and interventions by the teams are on display until July 27, 2014
in Witten
The Festival Location
In mid-February, the interdisciplinary jury chose the festival city Witten out of five cities in the Ruhr Valley: Hagen, Hattingen, Herdecke, Wetter, and Witten. Members of the jury were: the teams of Urbane Künste Ruhr, 72 Hour Urban Action, and Invisible Playground as well as Nathalie Pozzi (architect, New York City), Eric Zimmerman (game designer, New York City), and Phillip Misselwitz (urbanist, Stuttgart).