Material_Adventure (2020)
the_boardgame
An adventure game for humans and other materials.
Together you set off on a journey in the hopes of discovering something interesting.
The goal is to return from your adventure with an exciting story to share.
Photos:
MATERIAL_ADVENTURES the_board_game >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157713698549692
MATERIAL_ADVENTURE: THE CENTER FOR LARGE CREATURE CONSTRAINT >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157713698011278
what people made >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157713903023941
THE_GAME_BOARD
DOWNLOADS
INSTRUCTION_BOOKLET PDF (A6):
http://plusea.at/downloads/games/20-MaterialAdventureGame_instructions_current.pdf
GAME_BOARD JPG (30x70cm):
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49726356018_d5c5e3de6b_b.jpg
GAME_BOARD PDF for print (4xA4):
http://plusea.at/downloads/games/20-MaterialAdventureGame_board_A4print_current.pdf
SOCIAL DISTANCING AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MATERIAL INTIMACY?
As somebody who leads crafty hands-on material workshops (mostly on e-textiles and physical computing), I’ve been trying to find interesting ways of communicating these experiences remotely, without relying on a setup in which participants spend the majority of their time in front of devices.
The social distancing measures that we are currently taking to slow the spread of covid-19, bar us from gathering physically with other humans, but nothing is stopping us from getting intimate with other (inanimate) beings. Maybe, all alone with other materials, we are able to get even more materially intimate with them!
WHAT PEOPLE MADE
LEVEL1: THE REMIX
steps in the game and their rough durations:
remix_
to combine or edit existing materials to produce something new
EXAMPLE GAMEPLAY
more photos >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157713698011278
GAMEBOARD
MONEY
WORKSPACE
MATERIALS
SELECT MATERIALS
ADVENTURE
VARIENTS
several of the variants appeared to me as underwater creatures that were prepared or “constrained” in some way – for grilling…. for display. i wondered, if these were creatures that had been hunted / collected to be put on show. what reason somebody would have had to do this?
what were these creatures? what did they represent?
they are large, like elephants in the room.
they are edible, we would like to eat them.
but they are too large for us to digest.
varients
varients with descriptions
the varient that spoke to me
FORMULATE
a facility for controlling the creatures that are too big for us to eat, digest and get out of our system.
these creatures represent topics that we are not able to resolve, that we will always be hungry to discuss.
CREATURES
PLAY WITH SCALE
human-scale figures in relation to the artifact
DOCUMENT
TITLE
FINAL PHOTO
