72 HOUR INTERACTIONS – World Championship of Gameful Architecture

This July, sixty architects, game designers, craftspeople, tinkerers and city planners will form five international teams and compete in a special World Championship. Some team members are from the Ruhr region, some are from the farthest corners of the world. International teams will challenge themselves in only 72 hours – three days and nights – to respond to a mission at a local site. Each team will design and build a temporary structure that invites people to come together in play, transforming the city life of Witten. Each team will be exploring their own variation of “gameful architecture”. How can a built environmental structure encourage people to meet and interact ? How can it encourage different play styles and possible games? Should it offer stages or maybe hiding places? Let us feel safe or free? Together or alone? Ecstatic or thoughtful? Let’s see what happens when citizens become more than simple users and indulge in play, in public, with each other and the fabric of the city itself. The teams of 72 Hour Interactions 2014 are: Better Wetter, Hagen Bilder, Hattingen Dragon Slayers, Herdecke Sawhorses, Witten Truffle Pigs. Click here for more info on the teams The Jury: Nathalie Pozzi (Architect), Eric Zimmerman (Game Designer), Philipp Misselwitz (Urban Planner), Katja Aßmann (Artistic Director Urban Arts Ruhr) and representatives of the Municipality of Witten. The stakes are high. The fight against Global Boredom is on. Find out how you can be part of the action in Witten: Click here for more info on the public program accompanying the championship. Course of events and programme Tuesday July 22, 2014 7 p.m.: Open Mic – The participants introduce themselves, Stellwerk e.V., Ruhrstraße 39, 58452 Witten Wednesday July 23, 2014 4 p.m.: Car parade to the venue of the opening 5 p.m.: Opening ceremony, Rathausplatz, 58452 Witten Thursday July 24, 2014 From noon: Film programme at Knut’s, Wiesenstraße 25, 58452 Witten and at the info point 4 p.m.: 72-Minutes-Game 6 p.m.: Play-testing tour Friday July 25, 2014 From noon: Film programme at Knut’s, Wiesenstraße 25, 58452 Witten and at the info point [11 a.m.: Play-testing tour for journalists, register at: [email protected]] 4 p.m.: 72-Minutes-Game 6 p.m.: Play-testing tour 9.30 p.m.: Night tour Saturday July 26, 2014 From noon: Film programme at Knut’s, Wiesenstraße 25, 58452 Witten and at the info point 3 p.m.: 72-Minutes-Game 6 p.m.: End of works 8 p.m.: Big finale/ announcement of winning team, StadtGalerie, Hammerstraße 9-11, 58452 Witten Following: Party Sunday July 27, 2014 From noon: Film programme at Knut’s, Wiesenstraße 25, 58452 Witten and at the info point From 2 p.m.: Intervention sites are accessible and can be tested 2.30 p.m.: 72-Minutes Game 5 p.m.: Discussion with jury, citzins, and participants, Stellwerk e.V., Ruhrstraße 39, 58452 Witten www.72hourinteractions.com www.urbanekuensteruhr.de