It’s been a full on couple of weeks for germination with a number of events throwing a light on new experiments in participation and collaboration. It’s now the holy grail in events production – especially in the social change arena – but how do you do it?
First, A Small Town Anywhere – produced by Solar Associates and interactive designers Coney and hosted by BAC – a theatrical game where the audience are the play. Before you arrive, each participant has exchanges by e-mail with Henri, the town historian, who assigns you a character and a past. The ‘play’ is the acting out of those characters (each with a skeleton in the cupboard) as external events are controlled by an unseen town crier, daily post and the town clock which marks the passing of time. (more…)