Sandpit #5
Sandpit #5: Psycho Buildings at the Hayward Gallery
Friday 30 May
A Gormley on the Hayward Gallery, by raindog
Sandpit #5 will be running at the Hayward Gallery on Friday the 30th of May, as part of their Psycho Buildings exhibition. It’ll be full of games that can be played among the exhibition, both inside and on the outdoor terraces surrounding, and if you’re interested in running a game yourself this is a good Sandpit to pick, since one of the games will chosen to receive a budget to run again at the Hayward as part of the Hide and Seek Festival in June. Read the full details of the competition for more information.
We’ll be running three games inside the exhibition space itself, and the rest outside. To play the games in the exhibition, you’ll need to buy a ticket from the Hayward Gallery - ten pounds, or six with concessions. Games outside the exhibition are free to join.
And as usual there’ll be a selection of pick-up-and-play games, from Dadaist Pursuit and Letterbox to build-it-yourself Confabulous, plus there’s a bar downstairs should any aspirant Werewolves want to gather after the exhibition closes at ten.
Schedule
Outside the Exhibition
Postcard
Holly Gramazio
Plant the seed for a postable creation, help nurture someone else’s, and wait for the post next week to see what yours grew into.
7:00 onwards. Unlimited places.
Checkpoint
Andy Field
Repression breeds creativity. Escape the watchful eye of the border guards as you move house.
7:00 onwards, briefing at 8:15. 40 places.
The Lost Sport of Olympia
Jane McGonigal, hosted by Manar Hussain
A chance to practice before the game runs at the festival itself… humming walls, blindfolds, and a shifting human labyrinth.
7:30-8:00. 40 places.
Be Part of My Drawing Machine
Gethan Dick
Find the evolving artwork on a Hayward rooftop any time between eight and nine, and spend a couple of minutes as part of the drawing machine.
8:00-9:00. Unlimited places.
Skylarking with Francis Barking
When the tide’s in you can still win… soup. A hunt with delicious rewards.
8:30-9:00. 20 places.
Situationist Nomic
Vote to change the rules of the game - at least until someone changes that rule too.
9:30-10:00. 12 places.
Ongoing games
Paper Telephone, A Thousand Blank White Cards, Dadaist Pursuit, Letterbox, and more. No registration required, just grab a ruleset and find some players.
7:00-10:00.
Inside the Exhibition
St Hider-in-the-Chestermarsh School Trip Worksheet
Fill out a very reliable worksheet to prove that you appreciated the exhibition appropriately.
7:00 onwards, unlimited places.
The Comfort of Strangers
Simon Johnson
Listen carefully and create your team out of the anonymous crowd; find comfort in strangers. Every chance encounter could be your last, or an opportunity to live and survive.
8:00-8:30. 30 places.
The Small Freeze
You know the drill: turn up, join the anti-movement movement and see what happens.
9:07:08pm to 9:20. Unlimited places.
Previous events
Sandpit #1 was held on the 13th of February 2008, with a social gaming theme. Amongst other things, we played The Gossip Game and Mudlarking with Francis Barking.
Sandpit #2 was held on the 20th of March 2008 with a “Listening” theme. Games included Holla-Lulu, HipSync, Thoughtcrime, Freemasons and Francis Barking’s Crazy Golf, with a lot of Paper Telephone, Nomic and The Hat Game going on in the background.
Sandpit #3 was held on the 16th of April 2008, and was all about “Spying and Lying”. The night’s games included Trap Street, Dossier, Manila, Checkpoint and Make Your Own Moustache.
Sandpit #4 was held on the 10th of May 2008 as part of the Battersea Arts Centre’s Burst Festival. The night was themed around the works of G. K. Chesterton, who lived in Battersea and called it “most beautiful of human localities”. The games included The Man Who Was Thursday, Poets versus Policemen, Skipping Chesterton and Asparagus.
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