We are going to fill the Site Gallery with a range of specially commissioned interactive digital art pieces, games, brand new apps and virtual reality headsets for children and families to play with. There will also be digital crafts and hands-on activities.
Most of the time when you go to a traditional Art Gallery you are asked to look with your eyes and not touch. Site Gallery is not a traditional Art Gallery. At this exhibition we're going to let you touch the art. In fact we insist.
Tuesday 5th July
09:30am to 05:30pm
Wednesday 6th July
09:30am to 05:30pm
Thursday 7th July
9:30am to 05:00pm
Friday 8th July
9:30am to 05:30pm
Saturday 9th July
11:00am to 05:30pm
Sunday 10th July
11:00am to 05:30pm
The exhibition has been curated for 5-12 year olds, however everyone is welcome to drop-in during the gallery’s opening hours and it is FREE!
Please note that school visits are taking place Tues-Fri 9.30-12noon.
If you’d like to bring a group you must book your trip in ADVANCE with Niki Colclough, Young People’s Programme Manager at the Site Gallery:
www.sitegallery.org
Site Gallery, 1 Brown Street, Sheffield, S1 2BS
Chloe Meineck
Record a story to a precious object or toy and then trigger the story when the object is played with. Sign up for the workshop on 6th July
Dubit
Follow the blue fairy! We’re going to take you somewhere else in a HTC Vive VR headset.
Unstable King
A portable video game arcade. A pop up virtual kingdom. A suite of local multi-player arcade machines built from cardboard.
Sago Mini
Take a sneaky peek behind the doors, into the digital playground of Sago Mini.
Jerry Belich
Play, make decisions, affect the outcome of the story, and your journey is printed out.
Robin Baumgarten
A unique one dimensional game, control the LED strip by wobbling a door stop spring.
Adam Clarke
An adventure bringing the fun of Minecraft and United for Wildlife conservation campaign together.
Vai Kai
Interactive wooden dolls that inspire nurturing play and emotional connection.
Jay Silver
For today’s tinkerers, dreamers, and makers the mobility to invent anytime, anywhere.
Bare Conductive
Master the basics of circuit building using conductive paint and bring this animated party of revellers to life.
Tech Will Save Us
Create sculptures and scenes using dough, then bring them to life with light and sound.
The exhibition is being organised by and coincides with The Children's Media Conference in Sheffield. The Children's Media Conference is for people who work in children's media and entertainment. Everything that you can watch, buy or play with is made by people who come to this conference. They come from all over the UK from companies like Cartoon Network, CBBC, Nickelodeon and Disney, and some come for other parts of the world to show and talk about the media they make for young people in their countries. This exhibition is also a chance for them to see the latest things that are happening in the industry they are working in beyond television screens, books and traditional toys.
We hope you enjoy your visit to Playground, let us know what you think.
playground@thechildrensmediaconference.com
Site Gallery is Sheffield’s leading international contemporary art space, supporting artists specialising in moving image, new media and performance. Pioneering emerging art practices and ideas, Site Gallery works in partnership with local, regional and international collaborators to nurture artistic talent and support the development of contemporary art. The heart of what they do, is connecting people to artists and to art, inspiring new thinking and debate through a public programmes and participatory activity.
This is the archive of the 2016 Playground exhibition website.
For more information please see the current site or contact us.
