Category: About CounterPlay

  • The “What/Why” of CounterPlay

    The “What/Why” of CounterPlay

    Many people ask: “What is “CounterPlay”? Why should I consider participating?” Read more for an attempt at answering those questions.

  • Playing at the Edge

    Playing at the Edge

    The theme of CounterPlay ’19 is “playing at the edge”, and we welcome different forms of proposals that reflect this in one way or another. As always, we are eager to explore play from as many different angles as possible, building on our three pillars: playful learning, playful working and playful living.

  • CounterPlay Manifesto

    CounterPlay Manifesto

    While retaining a fundamental openness, curiosity and the capacity to always learn more about the nature of play, with this manifesto we wish to put a stake in the ground and make our position on play clearly visible.

  • Making Changes

    Making Changes

    When you play, things change, the world changes, and you change. Now CounterPlay is changing.

  • Designing CounterPlay

    Designing CounterPlay

    This post is an attempt to capture the essence of CounterPlay, the principles underlying the festival and the connection to play. Part of it is a description of what we have been doing since the beginning, while part of it remains more of an ideal for our future work.

  • Loving the Magnificent Mayhem

    Loving the Magnificent Mayhem

    CounterPlay ‘17 is over, it’s been several days, and I’m only slowly catching my breath. It was a wild and crazy ride, and all the impressions still need more time to settle.

  • CounterPlay ’17: Announcements

    CounterPlay ’17: Announcements

    Having reviewed all the wonderful proposals for CounterPlay ’17, we are immensely happy to present the first big selection of activities and people, who are going to help us make the next festival the best and most playful one yet.

  • The Future of CounterPlay

    The Future of CounterPlay

    Reflections on the past, present and (especially) future of CounterPlay. What are we working on and what is our dreams and visions? (Hint: it’s got something to do with play)

  • A Playful Atmosphere

    A Playful Atmosphere

    [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] In the two previous posts I have written about “the diversity of play” and “the play community” as two factors to consider when aspiring to create a truly playful play festival. An even less controllable and tangible part of making a playful festival is the…

  • The Play Community

    The Play Community

    [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Community” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] In the previous post, I reflected on “the diversity of play” as one strategy for “inviting playfulness” by allowing people to approach play in a way that feels meaningful to them. While we can design for diversity in the way we represent play, and we can…