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Prioritizing Play Conference

Companion Page for 

INTERSECTIONS OF PLAY, ART, + IDENTITY

PLAY QUE >< ART CUE

Sam Gurry - Gutterball, 2016

Artist's Website : https://www.samgurry.com/

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Other Notable - Playful works: 

Saint Victoria's Incorruptible Body

Sam also is part of a group that performs Magic Lantern & Noise Duo which are super fun: 

https://www.samgurry.com/saint-victorias-incorruptible-body

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Film

The Biggest Wad is Mine 

https://www.samgurry.com/the-biggest-wad-is-mine

Bjorn Melhus - Deadly Storms, 2008

Artist's Website: https://melhus.de/

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Other Notable - Playful works: 

Just about all of his work but these are others I am most familiar with

No Sunshine https://melhus.de/no-sunshine/

Captain https://melhus.de/captain/

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Daphne Rosenthal - The Forgetting of Objects, 2014

Artist's Website: https://www.daphnerosenthal.eu/

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Other Notable Playful Works:

Him and Her: 

https://www.daphnerosenthal.eu/Now-on-view

 

Meanwhile, looking elsewhere: https://vimeo.com/90624864

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William Wegman - Stomach Song, 1970

Artist's Website: https://williamwegman.com/home/

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Other Notable Playful Works:

Two Dogs & Ball: https://youtu.be/mxsypEOXpik

Deoderant: https://vimeo.com/23930919

Randy's Sick: https://youtu.be/89TV0jpZtAk

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Related Articles: 

https://wegmanworld.typepad.com/wegman_world/

PLAY QUE >< ART CUE

PLAY CYCLE >< CREATIVE CYCLE

SOURCES

Lancashire County Council Play Cycle 

http://www3.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/web/viewdoc.asp?id=128864

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Drawing on the Artist Within by Betty Edwards 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/680042.Drawing_on_the_Artist_Within

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Unpacking the Creative Process

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/the-four-lenses/9781118947319/Pt4_Chapter5.html

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Creativity Portal The 4 Stages of the Creative Process

https://www.creativity-portal.com/bc/four.steps.of.creativity.html#.X2TtfJNKjGK

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Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness and Creativity by David Lynch 

https://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/catching-the-big-fish-meditation-consciousness-and-creativity.html

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FURTHER READING

Children's Scrapstore - The Play Cycle: Observing & Understanding Play by Claire Sands 

https://www.childrensscrapstore.co.uk/blog/2013/10/parents-4-play-play-cycle.html

PLAY CYCLE >< CREATIVE CYCLE
PLAY FRAME >< ART CONCEPT

PLAY FRAME >< ART CONCEPT

Pes - Western Spaghetti, 2008

Artist's Website: https://pesfilm.com/

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Other Notable Playful Works: 

Basically all of his films. :) 

Fresh Guacamole https://pesfilm.com/pages/fresh-guacamole

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Game Over https://pesfilm.com/pages/game-over

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Human Skateboard https://pesfilm.com/pages/human-skateboard

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Huntress Janos - Various Works

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Artist's Website

https://huntrezz.com/

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Other Notable Playful Works:

Virtual Garments: 

https://huntrezz.com/virtual-garments

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Filters: 

https://huntrezz.com/filters

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See in all Directions: 

https://huntrezz.com/360-Vision

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PLAY FLOW >< CREATIVE FLOW

PLAY FLOW >< CREATIVE FLOW

Peter Millard - Boogodobiegodongo, 2013

Artist's Website http://hellopetermillard.com/

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Other Notable Playful Works:

Hogan https://vimeo.com/38582873

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Related Articles: 

http://www.edgeofframe.co.uk/peter-millard/

SOURCES & BONUS INFO

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Here is also some archival footage of Jackson Pollock Painting from SFMOM.org

https://www.sfmoma.org/watch/jackson-pollocks-drip-painting-process/

REFLECTIVE PRACTICE >< ART CRITIQUE

PLAY IS THE WORK

Paullie Nielsen - The Model for a Qualitative Society, 1968

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http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2014/01/palle-nielsen-the-model/

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The Model: A Model for a Qualitative Society (1968) Palle Nielson by Lars Bang Larsen

https://www.amazon.com/Model-Qualitative-Society-Palle-Nielsen/dp/8492505346

PLAY IS THE WORK
PLAY + ART + ACTIVISM
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