table top chaos club

when i was around 9 or 10 i spent a lot of time with my nana, emptying the contents of a brown holdall onto a patterned rug - the contents were shapes of wood. i played for hours making imagined worlds from the blocks.

for a couple of years i’ve had brief conversations about play in adulthood and so many of those conversations ended with the person being keen to experience something. the idea frames play as an art project framed as a 'club' people can participate in.

loose parts play is a theory by simon nicholson that emerged in the early 1970’s and advocates for children to experience environments with ‘  parts’ that facilitate children to do what they need to do, follow their interest and go where their curiosity takes them. for the chaos club the ‘parts’ are small enough to be interacted with on a table.

dr andrew huberman proposes play as an activity that requires no prior skill and does not require acquisition of skill

initial research is being funded by we are makeshift

instagram documentation of the club