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GAMIFICATION
CITY ALPHABET
A mini workshop with Play On to gamify the public space.
the city as a canvas
In the book City of Glass writen in 1985, Paul Auster describes a detective following the trajectory of a character writing a secret message by walking.
the body as a pencil
Since early 2001, artists started to use the GPS to draw with their body by walking. The GPS Drawing website (link below) has been created by Jeremy Wood.
The city as a body
Since early 2010, locative sotrytelling is understood as a form of Walking Cinema where tthe main character is the city. This illustration has been created by the artist Sam Loman.
Description of the practice
We invite you to be part of the experimental collective writing for peace on a shared map. This practice is meant to show how we can use maps to express our desire for a better world. It is also a way to see maps in a different way and discover the potentials of locative media and location based storytelling.
the practice
Step one: let's occupy the map together and write the word "Peace" all over the world, following the streets of the city of your choice and in the language of your choice. A snapshot of your locative writing will be uploaded on the CGeomap play-on map. This practice with Google Maps is meant to understand the potential of the body in motion and how we can expand the way we feel the city. A playful action to invite other people to decipher a secret message by walking the city in different ways. See below some examples of gamification with CGeomap.
Step two: open the shared Google Maps and write a few "Peace" words in the languages of your choice. Be aware that to edit this map you have to log in with a Google account before opening the link below. When you are editing, you need to reload the map regularly to refresh the content.
In this short tutorial you can see how you can draw letters on the Google Maps. (no sound video)
editing a memory of the workshop on CGeomap
To keep a memory of this event, we will upload a screenshot of your "peace" word location and drawing on the CGeomap map play-on.
following up
Are you interested by the potential of Locative Media and you have an idea to use with the CGeomap play-on map ? Contact us through the contact form below and share your concept with us and we can facilitate an extra online session for you project suggestion and offer a trial account of CGeomap. CGeomap is not a freeware, we offer more than only user accounts but engage in collaborative process to elaborate projects. CGeomap is meant to introduce an understanding of Locative Media and to assist in the creation of resilient networks of people, on a local and global scale.
Gaming with CGeomap
Examples of gamification with the CGeomap editor.
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Collaborative Locative Media