FIRST PLAY BERLIN

Be the first to experience FIRST PLAY BERLIN. A virtual tree. A handheld world evolving with every beat of your heart. Memories of a childhood home and an English garden brought to life by new technology. A CCTV city tour. FIRST PLAY BERLIN fuses the player and the game, the handheld and the heartfelt, the cerebral and the technical – short-circuiting the limits of play.

Trampoline are delighted to invite you to the opening of FIRST PLAY BERLIN at Hebbel am Ufer, HAU2 on Thursday 12 October from 8pm onwards when FIRST PLAY projects go live and a Trampoline event showcases our unique blend of eclectic and emergent new technology art from around the world.

Blast Theory, Active Ingredient, Michelle Teran, Daniel Belasco Rogers, Simon Heijdens and Frank Abbott converge on Hebbel am Ufer for FIRST PLAY BERLIN. The result is a weekend of trend-setting, cutting-edge international live media art projects that combine technology, performance, interaction and installation.

Renowned British media art group Blast Theory present a mobile phone game for up to 1000 players over 24 days. Be the first one to populate this fictional city and come to the opening of DAY OF THE FIGURINES on Thursday 28 September at 6pm.

On Friday 13 October FIRST PLAY artists will give presentations of their work and take part in a discussion.

FIRST PLAY BERLIN features innovative work questioning the concept of performance and expanding the notion of interactive art. Using locative media such as mobile phone, PDA, location sensor devices, a truly interactive experience is created for the audience, embedding the art into the real, physical, urban environment.