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League play day at FLEET – 11 Aug 2024
FLEET: League Creative Play Day
Sunday 11 August 2024, 2-5 pm
FLEET Edmonds
located in Edmonds Park
Bring both body and mind to League at Edmonds Park in Burnaby for an innovative gathering to practice creative problem-solving through play. Since it’s also the last day of the Olympic Games, bring a piece of fabric you could use as an improvised flag.
League is an initiative that uses play as a way to develop creativity. It is a series of free, all-ages meetups in which community members invent and play new games and sports. Participants exercise creativity through improvised, embodied problem-solving and problem-making. Everyone is welcome, whether or not you are a gamer, athlete or artist.
At this first League event in Burnaby, we will warm up by playing some games invented at previous gatherings, and play together to evolve and test new ones. The afternoon will be facilitated by League founder and FLEET contributor Germaine Koh, collaborators, and our hosts Burnaby Public Art.
All ages welcome to drop in to play at Edmonds Park near the FLEET studio between 2pm and 5pm on Sunday August 11.
“Rain or Shine” League play day
Saturday 15 June 2024, 10 am – 2 pm
Hadden Park Field House, 1015 Maple
League 15 June 2024 “Rain or Shine” graphic
Rain or Shine: around these parts, it’s one or the other. So bring an umbrella/parasol, and we’ll use those as a starting point.
League is a free and open gathering to invent and play new games and sports. We exercise embodied, improvised, creative problem-solving and problem-making.
Join us at Hadden Park Field House on Saturday 15 June, 10 am – 2 pm, with @germkoh, other @leaguevan collaborators, and our friends at @publiksecrets.
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The n Games 2024 urban edition
The n Games, an innovative tournament of invented games
Saturday 6 April 2024, 11am to 4pm
Robson Square Rink, Vancouver
Creativity is the name of the game with the n Games– the ultimate playful event created for adults!
The n Games is an innovative tournament of invented urban games in which diverse teams attempt to “solve for n, the unknown quantity”. Groups from all over the Lower Mainland are invited to be one of the six teams to participate. We expect entries from teams of diverse backgrounds, ages and skill-sets to tackle this set of unique games invented by Simon Fraser University School for the Contemporary Arts students, Assistant Professor James Long, and artist Germaine Koh.
The n Games value play as a form of creative problem-solving, prompting teams to take unconventional approaches to challenges involving both mind and body. This event is a new urban-space edition of the n Games (which were first presented by Koh in 2013). These games are sponsored by Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association.
n Games 2024 graphic
League: unpickled
LEAGUE: UNPICKLED
Saturday 16 March
11am-2pm
Hadden Park Field House
Spring has sprung, bringing with it the distinctive sounds of wiffle balls on paddles… Join us for a LEAGUE play day exploring alternative uses of pickleball equipment. LEAGUE is a community gathering to invent and play new games and sports. For this edition we’ll play around Hadden Park Field House near Kits Beach, home to the Publik Secrets collective of sound-based artists. All are welcome, there is no cost, and no registration is needed. Feel free to bring paddle- or ball-like things.
LEAGUE is a community-based initiative dedicated to the creative power of collective play and making. First initiated at Elm Park Field House by artist Germaine Koh and expanding to include a revolving cast of collaborators and participants, LEAGUE events are open to everyone who is open to the unpredictability of play. Just bring both body and mind.
League at Hadden Park, 16 March 2024