His large-scale installation Upside Down creates a sensory interactive experience in the urban environment that deals with all the areas that I am interested in: light, space, and movement. Moreover, I was intrigued to learn how his practice is greatly influenced by the concept of "Man the Player" as put forward by Johan Huizinga, a dutch historian and cultural theorist in his book Homo Ludens. The book essentially discusses the importance of the play element of culture and society and sees it as an important condition for the generation of culture.
This idea of play is also central to the work that I am proposing. Whilst at the symposium for David Harding's writings and work, I was really struck by a quote by Chris Crickmay that was mentioned in one of the presentations:
In pursuing this interest I had been inspired by such writers as Marion Milner and D.W. Winnicott, who understood creativity as being at the heart of all human life, not on some rarefied edge of it.
I feel quite strongly about this idea that we are all creative beings and that play is an important part of life...not just in childhood. I guess this is why I feel that the work should be accessible to the public though I am still not sure where it would be sited!
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