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Watch our project film

Wed 11 Jun, 2014

We are delighted to announce that we have just released a short film about Recife: The Playable City, telling the story of the programme and projects.

Made by the fantastic Ton Ton Films, the piece features documentation of the labs in Bristol and Recife, thoughts from partners and participants, and footage from our amazing Showcase. Watch it here:

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Future ripples

Thu 1 May, 2014

After a cultural exchange spanning Bristol and Recife, and a fantastic weekend Showcase with interventions, inspiring talks, an exhibition preview, workshops and a playable street party, Recife: The Playable City is now over, but it will have ripples for years to come.

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Part Two, GO GO GO

Tue 8 Apr, 2014

The second part of Recife: The Playable City has begun and our UK and Brazilian participants are safely set up in our temporary home - Portomídia in Recife, the creative industries lab and incubator of our partners Porto Digital (the project is also in partnership with British Council).

We’re now four days in and so much has happened:

We’ve spent a day getting to know Recife and Olinda…

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Recife: The Playable City Part One

Wed 22 Jan, 2014

Recife: The Playable City part one kicked off on 8th January at Watershed in Bristol. In collaboration with the British Council and Porto Digital, we were delighted to host a diverse group of 20 artists, creative producers and creative technologists from Pernambuco (Brazil) and the United Kingdom for 10 days at Pervasive Media Studio.

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Making Cities Playable

Thu 28 Nov, 2013

From street art to street games, Bristol is the world’s very first Playable City, known for its playful approach to public spaces, and for its drive to get residents and visitors engaged with the city and its creative and cultural future, demonstrated by successful projects like Hello Lamp Post.

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