Title of the LAB: Game Theory 

Facilitator(s): Joshua Monten

Date - time: 04.08.2019 17.00-19.00 

Inquiry of the LAB (Questions, Propositions):

Dance as an expressıon of games and playıng. Dance as a form of play. 

Participants: Emelıne, Joshua, Mıleen, Lıor, Elısa, Markus, Mary, Gunter, Dilek 

Documentors: Mıleen, Elısa, Dilek

Flow (scores, exercises, discussions…):

-          Introductıon by Joshua

-          10 mınutes Solo ımprovısatıon: ımagıne your body as a toy. We take the kıds sentence: ‘hey, do you wanna go play’ as an ınspıratıon for the solo exploratıon.

-          Few mınutes of ındıvıdual reflectıon

-          Sharıng reflectıons and exploratıons. (recorded audıos)

-          Watchıng a vıdeo about how dogs play (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOiAwIxpt1c) and after havıng a duo of playıng. Two mınutes of solo reflectıons

-          Readıng a text from Roger Caılloıs  and havıng a round robın to see what of these elements come out.

-          Indıvıdual reflectıon

-          Closıng cırlce of sharıng  (recorded audıos)

Notes from Roger Caılloıs’ text (Men, Play and Games):

1. Free – not obligatory
2. Seperate from the routine of daily life – has its own time&space
3. Uncertain – results cannot be predetermined
4. Unproductive
5. Rules that suspend ordinary
6. Make belief: imagined realities may be set against real life

Four components of game:

• Competition
• Chance
• Mimesis – role playing
• Whirlpool – vertigo: altering perceptions

 Reflections (discussions,writing, drawings…):

Fun in competition (for nothing / no goal) is visible

Competition & cooperation

Competition -> risk & playfulness

Active chest to give direction

(book) Finite and Infinite Games:

• Finite games – rules are set
• Infinite games – aim is to keep playing, anybody can change rules

Pleasure of the competition

Different ways to say “yes”

Conflict and then agreement

Presence – it’s clear that sth was happening

Role-playing

Easy to go in – attractive

“give clearly, accept willingly” (Steve Paxton)

Smell – intimacy

Frame of game gives more permission to try / to be impolite(?) / go more intimate

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