Parallel play - with Heini Marie King

The video shows a recording of a performance where we had discussed themes including decolonising, freedom of movement and the power of media. We then continued the dialogue through the medium of mark making through sound and peripheral vision.

The name of the work refers to a stage in child developmental psychology where children play adjacent to each other but there’s no obvious interaction between them in the play activity. The form of play follows an earlier stage in social development, onlooker play, and is followed by associative play where children interact and continuously co-create their shared play taking complimentary roles.

Parallel Play is an ongoing project. See below a schedule of live performances:

11 March 2023, The Koppel Project Station, London

16 March 2023, Koppel X, Piccadilly, London

25 June 2023, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge