Since 2016, CentrumCentrum has been initiating spatial activities that are implemented in various cultural contexts. They are inspired by the rules of the "Game on Morel’s Hill" realized in 1971 by Oskar Hansen's students (on the initiative of Przemyslaw Kwiek).

"The game" involves the exchange of visual-sound-performative messages, without the use of spoken language, between two (or more) teams. For the exchange of messages, simple tools can be used (wooden sticks, cloth of different colors, string (which are available to participants) as well as movement, gesture or sound effects. Participants also enter into a relationship with the surrounding space and its elements.

"Game" is a form of dialogue in which decisions about the message sent to the other team are established collectively (within the team) as part of
a collective conversation and decision. "Game" is based on Oskar Hansen's idea of open form, and like it is egalitarian, non-hierarchical, democratic, anti-dogmatic, decentralized. It is therefore strongly in line with the ethos of the CentrumCentrum’s practice.
A new rule introduced by the CentrumCentrum, is to establish group names at the beginning of the game, which participants then refer to when deciding on the message to be sent. It is different to talk about in a team when you are a group of "mystics," and different to make decisions when you are
a group of "rationalists." What's more, the established names can refer to the more broadly discussed problem, which one wants to address with the help of the game, in a practical way. For example, in the "game" implemented in Kassel, as part of a workshop on the impact of financialization on artistic practice, the groups chose names related to economics. A different type of decision were made by the team representing the name "Credit," something different was communicated by the participants of the "Sugar Daddy" team.

 

game_1_COLOGNE
game_2_SZUMIN
game_3_BIAŁYSTOK
game_4_KILIFI
game_5_SOKOŁOWSKO
game_6_HELSINKI
game_7_SZCZECIN
game_8_KASSEL
game_9_SOKOŁOWSKO
game_10_JANKOWO
game_11_CHICAGO



game_1_COLOGNE


2016 - Cologne - Students from Dutch Art Institute

"Spiritualist" Group : Clara Amaral, Sara Cattin, Teresa Distelberger, Monica Lacerda, Ellen Nunes, Maya Watanbe
"Rationalist" Group : Livio Casanova, Dina Mohamed, Elien Ronse, Giorgos Tsiongas Polly Wright


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game_2_SZUMIN


2018 - Szumin - Students from Academy of Art in Szczecin, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
and Reconstruction Group affiliated with Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw

"Spiritualist" Group : Anna Michno, Monika Zaleszczuk, Michalina Lewandowska, Anna Przybyła, Łukasz Jastrubczak, Ola Urbańska, Karolina Michalewicz,
Agata Zbylut, Marlena Węgrzanowska, Ola Hojczyk

"Rationalists" Group : Monika Olszewska, Kuba Depczyński, Mattin, Patrycja Migiel, Bernadetta Bałękowska, Adam Parol, Dorota Wójcik, Bogna Stefańska, Sebastian Cichocki, Adelina Cimochowicz


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fot. Hanna Kaszewska






game_3_BIAŁYSTOK


2019 - Białystok - Galeria Miejska Arsenał

Groups: "Resources", "Oceans", "Locals", "Techno Hacking"

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fot. M. Zaniewski







game_4_KILIFI


2020 - Kilifi - Students from Pwani University

White team : Jackson Wanje Brandon, Aisha Njeri Kariuki, Beatrice Jebet Kurgat, Eric Wanja Mugambi, Winjoy Mukami Nyaga
Kevin Wahome Njagi, Peter Tumaini Karisa, Nkirote Faith, Faith Wanjeri MwangiCecilia Munagi, Ngunjiri Abraham, Nancy Achieng'Akunya

Black team: Doris Cheptoo Sitieney, Odanga Lawrence, Judy Muthoni Kamay, Carol Israel, James Mugambi, Fredrick Odhiambo, Francisca Ngati, Joan Nyaundi, Joshua Mwendwa, Evaline Wairimu, Jeff Kalu, Mercy Jerotich, Beatrice Korir, Judy Muthoni Kamau


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fot. Yuda Oriema / Łukasz Jastrubczak







game_5_SOKOŁOWSKO



2021 - Sokołowsko - Post-artistic Congress Participants

Groups : "Amonites", "Lichens", "Toads", "Pegasus"


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fot. Karolina Pawelczyk







game_6_HELSINKI




2020 - Helsinki - Participants of "Lapsody" Festival

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game_7_SZCZECIN



2021 - Szczecin - Students from Interdisciplinary Practise Studio

Group 1 : Kasia Goździak, Karolina Babińska, Zofia Ostrowska
Group 2 :  Klaudyna Szymańska, Uladzimir Paźniak, Łukasz Jastrubczak






game_8_KASSEL


2022 - Kassel - Students from University of Kassel, Academy of Art in Szczecin and UniArts in Helsinki


Groups "Sugar Daddy", "Cycle", "Value"


Participants - University of Kassel : Lisa Pahlke, Fabian Kinze, Andreas Miller, Yeonjung Lee, Marie Katharina Werthschulte, 
Julia Majewski, Lisa Pahlke, Mascha Bisalieva, Weiyi Xue
 

UniArts Helsinki : Ladapha Sophonkunkit, Tina Jeranko, Stefania Olafsdottir, Onur Tayranolu, Yun Chen
 

Academy of Art in Szczecin : Natalia Skorupa, Marta Kubiak, Józef Jakacki, Alicja Kuczyńska, Marta Perkowska, Melanie Wróblewska, Mikołaj Wojnar, Kamil Becker, Dominik Garstecki












game_9_SOKOŁOWSKO


2023 - Sokołowsko - in frames of Konteksty. Postartistic Congress


Group 1 "Rain water" : Simone de Iacobis, Ania Siekierska, Aljaz Skrepl, Lukasz Jastrubczak, Maja Demska, Klaudia Opoka, Zlata Lebedz, Agnieszka Strzeżek

Group 2 "Licking the forrest" : Małgorzata Mazur, Juan Chacon, Marta Orlikowska,

Group 3 "Mud" : Marianna Dobkowska, Jakub Depczyński, Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky, Vida Rucli

Group 4 "Digitalis (Naparstnica)" : Lorena Carras, Daniela Weiss



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game_10_JANKOWO




2023 - Jankowo - in frames of Grainstorming initiated by Warsaw Bauhaus

Group 1 "Brave Artists" : Joanna Klass, Wojtek S., Łukasz Jastrubczak, Stanisław Wolski
Group 2 "Kittys" :  Maja Jakubowska, David Luis Grimm, Małgorzata Mazur, Jan Jastrubczak, Julia





















game_11_CHICAGO


2023 - University of Illinois Chicago (Plant Research Laboratory) - in frames of Polish Soundtrack. The Last Chance

Group 1 "Potatos" : Kasia Wolny, Jake Enschede, Seya Abe-Bell, Veronica Pruneda, Katelyn Patton, Łukasz Jastrubczak
Group 2 "Lake Michigan" :  Alejandro Valdez, Lala, Abdullah, Elise Ro Bison, Ewa Polska, Krzysztof Kaczmarek

photos by Justine Tobiasz