Exhibition
Tibro yalP
1 Jul 2022 – 20 Aug 2022
Regular hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- Closed
Free admission
Address
- g39 Oxford St
- Cardiff
- CF24 3DT
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Bus routes 38 and 39 operate from the city centre to Newport Rd/City Rd bus stop, 1 minute's walk from g39
- Queen St railway station is five minutes' walk from g39
In an ongoing series at g39, artists were invited to respond to Play Orbit, an experimental exhibition first shown at the 1969 National Eisteddfod of Wales in Fflint and then at the ICA.
About
That exhibition originally consisted of ‘toys, games, and playables [produced] by people not professionally involved with the design of playthings, but who work in the field of the visual arts’. It was curated by Jasia Reichardt (then Assistant Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London) in collaboration with Peter Jones of the Welsh Arts Council.
While g39’s focus in tibrO yalP continues to centre around play, it is play of all kinds; play as a political tool, in opposition to 'work', play where it is not viewed instrumentally as an early-years vehicle to learning that we’re encouraged to eventually set aside.
Spaces like g39’s – a light industrial tin shed – are increasingly used as buildings for ‘play’ in the form of skateparks, softplay, climbing centres and toddler groups.
Since Play Orbit in 1969, the development of gaming technology has changed the tools that might be considered ‘playthings’ but the concept remains the same. Play is often virtual and physical - games through technology while playing in the 'real' world.
Natasha MacVoy
Eric Martin Kamosi.
Shaun James
Jason&Becky
Ella Jones
