International Pillow Fight Day
Union Square, NYC
by navema
On Saturday April 3rd 2010, massive pillow fights occurred in cities around the world!
The project, Pillow Fight Day 2010, is a collaboration of many people who comprise a loose, decentralized network of urban playground event organizers all over the world.
ABOUT NEWMINDSPACE
All over the world, groups like Newmindspace organize free, fun, all ages, non-commercial public events. From a massive Mobile Clubbing event in a London train station to a giant pillow fight near the Eiffel Tower in Paris to a subway party beneath the streets of Toronto, it is clear that the urban playground is growing around the world, leaving more public and more social cities in its wake. This is the urban playground movement, a playful part of the larger public space movement.
One of the goals at Newmindspace is to make these unique happenings in public space become a significant part of popular culture, partially replacing passive, non-social, branded consumption experiences like watching television. The result will be a global community of participants in a world where people are constantly organizing and attending these happenings in every major city in the world.
Other projects include:
*BLANKET FORTS: fortresses made of blankets and pillows. A labyrinthine complex of themed, soft forts installed inside a 2000 square-foot private loft. Midnight snacks, smoothies, and hot cocoa are offered. Teddy bears, pajamas and bath robes welcome. It is meant to be an intimate evening among friends and friends of friends, as well as a fundraiser for their free, outdoor public events.
*WE<3 NY: on February 14th, volunteers painted thousands of hearts on the sidewalks of SoHo.
*SANTACON: is a not-for-profit, non-political, non-religious & non-logical Santa Claus convention, attended for absolutely no reason. Check out the website: nycsantacon.com/
*PHOTOGRAPH: people photographing people photographing people and then uploaded to Flickr.
*CAPTURE THE FLAG!: a massive, adrenaline-pumping, urban game played on the streets of downtown Toronto. Two teams hide flags in their territory and attempt to capture the enemy flag using subways, streetcars, bicycles, longboards or their own two feet.
*MARSHMELLOW CIVIL WAR: a historical reenactment in New York of questionable accuracy. With marshmallows.
*BUBBLE BATTLE: thousands of people converge in Times Square for a bubble battle. Loosely based on the Dr. Seuss Classic The Butter Battle Book.
*LIGHTSABER BATTLE: 3,000 blacklight-reactive, meter-long cardboard tubes are distributed in Washington Square Park, and massive blacklight cannons are aimed at the crowd...the battle continues until every tube is destroyed.
*BIG WHEEL RACE: racing down the Great Hill in Central Park on big wheels, trikes, skateboards, velocipedes, or handmade contraptions on wheels, along with superhero costumes.
*JINGLE BELL ROCK: people bring their personal music players with their favorite tunes and a gift to exchange, and everyone rocks out.
For more info visit: www.newmindspace.com/index.php
International Pillow Fight Day
Union Square, NYC
by navema
On Saturday April 3rd 2010, massive pillow fights occurred in cities around the world!
The project, Pillow Fight Day 2010, is a collaboration of many people who comprise a loose, decentralized network of urban playground event organizers all over the world.
ABOUT NEWMINDSPACE
All over the world, groups like Newmindspace organize free, fun, all ages, non-commercial public events. From a massive Mobile Clubbing event in a London train station to a giant pillow fight near the Eiffel Tower in Paris to a subway party beneath the streets of Toronto, it is clear that the urban playground is growing around the world, leaving more public and more social cities in its wake. This is the urban playground movement, a playful part of the larger public space movement.
One of the goals at Newmindspace is to make these unique happenings in public space become a significant part of popular culture, partially replacing passive, non-social, branded consumption experiences like watching television. The result will be a global community of participants in a world where people are constantly organizing and attending these happenings in every major city in the world.
Other projects include:
*BLANKET FORTS: fortresses made of blankets and pillows. A labyrinthine complex of themed, soft forts installed inside a 2000 square-foot private loft. Midnight snacks, smoothies, and hot cocoa are offered. Teddy bears, pajamas and bath robes welcome. It is meant to be an intimate evening among friends and friends of friends, as well as a fundraiser for their free, outdoor public events.
*WE<3 NY: on February 14th, volunteers painted thousands of hearts on the sidewalks of SoHo.
*SANTACON: is a not-for-profit, non-political, non-religious & non-logical Santa Claus convention, attended for absolutely no reason. Check out the website: nycsantacon.com/
*PHOTOGRAPH: people photographing people photographing people and then uploaded to Flickr.
*CAPTURE THE FLAG!: a massive, adrenaline-pumping, urban game played on the streets of downtown Toronto. Two teams hide flags in their territory and attempt to capture the enemy flag using subways, streetcars, bicycles, longboards or their own two feet.
*MARSHMELLOW CIVIL WAR: a historical reenactment in New York of questionable accuracy. With marshmallows.
*BUBBLE BATTLE: thousands of people converge in Times Square for a bubble battle. Loosely based on the Dr. Seuss Classic The Butter Battle Book.
*LIGHTSABER BATTLE: 3,000 blacklight-reactive, meter-long cardboard tubes are distributed in Washington Square Park, and massive blacklight cannons are aimed at the crowd...the battle continues until every tube is destroyed.
*BIG WHEEL RACE: racing down the Great Hill in Central Park on big wheels, trikes, skateboards, velocipedes, or handmade contraptions on wheels, along with superhero costumes.
*JINGLE BELL ROCK: people bring their personal music players with their favorite tunes and a gift to exchange, and everyone rocks out.
For more info visit: www.newmindspace.com/index.php