Foto: Christianna Kreiss
„Mounted on plywood panels that suggest the walls of an impromptu recreation room, this jam-packed show uses photographs, film, books, architectural plans and models to illuminate the golden decades after World War II, when cities around the world felt the need to build new play areas in parks and on streets„.
Carol Kino, New York Times
The Work Behind Child’s Play. Carnegie Museum’s ‘Playground Project’ Traces an Evolution. By CAROL KINO, New York Times online, July 3, 2013
The Work Behind Child’s Play. An exhibition outlines the evolution of playgrounds. By Carol Kino, New York Times, Sunday, July 7, 2013
Play Time. The Carnegie International By Peter Schjeldahl, New Yorker, October 2013
Playing in (and on) The Playground Project. Pure enjoyment from the HAC and 2013 Carnegie International by Sean Sheffler, AIA Pittsburgh, November 21, 2013
The Playground Project Carnegie Museum of Art October 5, 2013–March 16, 2014 by Susan G. Solomon, Journal of Architectural Education, February 1, 2014
„… the plywood- and poster-lined space offers a fascinating overview of mid-to-late 20th century playground design in Europe, Japan and the US through archival photos, videos and models. From the pioneering ingenuity of Scandinavian “junk playgrounds” in the 1940s (micro-societies which often involved up to 100 children and included animal husbandry and an adolescent version of consensus government) to the modular sci-fi play sculptures of the late 1960s and 1970s (including a subterranean playground designed by the French collective Group Ludic), these were sites of high-concept design and spontaneous social dynamism embedded in the everyday.
Bryne McLaughlin, www.canadianart.ca
