UTOPIA PLAYSHOP EXPERIENCE (2.5hrs, 12+) @ Design your own Universe presented by UnitePlayPerform supported by Melbourne Design Week / Art at the Bank

UTOPIA PLAYSHOP EXPERIENCE 

Join award winning contemporary Artist ØFFËRÎNGŠ for a guided, interactive experience.   Choose, build and embody Utopia Playkit a hyper real collection of soft sculpture object artworks that clip, clasp and magnetise to the body. Become a tactile and tangible plush avatar, a contemporary wearable artwork and explore  the large scale universe inside the old Union bank.  Utopia Playshop is guided by ØFFËRINGŠ the Artist and Founder behind UnitePlayPerform. 

UTOPIA PLAYSHOP experience is part of “Design your own Universe” programme presented by UnitePlayPerform supported by Melbourne Design Week and Cecile Place “Art in the Bank” residency.

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Explore UnitePlayPerform who are pioneering radical new pathways at the intersection of art, health, science and wellbeing. 

Experiment, play and expand within the Old Union Bank bursting with large scale soft sculpture object art, wearable soft sculptures installations, live soundscapes, 3D animation, sensory sound tools and interactive tactile and tangible materials ready for you to choose, build and embody!

UnitePlayPerform is activating a deliciously ambitious programme full of participatory experiences that inspire play, co-creation, inclusivity, connection, community and radical self expression. The programme is a full throttle fantasy including intimate Playshop sessions, performance lead experimental works and interactive durational experiences that invite you, the participant to engage and develop UPP’s Playkit collections and design your own universe. 

Join award winning Artist, Founder, Educator and Disruptor ØFFËRÏNGŠ (Melissa Gilbert) for a journey through the incredible venue at the old Union Bank for a truly unique experience as she facilitates a journey into her socially engaging art.

UnitePlayPerform is launching their first furniture series ‘Sentients’ at Melbourne Design Fair, selected by the NGV curators for the ‘Discovery’ section of the fair. UPP follows their furniture showcase by opening up a week long programme to celebrate the design of our human experience supported by Melbourne Design Week and Cecile Place Precinct ‘Art at the Bank’ artistic residency.

UnitePlayPerform has exhibited new works works and programmes featured at Museum of Brisbane, Pitch music and arts festival, Melbourne Design Fair and many more !