Radical Playbook

Radical Playgrounds used playground elements – be it a swing, a water fountain, a carousel or a labyrinth – to reveal what is left unspoken: histories of inclusion and exclusion, engaging activism through the medium of play or the dark past buried under the parking lot of Gropius Bau. A number of contributors to the resulting digital publication discuss the political agency of play, its healing potential, the history of playgrounds as well as what happens where more is allowed than forbidden.

With Jenny Schlenzka, Director Gropius Bau, Joanna Warsza and Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius, curators Radical Playgrounds, Lan Linh Merli-Nguyen Hoai, assistant curator Radical Playgrounds, Jonas Tinius, contributor Radical Playbook