The Come Out and Play Festival is a street games fesitval dedicated to exploring new styles of games and play.

Come Out & Play 2010 in Brooklyn

Counter/Demo
Demonstrate or counter-demonstrate: the path to victory on the streets is whispered in your ear

Start Time: Saturday June 5 at 2 PM
Location: Brooklyn Lyceum
# of players: 31-50
Duration: 1 hour
Sign-up: You must sign up for the game and download the audio track in advance by following this link: http://youhavefoundconey.net/counterdemo.html URL: www.youhavefoundconey.net/counterdemo.html

Will you stage a demonstration against the Great Leader or seek to counter this subversion? Go to www.youhavefoundconey.net/counterdemo.html in advance to discover which side you are on, and download an mp3 to make you a player.

Both sides mingle in the crowds and press play on the clock. Discreet actions and challenges unfold, guided by the voice whispering in your ear. Who is on your side? Will the demonstration be made or will it be countered?

A game of counter-demonstration made by Coney, an agency of adventure and play, in the same vein as last year's Earpiece.

Sign-up: You must sign up for the game and download the audio track in advance by following this link: http://youhavefoundconey.net/counterdemo.html

Coney
Coney: Tassos Stevens & Tom Haines & Neil Bennun, with Tara Gladden & Lindsey Hope Pearlman & Gemma Saunders & Chris Till & Anna Wexler

Tassos Stevens is a runner in Coney. He's a game-designer, theatre-maker and has a doctorate in Psychology (www.allplayall.blogspot.com).

Tom Haines is a dab hand on a cocktail drum for the London Snorkelling Team, a qualified marine navigator, and half of Brains and Hunch (www.tomhaines.co.uk).

Neil Bennun is an author and performer. He's based in Copenhagen. (www.neilbennun.com).

Counter/Demo was devised and designed in Coney's online Garden.

Coney (www.youhavefoundconey.net) is an agency of adventure and play. Coney designed People-Watching for COaP Amsterdam 07, Earpiece and The Following for COAP 2009. Recent projects include A Small Town Anywhere (www.youhavefoundconey.net/vaults/aboutsmalltown) in a co-production with BAC, A Cat Escapes in primary schools in Wandsworth in a co-production with BAC, Papa Sangre (www.papasangre.com) in collaboration with Somethin' Else commissioned by 4IP, and upcoming projects including commissions for the Tate and New Art Gallery Walsall.