Sigma portfolio and Bubble City: Ludic sites for a mobile fun palace programme

Ana Bonet Miro

doi:10.1080/20507828.2015.1095051

Sigma portfolio and Bubble City: Ludic sites for a mobile fun palace programme

Ana Bonet Miro

Edinburgh College of Art

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Abstract

This paper examines two ludic ‘sites of information’ -Alexander’s Trocchi’s Sigma Portfolio and Joan Littlewood’s Bubble City pamphlet- within which Joan Littlewood’s programme for a Fun Palace evolved in collaboration with a significant network of major personalities that included Cedric Price and Gordon Pask amongst others. On one hand the paper looks into the transference of qualities from content to format, and from site to idea; and on the other, it assesses the role of play in defining a ‘metacategorical method’ (in Trocchi’s words) in order to examine the broader cultural scope behind the Fun Palace.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	137-161
Journal	Architecture and Culture
Volume	4
Issue number	1
Early online date	16 Mar 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/20507828.2015.1095051
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 16 Mar 2016
Event	Architecture and the Spaces of Information / Part 2 - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, United Kingdom Duration: 11 Sep 2016 → 11 Sep 2016

Keywords

Fun Palace
playground
ludic
Bubble City
Project Sigma

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1 Doctoral Thesis

Architecture, Media and Archives: The Fun Palace of Joan Littlewood and Cedric Price as a Cultural Project
Bonet Miro, A., 4 May 2021
Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis
From filmed pleasure to Fun Palace
Bonet Miro, A., 8 Jan 2019, In: arq: Architectural Research Quarterly. 22, 3, p. 215-224
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Alexander Trocchi’s Sigma Portfolio and Joan Littlewood’s Bubble City Pamphlet: Ludic Sites for a Mobile Fun Palace Programme.
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Ana Bonet Miro
- Edinburgh College of Art - Lecturer in Architectural Design and Architectural Technolog
Person: Academic: Research Active

Barrie Wilson Award
Bonet Miro, Ana (Recipient), 2 Nov 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

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Sigma portfolio and Bubble City: Ludic sites for a mobile fun palace programme

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Architecture, Media and Archives: The Fun Palace of Joan Littlewood and Cedric Price as a Cultural Project

From filmed pleasure to Fun Palace

Alexander Trocchi’s Sigma Portfolio and Joan Littlewood’s Bubble City Pamphlet: Ludic Sites for a Mobile Fun Palace Programme.

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Ana Bonet Miro

Prizes

Barrie Wilson Award

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