The Hallucinatory Zoo

An 18-hole crazy golf course in Rubislaw Terrace Gardens, Aberdeen for PLAY park, a cultural weekend for all ages and supported by Aberdeen Inspired. Conceived in collaboration with artist John Walter, the work comprised of inflatable animals, two-player scorecards with par values, golfing equipment, directional flags, tubes and lawn edging, store shed and embroidered work coats for invigilators. The course configured, Spider Archway, Flamingo Freeway, Lemur Lair, Leopard Leap, Giraffe Stride, Lizard Lump, Kangaroo Rocks, Parrott Point, Snake Island, Crocodile Cove, Frog Farm, Monkey Marsh, Toucan Tunnel, Zebra Crossing, Horse Wick, Elephant Arbor, Penguin Pitch and Oceanic Avenue.

PLAY park overview:
PLAY park - a participatory art project held in Rubislaw Terrace Gardens providing a cultural weekend for all ages and supported by Aberdeen Inspired!

PLAY park will be a two-day arts programme transforming the currently inactive environment of Aberdeen’s Rubislaw Terrace Gardens into an artistic space, showcasing a variety of cross art forms in a convenient location.

PLAY park aims to dramatically alter the public's perception of Rubislaw Terrace Gardens and of art, aspiring to provide a new experience of art within a familiar setting. The project seeks to reactivate the underused park space by reaching out to a new audience by seducing them through play into conversations about their city.

PLAY park explores the action of ‘play’ as something fun, but also broaches the topical debate of play as a serious and pedagogical mode of learning. Play for an adult can sometimes be internalised, a silent creative thirst quenched through reading, creative writing or painting. PLAY park aims to bridge the gap between child and adult ‘play’ by encouraging a physical interaction with art.

PLAY park revisits Aberdonian history in an attempt to reactivate it’s underused park space. Outdoor recreational games will be reintroduced to the park in the form of mini golf, over-sized version of chess, commissioned carnival games with a difference and much more. Such over-sized recreational games were a tradition in Aberdeen parks in the past but have been lost and forgotten in recent years.

Commissioned Artists & Designers:

John Walter
Colin Priest
Ilona Niemi
Amber Robertson & Natalie Kerr
Philip Thompson & Gabi Reith-thompson
Kirsty Russell

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