Playground

also known to some as Casual Experiment.

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They say that the world is your playground.

And so does our project.

The world is our playground to experiment.

Casually.

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Rigorous classical experimental settings don’t always have to be created.

Sometimes, you can just find it everywhere.

If not, you can go looking and eventually you will stumble upon one – where people have gathered together and don’t mind giving their time for a little conversation with someone new in exchange for the price of their drink.

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Our project and its ways and workings are best (but only partly) summarized in a song by Mikey McCleary. You can listen to it or read it below, with parts cut out because otherwise it’s too long and boring. Any italicized text is our project’s additional input and cannot be heard in the actual song.

The World Is Our Playground

Lyrics by Mikey McCleary

There’s always a new friend to make (or a new encounter which does not necessarily have to lead to any lasting friendship) There’s always a space at the table, (depending on corona restrictions) There’s always a new game to play.

And we’re changing everyday There’s so many new faces! (and so many new voices)

No time to waste today: The world is our playground The world is our playground!

There’s always a new place to go

And all l want to do today Is hang around with you (or rather for you two to hang around with each other) Like we were little kids again (or coffee/juice/alcohol drinking adults) And this big world is Just a little playground! (little?) The world is our…

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