Play! is a poetic ode to the free play of children. The games they invent when they are on their own, when they feel free and create their own world. A world that often reflects their daily reality.

It shows children playing freely in three different areas: a rural (Iceland), urban (Brussels) and conflict zone (Palestine). As a triptych, which is presented as a three channel video installation, this work investigates how children use the space they have and everything that is in it. From wide open nature over a densely populated neighbourhood to a 'temporary' refugee camp: how do they take over these places with their games?

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Play! is not only a homage to but also a plea for more free play in our overstructured society.

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Lisa Matthys and Katrijn Geeraert are two Belgian artists based in Brussels. Their work uncovers the poetry in daily life by observing and depicting it from a wayward perspective with love for the absurd.