During the past corona year we have all been recreating like crazy in the outdoor public space. We saw people fighting boredom, social isolation and growing corona bellies by racing bikes through the forest, balancing on surfboards in the canals and throwing balls around in the park.

 

The perfect time to create new leisure activities. Het Resort organises 'Leisure Love' to help people stay fit, amused and healthy by having artists invent new sporting activities. Activities that revolve around shadow play, playing god and sinking boats, among others. During the work period, Jiskefet and their English Sports were mentioned. On the one hand, it seems a recognisable game, a certain (sports) language is imitated, but the longer one looks, the stranger it becomes. Suits, attributes and playing fields play a major role in this.

 

Under the supervision of Philippe Wolthuis (former resort resident of S01E01) they made props and instructions for the activities.

 

 

Leisure Lovers

Eirik Jahnsen, ENT, Hannelore van Balkom, Lee McDonald, Ottokaji Iroke, Philippe Wolthuis

 

Locations

03 SEP – 17:00 - 21:00

Het Resort, Meeuwerderweg 58 Groningen

 

04/05 SEP – 13:00 - 16:00

Het Resort, Meeuwerderweg 58 Groningen

 

08/09/10 SEP – 13:00 - 16:00

 Music Dome, Noorderplantsoen Groningen

 

 

DOCUMENTATION

Het resort will create an instruction guide containing all the newly invented activities for the kiosk.

Afterwards het resort will publish a small booklet about the project from a sociological point of view. Research topics will be; Why do we leisure? Why do people like to identify themselves by their hobbies? Why do we adopt the culture surrounding our sports and hobbies? And how come our sports and hobbies are such a huge influence on all aspects of our lifestyle from what we eat, who we hang out with to our holiday destinations and outfit choices. Can we use this to our benefit and stear humanity into new directions by creating new sport- and hobby-cultures?

Artist and sociology student Maaike Knibbe (former resort resident of S01E01) will be writing for this publication.