Ambiguity of (traffic) signs -playfully interacting with place encouraged by a photoplay

Learning-by-making as a Tool for Provoking Placemaking Initiatives in Yakutsk, North-Eastern Siberia

“…The purpose was to gather visual information about places as experienced, emotional and imaginary (von Bonsdorff, 2007(von Bonsdorff, , 2017, using participatory visual arts techniques (photography and mosaic making), modified and blended with theory and an understanding of play as permission (Deterding, 2017;Walsh, 2019) and spatial dyads (Juel Larsen, 2015). Still, based on lessons learned in my earlier artistic playful interventions (Luostarinen et al, 2018;Luostarinen, 2019aLuostarinen, , 2019b into places, the special emphasis in regards to play was to give time to introverted, intellectual and reflective slow-play. While there was an excuse to behave oddly with the given playful task and sign in the form of a 'toyish' camera, the playing itself was not social, awkward or a show-off moment; it was more like a liberation to be silently lost in imaginary worlds, thoughts and observations of emotions awakened by place.…”