The friendship game

Play! comprises a series of interactive installations and games that encourage visitors of all ages to connect with their inner child and other visitors. ‘Playing games has always been a way of meeting and interacting with strangers,’ curator Véronique Thouvenin told Wallpaper.

Highlights include artist Laurent Perbos’ ping pong tables, which come in a variety of unexpected shapes, and digital artist Tim Knapen’s l’Artisan Électronique, which comprises a virtual pottery studio attached to a ceramic 3D printer.

Design collective Fichtre invented a new sport especially for the exhibition. Bantoosh can be played by between two and 40 players. The aim of the game is to get a wooden ball into the other team’s net, but participants must be seated and each member of the team has to touch the ball before scoring, forcing greater collaboration between the players.