Uncle Roy All Around You
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Uncle Roy All Around You is an urban game by Blast Theory
from 2003. Street Players use handheld computers to search for Uncle Roy using the map and incoming messages to move through the city. Online Players cruise through a virtual map of the same area, searching for Street Players to help them find a secret destination. Using web cams, audio and text messages players must work together to find Uncle Roy. The game uses street level phone boxes and a limousine.
The game premiered in the immediate vicinity of the Institute of Contemporary Arts
(the hosting venue) in June 2003. The work was changed significantly at subsequent settings including the Cornerhouse
in Manchester and The Public
in West Bromwich.
Blast Theory
Blast Theory is a Brighton-based artists’ group, whose work mixes interactive media, digital broadcasting and live performance.-Biography:The group was founded in 1991 by Matt Adams, Niki Jewett, Will Kittow and Ju Row Farr. The group is currently led by Matt Adams, Ju Row Farr and Nick...
from 2003. Street Players use handheld computers to search for Uncle Roy using the map and incoming messages to move through the city. Online Players cruise through a virtual map of the same area, searching for Street Players to help them find a secret destination. Using web cams, audio and text messages players must work together to find Uncle Roy. The game uses street level phone boxes and a limousine.
The game premiered in the immediate vicinity of the Institute of Contemporary Arts
Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Institute of Contemporary Arts is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. It is located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch...
(the hosting venue) in June 2003. The work was changed significantly at subsequent settings including the Cornerhouse
Cornerhouse
Cornerhouse is a centre for cinema and the contemporary visual arts located very close to Oxford Road Station, on Oxford Street in Manchester, England...
in Manchester and The Public
The Public, West Bromwich
The Public is a multi-purpose venue and art gallery in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England, at the forefront of a regional regeneration programme which – by late 2012 – will also bring Europe's biggest Tesco, a multiplex cinema, restaurants and a new retail centre.-Overview:The project grew out...
in West Bromwich.
External links
- uncleroyallaroundyou.co.uk
- Uncle Roy All Around You - by Blast Theory