Press Play

Press Play is a musical billboard.

Press Play links strangers to each other, individuals to urban space and creates moments of surprise, delight and connection. All through High-Fives that let you make music.

It has toured around the UK and Brazil.

Press Play works by installing an eye-catching graphic artwork containing simple, touch sensitive sensors in any public space. Each sensor is programmed with a channel of a musical track, which will play when touched.

One track might be the drums, another could be the bass. Multiple sensors can be touched to play more layers of sound, but to play a whole piece, to remix music, or improvise with sounds, it is essential for several people to play together.

Originally created for the Recife: Playable City Sprint 2014 by: Laura Kriefman, Filipe Calegario, Natasha Chubbuck and Thais Vidal.

Shortlisted for the Playable City Award 2014, and seen in The Guardian, Brazilian national press, and Wired Magazine.

2018 redesign: Laura Kriefman
Music: Lee J Malcolm
Graphics: Jono Sandilands