{"id":893,"date":"2018-05-28T18:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workingwithgold.org.uk\/?p=893"},"modified":"2021-07-13T21:43:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T20:43:47","slug":"minecraft-my-home-meetup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/minecraft-my-home-meetup\/","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft my home meetup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Minecraft<\/a>As part of Art Week Exeter<\/a>, which ran from 22-28 May I held a Minecraft meetup in St Loyes on Sat 26 May.<\/p>\n

It was an opportunity for some to learn about Minecraft, and for others to indulge in play.<\/p>\n

So within the online world, we now have two herds of ocelots and cows roaming free, and a tribe of villagers somewhere…<\/p>\n

Exeter City Futures<\/a> are supporting the “Minecraft my home” activity, and on the day Mark from ECF kindly helped me out. During the day, he managed to build an ECF branch office in the Tesco car park.<\/p>\n

I built the shell of a new St Loyes Community Hub, Cafe and Gallery on the patch of derelict land that used to be a petrol station near Middlemoor. It has a number of really bad design features!<\/p>\n

It was good to welcome Peter Holland, my new City Councillor, and I think persuade him of the value of Minecraft as a way of re-imagining neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n

Mark and I have also laid some red carpet along ‘desire paths’ – places in real life where people have walked to get from A to B and marked paths where there were none before.<\/p>\n

Some of the creations so far are unlikely to happen. Working with Gold Towers – my Trumpesque rebuilding of my home – is never going to get planning permission. And I suspect the Carl Andre \/ Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy crossover sculpture is always going to be gravity-challenged!<\/p>\n

You too can explore, play and build in the Minecraft world of St Loyes.<\/a> You can download it, the online version should be available until about October 2018, and I’ve written a couple of crib sheets for newbies.<\/p>\n

Have fun!<\/p>\n