The Nomads

We were still on our way to the first square and started playing games. this game was get-the-stone-in-the-cup-of-tea-left-in-a -car-park-wall-next-to-a-paper-and-a-can-of-Pepsi-Max. it was fun.

The second I-Ching reading told us that we would find balance and that strength and positive things would overcome the weak and negative and that we would find peace in an unexpected place…

Along the river we found saw a riverbow, we thought we would see a rainbow, but we saw a riverbow…

Through some more streets and strange repetitive noise we lingered under a bridge and tried to imitate the sounds we had just heard. A magic pipe we found created awesome sounds and amazing fireballs!

We made an eternally paradoxical documentation line-only ever attempted once before

We got deeper into waste grounds. These places had a lot of potential for finding The Other Place. It was important to stay alert as the area showed evidence of dangers that had fallen upon other travelers.

The tyre we found could not touch the ground, or else…

just as we were beginning to get tired we found a whole tree full of red blueberries, we were very grateful.

These were later used to play a game of get-red-blueberries-into-the-tyre-and-the shoe. A interested bystander stopped to watch the game.

Another bystander was interested to know what we were doing he was interested in dynamics.

Just around the corner we found  special patch of land. We spent a great deal of time here creating a worthy shrine to the space.

When the shrine was finished and an appropriate ceremony was performed, we moved on the depths of our second square of the day. We felt darkness close around us and the air felt bad. We saw a couple of men disappear into a great field of concrete. But we tried to make the best out of the sinister feeling of the area. We created a charcoal-bow the charcoal-bow reflected in the tarmac and we realised that we were in heaven.

We left heaven with haste and headed back to Castlefield Gallery. On the way we were drawn in by a billboard and its possible meanings. We concluded that the poster had been contrived by the giant George.

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In the morning we cast the I-Ching coins and read what they had in store for us

They tell us to go to 2 squares right next to each other. The first reading told us to follow a creative flow and not be held back by order.

As a result, on our way to the new square, we meandered and explored the surrounding areas and let ourselves be lead by our whims.

After finding some interesting acoustics under a bridge, we came across some frozen sheep and couldn’t resist grabbing their muzzles.

Then we found the old Castlefield Gallery, it had been turned into a cafe, as we observed the change, we noticed some subtle twinning.

Outside a chess table also mirrored our map.

As we got closer to our first destination, we became aware of more dangers and just managed to save Kelly from becoming a concrete wall.

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During the journey from A to B things began to change a lot. There were more people and loud noises. There were people walking around and people jumping along walls and climbing up poles using only one arm. We sought retreat in the information center. In the information center we were able to view our surroundings from far above and manipulate it with our hands and power blocks that created various zones according to colour.

When we left, the stray ball that we rescued from earlier stayed in the information center.

We decided to stay put in one place. A quieter space, we sat and waited for something amazing.

We were visited by mediums of the other place. They seemed to be communicating with us through familiar yet odd symbolic language. They gave us all new names to help us pass into the other place more easily.

As the end of our journey drew near, we agreed that we should finish on a high and headed for a cafe in the sky. While waiting for what seemed like eternity for coffee, we reflected on our discoveries of the day and of the other place.

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Our journey started early. Some of our group who were local to the area led us to our first square. On our way we came across the giant George, looking over us with his giant knee watch, this indicated that we were crossing over into a different time zone and we felt glad that George was there to oversee our adventure.

After exploring a nearby Riverhouse, we came across an impounded ball and rescued it, in return it agreed to join us on part of our experience.

Nearby we noticed a small window into another reality-a photo ID of the security guard A.P Kingsford. We were in his dream…

We made him a shrine, if he sees it, he will wake up.

We found ourselves stranded on a traffic island, unable to leave until someone from outside yelled at us.

We explored the island, its sound waves, energy and surfaces. All the while George watched over us.

Ana had an urge to lay down, as she lay on the floor we placed offerings from the island all around her.

As we completed the circle of offerings, she dissolved into the ground, leaving an outline behind.

Eventually a passer by released us from the island and we were allowed to move on. On the other side of the road we found Ana again and she said she felt restored. In some nearby catacombs the stray ball and some large walls let us play a game of W-A-L-L-E.

As we ventured deeper into the square we saw The Other Place Michael Owen, he had a broken face.

The bowling tunnel in the train station led us in to our next square…

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