Getting Warmer:
an urban based game for the prepared and the
unprepared

 

Release Dates and Clues:

Date: 8/3/2008
Locations:
 
 
State Library of Victoria
Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne
Swanston Street Library, RMIT University
Clues:
 
 
Cecilia Cathcart Payne has misplaced her doily
collection in a series of libraries around town
during a day of research for her art classes.

Date: 9/3/2008
Locations: NGV Book Shop, Federation Square
Clues:
 
 
While looking for what she lost yesterday, Cecilia popped into the NGV bookstore, misplacing
the last part of her doily collection.

Date: 10/3/2008
Locations:
 
 
Architecture and Planning Library, University of Melbourne
Union House, University of Melbourne
Clues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Forced to take the day off school (due to a head
cold) William George Payne spent the day with his
Dad at the University of Melbourne; leaving parts
of his swap card collection in the Architecture
and Planning Library, while waiting for his
father to borrow a book, and then leaving more in
Union House while eating a doughnut.

Date: 11/3/2008
Locations:
 
 
Swanston Street Library, RMIT University
State Library of Victoria
Clues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Arriving a little too early for a lecture at RMIT
University, Henry George Payne spent some time in
the surrounding libraries doing some research.
Losing track of time, Henry almost missed his
lecture and in his flurry misplaced several parts
of his blue bird collection and the rest of
William's swap card collection.

Date: 16/3/2008
Locations:
 
 
NGV International
State Library of Victoria
City Library
Clues:
 
 
 
 
 
Henry and Cecilia spent the day taking George,
William and Sophie around the city. A series of
tantrums by George, regarding a promised ice
cream, elevated his parents stress levels so high
that they left most of Sophie's spoon collection
and some of George's insect collection behind.

Date: 17/3/2008
Locations:
 
 
State Library of Victoria
Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne
Swanston Street Library, RMIT University
Clues:
 
 
 
 
 
Exhausted from their day in the city with the
kids, both Cecilia and Henry managed to misplace
the rest of Sophie's spoon collection, the rest
of Henry's blue bird collection and the rest of
George's insect collection in a series of
institutions around Melbourne's CBD while going
about their Monday tasks.

Visual Clues:

visual clues birds

Getting Warmer is a masters project with RMIT University.
Any feedback, comments or questions would be greatly appreciated.

Project Manager, Artist, Researcher: Clare McCracken
e: clare@solepractice.com.au
m: +61 0408 535 233