Drift Bingo - Salford May 2025

Open Space Adventure

A walking workshop activity that uses the principles of psychogeography to Navigate urban landscapes.

I hosted my first walking workshop for the Greater Manchester Moving Conference on May 12th 2025 and tried out a playful way to explore the area around the venue in Salford Quays.

Using a bingo card of different sensory prompts I challenged players to wander off and navigate their way to a place of inspiration and then send a postcard or other combination of image and text. A simple challenge that was made more enjoyable by the radiant sunshine. For my part I learnt a lot about delivering a workshop in a busy location and the need for extra organisation when distributing materials and instructions. That said I did got a lot of positive feedback from the participants and some of the images shared sent in can be found below.

This bingo card is available as an open source template and can be adapted for future events . I am available to host wandering workshops and look forward to developing this concept.

My Drift Experience - The quest for Wodan's Den continues.....

Eyes Not Down
Wandering with stranger women
Wondering if fake frontages and plonked high rises are better than empty wasteland echoes of yesteryear
New attempts to erase the dirt and grime, to mop away the sweat and graft of the past
A lengthy timeline is insulted by pop-up galleries and temporary spaces
A rusty relic that once held it together
The unnatural beauty of a human-made canal
Pockets of green provide respite from the concrete canyons
Cravings for soft surfaces and unclear edges - wobble, blur, irregular, uneven, erratic
Inhale lavender. Pinch a spring of peppermint for a cuppa later
Neon visages searching for ghost vessels in the empty shipping lane
High tensile lines and their zebra shadows
We encounter living creatures and marks from the past
A prize-winning book is found in a miniature library
An extra bingo box is added - Miserable Face gets a tick
Dreams of a Republican Peace Museum
"A few more circuits" - no, one clockwise amble for a full house adventure

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