Playescape, an urban swing set promoting safe space in our city.

FEATURING KITTY MACINTYRE-HYATT FROM SOFT SERVE SOCIAL, JOINED BY WCC SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION LEAD JAHLA LAWRENCE.

Kia ora tātou, nau mai haere mai… welcome everyone to our latest podcast & blog for Urban Dream Brokerage. Part of an ongoing commitment to sharing the knowledge of our creative whānau, in this case a recorded conversation.

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Our call out in 2022 for people to “Lets Get Wellington Dreaming - Imagine your future city” bought us the idea of constructing a sculptural swing promoting safe space for our city, particularly for young femme.

Proposed & consequently created by 6 strong femme collective Soft Serve Social, the swing was installed in Glover Park for 6 weeks over Nov/Dec 2023. We took the opportunity to discuss the social kaupapa behind this playful installation with Kitty of the collective, alongside Jahla who leads sexual violence prevention at WCC as well is an independent advocate for that cause.

The conversation clearly illustrates the dangers that young femmes in our city face, as well the impacts of urban design & pop up features of this nature have on making a more welcoming city for all to feel safe…