This participatory, durational, mass skipathon invites the audience to recall childhood playtimes through the act of skipping.
A series of rhymes and songs (collected by the artists) are chalked up onto surrounding pavements, brick walls and walkways - made visible for participants to read and follow as they join in.
The game encourages adults to think back to their childhood - back to a period of growing up and learning about winning and losing, taking risks and making mistakes - and about joy and failure. Low Profile temporarily re-instate playtime, as a trigger for these memories and as a tool to investigate wider narratives.
Through the simplicity of its setup, Low Profile create a situation where the artists and audience can share a conversation, their recollections, stories and experiences.
‘Low Profile presents: skip-recall recall-skip’
(performance) graft 05, Nottingham Riverside Festival, August 2005
(performance) ‘OMSK:ROAM (not building roam, in a day)’, London, July 2004