Temenos Quest
Eine Klingende Entdeckungsreise
“Temenos” is a real life outdoor quest game, with qualities of a scavenger hunt, improvisational theater and of a workshop, exploring the values of play and of listening. It was developed site-specific to Treptower Park in Berlin and designed to be completed by teams
of children and adults, solving it cooperatively.
of children and adults, solving it cooperatively.
TEMENOS QUEST Site-specific quest game for children and adults Treptower Park, Berlin, 2021
In Portuguese, the word for attending any live or recorded performance is assistir, to assist. It carries within it the idea that a work is only complete once its audience actively supports it, not by watching, but by participating.
Temenos Quest is a one-day quest game designed for teams of two or three, children and adults together, set in public space. Its fantasy narrative is loosely inspired by Michael Ende's Momo, drawing on that story's central preoccupation with the value of time, imagination and deep listening. Participants move through a world sustained by costume, character, set design, live music and carefully placed sound design, deliberately favouring human presence, musical performance and sonic technology over passive mediation. Each quest lasts approximately two hours and no two are alike, because no two teams are.
Creating the quest was itself the first quest, every element had to align to create the conditions for play to bring about meaning, learning and joy.
Temenos Quest sits at the intersection of sound art and education, and asks what becomes possible when an audience is given not a seat, but a role.
