Build your favourite place in the city, past, present or future!
Grab your pickaxe, choose your blocks and join us this May half-term. Add your own build to our Sheffield-inspired Minecraft world.
In collaboration with Sheffield DocFest.
Saturday 23rd – Sunday 31st May.
Book Tickets NowWe’ve teamed up with Sheffield DocFest and Minecraft artist Adam Clarke to create Sheffield in Minecraft, block by block, and we need your help! Join us in our activity space this May half-term to claim your plot and add your stamp to our Big Sheffield Build.
The final co-built world, titled ‘Sheffield of Stories’ will be presented as the centrepiece of Sheffield Doc Fest’s FREE Alternative Realities Exhibition (10-15 June). The exhibition explores the creative possibilities of gaming worlds.
Join us from 23rd – 31st May to build your own piece of our city in this unique Minecraft world.
Our learning team will also be running a number of hands-on activities throughout half-term
You can build your own paper worlds to add to our hand-made map, sketch ideas before bringing them to life in Minecraft, or build with wooden blocks in our builders corner.
You can also share your personal stories about Sheffield or reflect on what makes Minecraft special through recorded interviews. Your story will be transformed into an in-game video, complete with a Minecraft avatar.
The opportunity to record interviews will take place throughout the week but may not be available at every session.
Yorkshire Artspace
10 – 15 June, 10 am – 6 pm
Free, no booking required.
The Alternate Realities Exhibition explores the documentary and storytelling possibilities of gaming multi-worlds and features a range of exciting works captured in gaming worlds.
Its centerpiece will be Sheffield of Stories by Adam Clarke, created in partnership with The National Videogame Museum; transforming Sheffield into a shared fictional-real Minecraft world, co-created with children and families during workshops at The Museum. During the festival, exhibition visitors can explore the world and hear Sheffield stories through projections and interactive stations. The exhibition will also showcase selected works including Coded Black by Human Studio & Dr Maisha Wester and Elsewhere in India by Antariksha Studio and Crossover.
