HUG ME!

Hug a tree and make some music!

Brought to you by Playable Streets, the team that created The Plants, Hug Me! is a brand new interactive musical experience! 

Hug Me! turns ina, which light up and make music when you hug them! 

Our aim is to connect people with nature in new and novel ways, using sophisticated interactive touch sensors that have been developed by the Playable Streets tech team. 

Award winning composer Cayn Borthwick has developed a musical landscape for Hug Me! that allows for participants, with any musical ability, to explore their creativity  creating a sound and light show for themselves and those around them! 

Creative Team: Design by Glen Walton and Bridget Milesi - Fabrication by Glen Walton, Tony Lin, Chloe Smith, Jean Baulch - Tech by Bob Jarvis - Sound Design by Cayn Borthwick - Performance Direction by Miles O’Neil - Production by Chloe Smith - Facilitator Alumni: Chloe Smith, Jean Baulch, Bron Batten, Charlotte Minuzzo, Gle Walton, Laura Aldous, Rachel Robertson, Bobbie-Jean, Bridget Milesi, Clare Walton - Collaborating Musicians: Genevieve Fry, Zela Papageorgiou, Hamish Upton, Reuben Lewis - Big thanks to Kate Perman, Jamie Houge.Hug Me! was proudly commissioned by Mornington Peninsula Council and first presented at DRIFT festival 2022