Tacit Dimension is a laboratory for street and urban games exploring small-scale urban mechanics and large-scale infrastructures. We think of the game design process and gameplay as a way of exploring and researching urban life. Often our games respond to questions brought to us by our collaborating partners, who are urban professionals, architects, artists and academic institutions.
The term 'tacit dimension’ is borrowed from the philosopher-scientist Michael Polányi. It refers to knowledge that we acquire through experiencing and interacting with our environment, but which we can't explicitly formulate. Yet tacit knowledge is always behind what we put into words, draw or create.
Streets, stairs and the rhythm of traffic lights constitute our platform. Tacit Dimension creates games in which rules of the game blend in with the everyday rules of urban life.