Concrete Playground

Things are getting a little bit cosmic at Firstdraft this month. Those of you familiar with the gallery can guess exactly how much fun this will be. Those who haven't yet visited, this round would be a darn good time to start.

In a takeover of galleries one and two, Melanie Irwin is hypnotized by geometry. The title is telling, drawing on Archimedes (you remember, the bathtub guy) and his experiments with polygons and pi. This lady sees shapes everywhere: in the skies, portioned by power and tram lines, and in our constructed surrounds. It's an exploration of matter and the seemingly incidental ways in which it forms, interacts and decays.

Peter Thomas takes aim at the terrorists involved in September 11. This is not quite as serious as it sounds — his assertion is simply that perhaps they should have read their horoscopes. Teasing the irony out of absolute faith, Thomas's exhibition delves into the universes, and motivations, of people who do unexplainable things.

Space Happens channels the playful era of VHS board games, aiming to be artwork that allows its audience a different relationship to the work and each other. In other words, a little bit of fun. Each player is the ruler of their own planet, and must dodge nasty aliens and space obstacles to complete their journey, while of course beating everyone else to the finish.

Image: Space Happens, by Kenzie Larsen