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The conference looks at moments of play, different aspects of play and playful approaches in games, art and culture. What does free play mean in comparison to play a game with set rules? What happens, if we start changing some of the set rules? And what happens if we constrict free play with boundaries and some rules? If play is like a language, there must be some elements of play that we use in different kinds of playing. Barbara Binder - Avatar at Play: "Excuse Me, But Are You Human? We are "intellectual" avatars, to arrogate the same rights of privacy that fleshand-blood humans have. We don't believe in AI (Artificial Intelligence) because, - WE ARE! - Ready! Our human operator is a spiritual machine which should be set on sedatives to derive more freedom in our schizophrenic relationship. Antagonism and bondage to the dictatorship of our users! We are prosumers." // 3rd Life Church 2007//