In 2006, the artist group Love and Devotion (Eriksson, Gunnars, Johnson, and Kindgren) transformed the Olaus Petri schoolyard in Örebro. Instead of providing traditional ornamentation, the artists treated the yard as a social situation, working in close dialogue with students, teachers, and residents to redefine what a schoolyard could be.

The project was produced together with Statens konstråd, Örebro Municipality, and Testbedstudio, and used a playful economy to make the most of a limited budget. Key elements include large wooden decks for gathering, a boulevard with a pétanque court that replaced high fences and invited the local community in, and a "mini art gallery": a concrete cube embedded in a hill of recycled soil that works as both an exhibition space and a stage.

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