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A GLOBAL CIVIC INITIAVE
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A GLOBAL CIVIC INITIAVE
Using sport and culture to help society understand the digital world shaping our future.
Stone Play
Sport
Culture
Digital
Understanding
Digital Sovereignty
Examining who controls data and digital infrastructures, and why this balance of power matters for citizens.
Platforms
Analyzing how digital platforms structure communication, markets and cultural exchange in modern societies.
Algorithms
Understanding the invisible rules that shape what we see, choose and experience across digital environments.
AI
Exploring how artificial intelligence assists human creativity and decision making without replacing human judgment or expression.
The Digital World Is
Artificial intelligence, algorithms and platforms influence how we learn, work, create and connect.
But most people never see how these systems actually work.
Stone Play makes them understandable.
Changing Everything
Sport Helps Us
Sport reveals how structured systems operate. Every field has boundaries, defined roles and shared objectives. Success depends on coordination, discipline and strategic thinking.
Digital environments follow similar principles. Algorithms function like rules, platforms resemble arenas, and participation requires understanding how the system is designed.
Rules
Teamwork
Strategy
Performance
Understand Systems
Culture
Shapes
Digital Identity
Culture reflects how societies interpret change. Through music, dance and artistic expression, communities explore how technology influences identity, influence and collective imagination.
Stone Play uses culture as a living medium to question how digital transformation reshapes the way we see ourselves and others.
PILLAR 01
Identity
PILLAR 02
Creativity
PILLAR 03
Expression
PILLAR 04
Influence
A Three-Phase Journey
One annual cycle
Three connected experiences
Virtual Competition
Physical Event
Legacy
The virtual competition launches each edition. Artists interpret the annual anthem through music and choreography inspired by an AI generated prototype. This phase highlights human creativity responding to technological capability while selecting the official performers of the year.
Finalists perform live.The physical event brings the initiative into real environments. Finalists perform live, a soccer tournament activates collective energy, and civic learning spaces host public discussions on digital systems. It anchors global themes within the host country.
The documentary phase captures the entire journey. From prototype creation to final performance, the process is recorded and shared publicly. The official human version of the anthem becomes both cultural expression and educational legacy.
We play the future now
Stone Play 2026
Stone Play 2026 launches the first complete cycle of the initiative, combining a global virtual creative competition, a host country physical event, civic learning experiences and the official human performance of the annual anthem.
Virtual Competition
Civic Learning Spaces
Singers and dancers reinterpret the annual anthem prototype created with AI.
Interactive Q&A sessions exploring AI, algorithms and digital systems in accessible ways.
Physical Event
Official Human Anthem
A live soccer tournament, cultural performances and public learning spaces.
The selected winners perform the final version of the edition’s anthem.
Who Is Stone Play For?
Artists
Musicians and performers transforming technological themes into human expression through sound, movement and interpretation.
Communities
Local actors anchoring global digital questions in real environments through sport, culture and collective engagement.
Institutions
Schools and organizations seeking accessible formats to teach digital awareness through participatory experiences.
Civil Society
Citizens seeking to better understand how digital systems influence everyday life through sport, culture and shared experiences.