Spike Jonez’s long awaited film, WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, has apparently been put on ice as it is ‘too scary for kids’. This is a lot of hoooo haw. Kids frigging love darkness. Humans love darkness. It excites our instincts and makes our eyes go all crazy-like. So why do all our modern spaces have to be so airily sleek or spewingly frilly? Why does ‘public open space’ have to be so damn open?**Luckily, our slightly more natural ancestors set aside Cooper Park, home of wild things, maybe dinosaurs, definitely trolls, some strange caves and engulfing magical bushland. Enter if you dare…








