The construction of display of an intention/message , should be intentional (in the design) is my takeaway from the case illustrated in this page. The Quote above is used to support how that in the example below in a workshop week of Scenographic storytelling, I remembered keeping in mind the narrative but expecting the image to speak for itself did not bother reflecting on it's intention, whereas in actuality both narrative and image are building blocks.

The title of the page is a play on information in this page that supported by the example that a fairytale would be successful if it did not start off with a plant species name or something generic in an attempt to stand out.

Building on how Scenographic storytelling is finalized by audience interpretation.This page will delve into the weight it holds for the designer. Week 8 Praxis, we decided to go with the flow of how the performance develops and to work tacitly without restraints. For this performance as illustrated below, our development went interestingly. We explored and branched out from playing with materials; Tree branches, paper, metal wires, plastic and projection. That further developed into the projection becoming an animation about climate change by one team member, animal masks by another member, and the tree branches becoming a participative ritual.

What we failed to take into account here is that as much as we branched out we did not narrow down, not focusing on intentional placements of design elements is what contrasted from the previous successful praxis case, where audience were able to embody the space. In this case, although we had people guessing - it didn't root from an attempt at interpretation but from confusion since things didn't tie together aesthetically. What I learnt from this Praxis is that 'tacit learning' is for the actual process itself to help establish a outcome. You cannot ask the narrative to just make sense of itself.

My conclusion from this workshop attempt confirms that Design indeed facilitates interpretation but design that is not intentional could break the narrative of the performance. Although aspects of the performance such as the audience participation were found engaging and literality of design narrative was avoided. The aesthetics of the design however did not work as well, which helped as a point of learning.

The Above quote Illustrates the importance that design has to create any successful interface. The elements of design such as Lighting, Use of Space, Materials and agency are not just aesthetics but function to convey an extended message to the audience. Like in the case our workshop performance, more than the aesthetics itself I learnt how not all elements work together to be interpreted. In this case, there is clearly a gap between feeling and meaning.

The Below Illustration depicts the journey of making and the final outcome.