I previously had this idea that every aspect of the narrative needs to be translated in design for flawless storytelling.

On a praxis week of workshop, I noticed a performance with two of my classmates wound up restricted in a piece of fabric, struggling to walk in circles transforming live from being one unit to the point where the two performers struggling to pull away from each and exhausted at the same time go on with the fabric-distance extend between them, with the finale of one of the performers succumbing to the other performer. The ways each of our classmates depicted this piece differently was fascinating. To me, it depicted Stockholm Syndrome which was not the performers' intention.

The variation in how a singular image or visual could be interpreted intrigued me. What is the line between - Leaving room for interpretation and having nothing make sense; are questions that I raised and have found some answers to with praxis.

From being audience to this performance and every other performance, what I drew is that a sort of asynchronous coordination adds more layers to the performance and falls together more interestingly than a overtly synchronized scenography; when the direction is not too forceful, the Scenographic storytelling potential is vast as is the room for interpretation. This is illustrated in the below examples.

Being Designer gave me a different perspective. Below is a time-lapse of Week 4's performance which is essentially about humans in relation to trees and how nature always regenerates at the end. We assumed our design of the sound, interactivity, space and Dramaturgy were straightforward.

Below is a board of audiences interpretations that all had different takes on it.

The play on Light and the fragility of the ceiling meant Sunlight Streaming through for someone whereas the Intervener in the performance trying to save the trees, was my male classmate which did not have any planned implications but someone took it as 'Gender politics' of the man trying to save the woman. The image of this performance does not seem to stand for the classic image of 'Deforestation'  but establishes it's theme through fragility, sunlight, nature, ritual & redemption through design elements in the audience's minds'.