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Brief: using scenario methods to design one or more storyworlds that can be used for a physical narrative and possibly a prehearsal (or the combination of both); the physical narrative should be light and portable, to be used in a hotel room and an exhibition in Austria and Cluj in September and October, and possibly in Belgium in the autumn. This all sounds easy enough, until the second part of the brief is introduced: the process should be akin to lucid dreaming… | Brief: using scenario methods to design one or more storyworlds that can be used for a physical narrative and possibly a prehearsal (or the combination of both); the physical narrative should be light and portable, to be used in a hotel room and an exhibition in Austria and Cluj in September and October, and possibly in Belgium in the autumn. This all sounds easy enough, until the second part of the brief is introduced: the process should be akin to lucid dreaming… | ||
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* first thing to do is to broaden your awareness even before you fall asleep | * first thing to do is to broaden your awareness even before you fall asleep | ||
* asleep, dreaming - becoming aware of dreaming, observing it as it comes, without interfering | * asleep, dreaming - becoming aware of dreaming, observing it as it comes, without interfering | ||
- | * gradually if you want to you can begin to steer it. | + | * gradually if you want to you can begin to steer it |
- | * make your own reality | + | * make your own reality |
translation into the scenario process | translation into the scenario process | ||
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- | * the methods used shouldn’t really matter. you also don’t have to know exactly what happens next: as in dreams, go with the flow and try to be as open as possible. | + | * the methods used shouldn’t really matter. you also don’t have to know exactly what happens next: as in dreams, go with the flow and try to be as open as possible |
- | * today is less about 'understanding exactly what’s going on' | + | * today is less about "understanding exactly what’s going on" |
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* if something feels uncomfortable or makes you insecure, try letting go of these feelings and approach every exercise with curiosity - "the beginners’ mind"; if it doesn’t work after a while, feel free to step out and take some distance for a while, then come back… | * if something feels uncomfortable or makes you insecure, try letting go of these feelings and approach every exercise with curiosity - "the beginners’ mind"; if it doesn’t work after a while, feel free to step out and take some distance for a while, then come back… | ||
- | * let your mind loose and watch your inhibitions melt away | + | * let your mind loose and watch your inhibitions melt away |
- | * trust yourself, trust the people around you, trust the process | + | * trust yourself, trust the people around you, trust the process |
Process: [[scenario_building_as_lucid_dreaming]] | Process: [[scenario_building_as_lucid_dreaming]] | ||
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We know that there are a few objects in this world: | We know that there are a few objects in this world: | ||
- | * shoes | + | * Shoes |
- | * soft wool | + | * Soft wool |
- | * a heavy relationship with a father and family (not mother) | + | * A heavy relationship with a father and family (not mother) |
- | * roses | + | * Roses |
- | * mint | + | * Mint |
- | * empty void | + | * Empty void |
- | * a car-key for a big car that can move lots of people | + | * A car key for a big car that can move lots of people |
- | * ice cube (melting) | + | * Ice cube (melting) |
- | * ink and paint dribbling on pebbles | + | * Ink and paint dribbling on pebbles |
- | * a box | + | * A box |
- | * sparkling | + | * Sparkling |
- | * dragonfly | + | * Dragonfly |
- | * small mechanical devices | + | * Small mechanical devices |
- | * bottle | + | * Bottle |
- | * a big and heavy photocopier | + | * A big and heavy photocopier |
==== What can we assume? ==== | ==== What can we assume? ==== | ||
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Knowing about the few objects originating in the world, there are a few things we might assume: | Knowing about the few objects originating in the world, there are a few things we might assume: | ||
- | * it looks like a Victorian scene on Brighton beach | + | * It looks like a Victorian scene on Brighton beach |
- | * there is a bar or multiple bars, where brightly coloured gin cocktails are important | + | * There is a bar or multiple bars, where brightly coloured gin cocktails are important |
- | * dragonflies | + | * Dragonflies |
- | * dragonflies | + | * Dragonflies |
- | * the smells are heavy and sticky - a mix of shoes and roses... | + | * The smells are heavy and sticky - a mix of shoes and roses… |
- | * there might be an apothecary on a ship (a ferry?) at sunrise | + | * There might be an apothecary on a ship (a ferry?) at sunrise |
- | * people | + | * People |
- | * there is a magic box, that can bring us things we want at any moment: the world has magical underpinnings and changing situations | + | * There is a magic box that can bring us things we want at any moment: the world has magical underpinnings and changing situations |
- | * there is a dusty grave | + | * There is a dusty grave |
- | * tiny mechanical insects dance on an ice-cube | + | * Tiny mechanical insects dance on an ice-cube |
- | * one family lives in this world, they are cobblers with a shoe factory | + | * One family lives in this world, they are cobblers with a shoe factory |
- | * its' a non-plastic world | + | * It's a non-plastic world |
- | * people | + | * People |
- | * there might be a large building, something like Cleopatra' | + | * There might be a large building, something like Cleopatra' |
- | * there is an x-ray station and drivable photocopiers, | + | * There is an x-ray station and drivable photocopiers, |
- | * the world is predominantly translucent, | + | * The world is predominantly translucent, |
- | * there are many large soft beds around, mobile, perhaps in cars. mother might be in the bed, with a bottle of gin. | + | * There are many large soft beds around, mobile, perhaps in cars; mother might be in the bed, with a bottle of gin |
- | * tools (some rusty) are scattered around the place | + | * Tools (some rusty) are scattered around the place |
- | * there is a hornets' | + | * There is a hornets' |
- | * nanotechnology | + | * Nanotechnology |
- | * it looks a bit like Neal Stephenson' | + | * It looks a bit like Neal Stephenson' |
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- | We have landed on the endless peninsula with a shoreline that is neither land nor sea. The shoreline is sometimes | + | We have landed on an endless peninsula with a shoreline that is neither land nor sea. The shoreline is smooth |
- | Things are built rather than grown, there are canals lit by giant candelabra, the rolling hills are made of shoes. There are very few plants and animals around, and only in secret pockets | + | The atmosphere hanging over this land of permanent sunrise and twilight is thick and woollen. It is never completely dark or light, but partakes |
- | The landscapes | + | Things |
- | Across the floating peninsula hover many roads, all leading | + | The landscapes are surreal (from the dreamers’ points of view), unnatural and complicated, |
- | {{> | + | Across the floating peninsula hover many roads, all leading from the many gin distilleries to dusty cocktail bars. On the roads drive giant photocopiers that print spacious two-dimensional cars. One of the strangest contraptions on the peninsula is a floating palace that looks x-rayed under sunlight. From outside it appears like a translucent box standing on an ice-cube. From inside its walls are built of wood and x-rays, its windows are covered with leather. Its origins are unclear (there are conspiracy theories about whether it had been discovered or rebuilt). In the present there are only parts of the palace in use. One part is a newsagency, another - of course - a cocktail bar, from which all other bars are replicated. |
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==== Who are the inhabitants? | ==== Who are the inhabitants? | ||
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Being a twitcher since only a short time his daily routine could look like the following: Waking up in the morning, still being overwhelmed with dreams and memories about his former human phase, he proceeds to the library where these stories and dreams are written down. Only slowly getting used to the constant " | Being a twitcher since only a short time his daily routine could look like the following: Waking up in the morning, still being overwhelmed with dreams and memories about his former human phase, he proceeds to the library where these stories and dreams are written down. Only slowly getting used to the constant " | ||
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+ | **A Young Shapeshifter** | ||
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+ | A normal morning for the clan, a big question for our juvenile protagonist. | ||
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+ | Transcarnation | ||
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+ | There is a yearning for adventure, a feeling for history, a sense of danger. | ||
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+ | Vessel Living | ||
+ | A clan of 28 persons. | ||
+ | A romance. | ||
+ | Our protagonist feels not taken seriously, wants to belong, wants to somehow prove their worth and worthiness. | ||
+ | An insider. | ||
+ | A need to improve contributions. | ||
+ | Wants to stay put, there are stories of dangers. | ||
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+ | There is the powder. Our protagonist has just receoived it with the morning dragonfly. Will they take it? | ||
+ | The moment: enjoying morning gin. This is breakfast. | ||
+ | The question: what to do next. Reflections upon the day ahead. | ||
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+ | Dear Diary. writing in a device. An action to organise thoughts. | ||
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+ | Phasebook. | ||
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+ | In the morning dragonfly a letter and a powder to slow the transition. The Transcarnation. | ||
+ | Morning Gin with lover, a colection of vines. Next transcarnation will be away from a state able to water them and care for them. Maybe not even able to be intertwined. But no fear, the clan will care for the vine. Nevertheless. | ||
+ | Can our protagonist make a decision for the vines as well? Togethernjess, | ||
+ | The Shiftreport. | ||
+ | The Dustr can hold on to him for a little while. | ||
+ | On the vessel, looking out over the lush landscape, sipping gin. The rest of the clan is asleep. Chatting with Inanimates. | ||
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+ | That which is LUW - Lost Upon Waking. | ||
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+ | Is consciousness a technology? | ||
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