Elena Parker

“A work of art is realized when form and content are indistinguishable. When they are in synthesis. In other words, when they fuse.” -­‐ Paul Rand

Storytelling -­‐ the rehearsal of a narrative in a structured and meaningful way -­‐ can take many forms. This class asks how each form in which you tell a single story changes the way that the audience receives that narrative. You will choose a public domain short story and iterate upon it in seven different media. We will examine how to leverage the unique tools of each medium to best communicate a narrative. How do you articulate a character differently in audio versus performance? What part of your narrative is better suited to physical expression? Are there aspects of storytelling that a image or game just do better? After choosing your short story, you will adapt it to performance, audio, image sequence, physical/installation and as a system or game. Along the way, we will look at outstanding examples of storytelling in each medium and examine how the authors fused form and content.