Performing Meaning Against All Odds: Dice in the Actual Play Anthology 'Dimension 20'
30. Dezember 2024 ·
von Brigitte Rath
Dice rolls hold the potential to fuse all frames of Actual Plays’ ludic collaborative storytelling performance in an emotionally highly charged moment. The Actual Play series Dimension 20 makes particularly effective use of the potential force of dice rolls by staging them with extraordinary attention. Weaving cultural traditions surrounding the use of dice for gaming, gambling, and divination into the performance, Dimension 20 series increase the amount of emotional investment dice can attract, hold and redirect between frames, and celebrate the agency of knowing that whatever act of randomness one encounters, a cooperative community can always make meaning together.
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