THE WASHING MACHINE
2021
Principle Creator
Character: The Manager
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An eighty-line extract from A Doll’s House tells: hidden under normalized gender inequality is an urge to gain power through manipulating others. The perpetual existence of manipulation surpasses gender.
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Brecht and his technique tell: “Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it. Its relevance to its contemporary society is significant.”
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We tell: In the modern workplace, male dominance and the pursuit of maximum profit by the powerful incurs manipulation and traps the manipulated and the oppressed. The resolution is to find the purpose of working instead of endlessly investing in maximizing productivity.
MODERN LOVE
2020
Principal Creator
Character: Tiffany
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The cover of the album of Midsummer Night tells: “When both the whales move forward, there will be a clash with the ancient villages submerged in the sea. But the clash will be dissolved in this open, inclusive pastel blue sea. Something new will sail out as the little canoe above the water.”
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We tell: a story about homophobia in Asian families and how conflict can be gradually remedied by not imposing one’s ego on another individual.
UNAPPROACHABLE
2019
Principle Creator
Character: Emma
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Photo Stimulus of a falling sun tells: “I was once vibrant, I believe in my omnipotence, but now I’m declining and might be hidden by the upcoming darkness.”
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We tell: a story about the darkness brought by a lack of mutual understanding between people and the hope that this can potentially be solved, just as the sun will rise again another day.