February 2023 - May 2023

This publication is based on Henrik Ibsen's theater play "The Lady from the Sea". The reason for this publication, which is correlated with my second-semester design project "Host," is to explore new ways of spatially representing a story. I see a book as an empty vessel ready to tell a story, and I want to find connections between theater, performance, and book publishing.

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My aim is to understand how a book could be a useful tool, a host for telling the same story, and communicating an idea spatially in a more abstract way. At the same time, I want to introduce a different type of reader, the audience reader. I was inspired by the Fluxus art movement and, more specifically, by George Brecht, who is a pioneer of an art that depends entirely on the viewer. His artworks become an "event" when the viewer accepts the "invitation" to interact with them. I attempt to integrate this interaction in my publication by giving the reader the chance to phrase the story and be part of the narration in an active way. The entire publication is a passage from the classic way of reading a book to the way I anticipate the role of publication and its connection with theater and spatial design. To do so, I start exploring the public and private word of the book and, at the same time, the dual nature of text in publication, text as an object, and text as a signifier. Another key element in my publication is the use of small books, objects, music, and narratives hosted inside the main book.