Her Shadow Resources (School of Transmutation)
Tilman Aumüller
What if animals were paid for their work? What if artificial intelligence belonged to the people who use it? And what would fashion look like if nothing were thrown away?
What to expect?
While sustainability is often reduced to pragmatic solutions, the speculative fiction game “Her Shadow Resources” focuses on imagination. The participants invent wonders that change the future of a neighborhood. Using methods of experimental pen-and-paper role-playing games, they reflect on what other ways of living together they can imagine. As they tell stories together and plans fail, the players experience how a world unfolds unexpectedly through the interplay of diverse perspectives.
For whom?
Especially suited for people who enjoy storytelling and games and for people who are curious to expand the landscapes of their imaginations as well who are interested in how conflicts are navigated within group dynamics. No prior knowledge of storytelling or any other gamified experiences is required.
Duration: ca. 3 h
Language: English
Registration via mail to: ptrdlouhy@gmail.com
Further context
“Practices of Sharing and Receiving” is a three-day gathering (23. – 25.08.) at HELLERAU hosted by a group of 6 practitioners – Gerko Ergert, Pankaj Tiwari, Petr Dlouhý, Rency Philip, Sveta Grigorjeva & Tilman Aumüller – coming from Germany, the Netherlands, India, the Czech Republic, and Estonia. The gathering provides a space where participants can engage in moments of collective inquiry, challenge conventional formats, and push the boundaries of knowledge creation through embodied, experiential practices.
“Her Shadow Resources (School of Transmutation)” has been created by Tilman Aumüller & Christopher Krause, who have been exploring experimental role-playing games and other practices of collective imagination. Since 2022 in the context of The Club of What If, a club for shared imagining and role-playing games. The workshop-experience will be hosted by Tilman Aumüller, an artist who writes and makes collaborative art. He is interested in how different actors connect through fiction, narrative, and play, creating surprising communities and weirder reconfigurations of the familiar. This work includes pen & paper role-playing games, essayistic storytelling, drawing, performances and institutional work. Besides artmaking, Tilman Aumüller was a co-curator of the festivals Implantieren 2022/23 and Implantieren 24, and is a co-founder of the artist collective ScriptedReality.
The workshop will be held in English, either in in the cultural garden in HELLERAU or indoors, in a rehearsal studio. The workshop requires participants´ participation and doesn´t involve excessive movements. There will be breaks. For detailed accessibility information, contact Petr Dlouhý (ptrdlouhy@gmail.com).
