The aspect of Fakery as a response to the ISTD brief, which I investigated, is that of theatrical scenographic illusion. The piece staged is the work of the Surrealist Luis Buñuel, ‘Hallucinations about a Dead Hand’ (1944).

The Surrealist movement famously explores ideas of illusion, hyperreality, and dreams, and it has influenced filmmakers, writers, philosophers, and musicians. This script is a short story based on visual illusion and hallucinations, with an element of horror.

I created a typographic and visual interpretation of certain parts of this text, intended to serve as a scenography for a Dance Theatre performance. This project has been awarded the ISTD Membership.