Table Top Performances

Students watched Andrew Dawson’s Space Panorama for inspiration and then created their own table top performance that told a story about social media. Jessica Hariprasad created her own fable.

When beginning the creation of the story behind the tabletop performance, I wanted to use an important aspect of social media in a fantastical manner. Fairy tales are a way of teaching lessons but in a way that is fun yet relatable. The concept that I was thinking of when writing the story was the use of filters in photos and the way in which a person portrays themselves on social media. I wanted to show that it is okay to show pieces of yourself to others and do what makes you feel good and confident, but also not to depend on the comments and likes to maintain your self-esteem. Becoming reliant on other's opinions is dangerous and can be detrimental to the persons mental health.