Tselinny invites applications for a role-play laboratory led by artist Ana Maria Millan. The workshop is open to gamers, amateurs, people who work with avatars or imaginary characters, and anyone interested in digital cultures and experimental storytelling.

The laboratory explores the relationship between role-playing, animation, propaganda, and political narratives. Through collaborative world-building and gameplay, participants will create avatars and develop a collective story that connects rural politics and matriarchal knowledge across different contexts, particularly between Kazakhstan and Colombia.

The workshop will unfold across several sessions:

Session 1 | March 25, 5-7PM: Character creation and construction of the game environment.

Session 2 | March 26, 5-7PM: Collective gameplay using dice-based storytelling mechanics.

Session 3 | March 28, 5-7PM: Developing movement and choreography for a motion-capture (MOCAP) sequence based on the narrative created during the game.

Session 4 | March 29, 5-7PM: Final narrative development and preparation of material that will later be translated into a script and storyboard for an animation.

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During the laboratory, participants will walk, write, design characters, and play together. Each participant will develop a character with specific powers and abilities. Through gameplay and conversation, the group will respond to different situations and collectively generate the narrative structure of a future animation.

Chance will play an important role in shaping the story: dice rolls will determine key decisions and narrative directions. The outcomes of the role-play sessions will become the foundation for a script and later a storyboard developed by the artist.

Ana Maria Millan’s artistic practice explores the politics of animation and digital culture, examining how technologies intersect with gender, propaganda, subcultures, and amateur media practices. Her work often uses role-playing, reenactment, gaming, and virtual world-building as creative methodologies for producing narrative films and performative projects.

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How to apply:

Please submit via Google Form the following:

• Motivation letter
• CV
• Portfolio (if available)

Places are limited.

By submitting an application, participants acknowledge that documentation may be taken during the workshop and that the results of the laboratory may be used as part of the artist’s final work and exhibition.