Documenta 0: The Broadsheet 

A theatrical game and archive based on the history of
Caliban and the Witch (Silvia Federici); Discipline and Punish (Micheal Foucault), using thinking and system of game, participatory performance, and editorial design method.



Concept:
           introduction
           structure of game
           story
           behind the story



Elements and Design:
           game board and visuals
           online archive


Chacters Overview
           Merchant
           Blacksmith
           Herbalist
           Brewer
           Psychic


    


    Brewer

    Agnes Finnie/Alewives



    Public information:
    You brew beer and experiment with herbs from herbalist. Your beer sold well, before the death of Aileen.


    Private information:
    You just wanted to protect your beer recipe. You and herbalist are suffering from suspicion of the incident. What happened? Is there truly something wrong with your liquor or the ingredient?


    Ability:
    Have a chance throughout the whole game to purify a red loop into white, can be applied to anyone.


    Behind the character:
    Knowledge and economic interests of herbsseen as mysterious and dangerousmaking them easy targets for suspicion.


    High-level question:
    Who is permitted to exercise power over you? And when reality slips away, what force leaves you feeling powerless?



    Agnes Finnie (?–1645)
    Edinburgh, Scotland
    Shopkeeper
    Widow of James Robertsone, sold consumer goods, such as fish and cakes in Potterrow, Edinburgh Finnie is documented as possessing a fiery temper and known for cursing people in the street.

    In 2022, Nicola Sturgeon issued a formal apology for the 'historic injustice' on behalf of the Scottish Government to those accused of witchcraft between the 16th and 18th centuries.

    Alewives (Women Brewers)
    "Up until the 1500s, brewing was primarily women’s work – that is, until a smear campaign accused women brewers of being witches. Much of the iconography we associate with witches today, from the pointy hat to the broom, may have emerged from their connection to female brewers."

    From the Stone Age to the 1700s, ale – and, later, beer – was a household staple for most families in England and other parts of Europe. The drink was an inexpensive way to consume and preserve grains.

    They wore the tall, pointy hats so that their customers could see them in the crowded marketplace. They transported their brew in cauldrons. And those who sold their beer out of stores had cats not as demon familiars, but to keep mice away from the grain.

    A study at Stanford University found that while 17% of craft beer breweries have one female CEO, only 4% of these businesses employ a female brewmaster.

    In medieval England, “alewives” (female brewers) were often socially marginalized.

    Some male brewers may have used the fear of witchcraft to reduce competition from women brewers. As brewing was commercialised, men used accusations and gendered rhetoric to push women out. 






    Helen x Pong