Tre (Run 1)

“Tre” by Pierpaolo Zoffoli is perhaps the first laog ever organized in Italy. The participants, three for each run, were asked to set up the room so that it appeared as a dark cell, creating on screen the effect of a location completely immersed in darkness, and placing a lamp in such a way as to illuminate only the face, in order not only to show the features of the player, but also to create a dramatic effect. The participants could interact only two at a time and during precise intervals marked by the rhythm of the game: to signal the turns of the different players, the organizers periodically communicated the relative entrances to the scene through a message sent via WhatsApp. The expedient for the use of webcams was given by the fact that, even in the game world, the characters, forced into a sadistic game by a deranged kidnapper, communicated with each other only through a video conferencing system. So the laog, structured this way, provided participants with a very faithful reproduction of the experience that their characters were living.