Cinem-A-Crobatic is a media workshop that explores one’s relationship to oneself as well as to the other through collaborative story telling. The workshop has three objectives; first is to develop a story interactively amongst participants, second is to analyze each person’s creative process by questioning his/her intent, and third is to create better understanding of each other by sharing this analytical process.  Under the pretense of creating a fictional account, my intention is to provide a protected environment where participants can freely uncover, challenge and share one’s feelings and interpretations of others in a communal setting. 

An example of this workshop took place at Columbus Park as well as the streets of SOHO, New York City from the Spring of 1996 to the Fall of 1997.  I collaborated with students from The Professional Performing Arts School (PPAS), who come from vast variety of socio-cultural backgrounds.   The students and I took turns directing, recording, and acting.   By alternating directors, everyone participated in the construction of a story. 
Our scenes as well as our descriptions created various dialogue with people at the production site.  Some complained about the content of the scene and suggested an alternative one.  We continued to reproduce a scene reflecting the experience and knowledge we gained from the people at the production site.  By producing and reproducing a scene, each of our perceptions was constantly challenged. The quality of surplus reality in this cinematic environment enabled us to express our feelings freely without being threatened.  The students, the public and I gained a new knowledge not only about us but also of one and another.  In this sense, the media production became a new method of generating social interaction.