The Kreuzigung score is intricate, graphic — dense with geometric symbols cobbled together in striking prints. It is a visual embodiment of Shreyer’s utopian theatrical aspirations: in it, stage direction and script are boiled down into a spare, universal visual language. The pages can be parsed only with the help of a code, found on page two. The “Spielzeichen”, or play symbols, are condensed into something like a three-bar musical score divided into measures. The top bar contains the script. Across the middle, in a cacophony of colorful zigzags, ellipses, and marks, is a “tone sequence” capturing rhythm, pitch, and volume. Below, blending geometrics and words, we find the “movement sequence” or stage directions.
