# Final Solution Canonical: https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/final-solution Final Solution, 2021. Participatory theatre, a deliberation game and process documentation. He Fa’s role: Purples co-initiation, participation in assemblies and authored reflection. 2021 / Participatory theatre, a deliberation game and process documentation Speech, judgment and voting become theatrical actions within a fictional end-of-world assembly. Messages from the Deliberation Panel title graphic in the public Final Solution record, 2021. He Fa’s role Purples co-initiation, participation in assemblies and authored reflection Co-initiators Purples: Shen Bolun, He Fa and Shao Yifan Development Developed from Coliseum tests into a model within Purples Documented practice 2021 calls for tests, assemblies and reflective writing ## Work record Final Solution, 2021. Participatory theatre, a deliberation game and process documentation. He Fa’s role: Purples co-initiation, participation in assemblies and authored reflection. Work / series Final Solution Date 2021 Medium Participatory theatre, a deliberation game and process documentation He Fa’s role Purples co-initiation, participation in assemblies and authored reflection Catalogue section Selected works Cite this record: Final Solution · 2021 · Purples co-initiation, participation in assemblies and authored reflection · [https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/final-solution](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/final-solution) [2021-05-30 · Source article (Chinese)](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2021/2021-05-30-互动剧场招募-最终解决方案-内测一-71dd9651a2/) [2021-07-14 · Source article (Chinese)](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2021/2021-07-14-在-最终解决方案-的实验剧场里提纯-用假的死来完成一次对生的歌颂-7e623fd6b7/) [2021-10-14 · Source article (Chinese)](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2021/2021-10-14-一场由你决定输赢的决斗-3d7b063caf/) [2022-07-18 · Source article (Chinese)](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2022/2022-07-18-p4剧场-过去-现在-未来-510-73d5a1df7f/) [Purples Project Introduction · Selected historical pages · PDF](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/downloads/purple-action-introduction-selected-20260916.pdf) [Purples Presentation Proposal · Selected historical pages · PDF](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/downloads/purple-action-presentation-proposal-selected-20260916.pdf) ## Giving the assembly the decision Final Solution posits a fictional end-of-world assembly in which participants decide which roles may remain. The May test call allocated twelve deliberators and four candidates. Candidates made their case through non-violent means, and deliberators decided after questioning, discussion and voting. The theatrical “execution” meant elimination and departure. Rules for the June test, July questions and answers, and later discussions differ, documenting a model under revision. In a signed article dated 14 July, He Fa recalls attending several assemblies and reflects on how the fictional situation prompted recurring questions about life and existence. He also describes a method of converting speech into text and preserving annotations and reflection. His 2022 retrospective identifies this work as a substantial event within Purples, co-initiated by Shen Bolun, He Fa and Shao Yifan. ## The work as a collaborative practice The work moves theatre from predetermined dialogue towards procedures collectively enacted and contested. Candidates’ accounts, deliberators’ reasons, the limits of rules and subsequent disagreements become material for later review. Participants retain their own experiences and words; He Fa enters through co-initiation, participation and reflective documentation. ## Reading the versions The project introduction and presentation proposal preserve different stages of the model. The fictional catastrophe’s deadline, roles and voting thresholds changed. Some documents specify a two-thirds majority among twelve seats; the presentation proposal specifies ten votes out of twelve. Each describes its own version of the game. The Presentation Proposal places Coliseum alongside Duel Club and CCTV in a proposed continuous experience. The assemblies documented here and that later proposal retain their distinct status. The project trailer is a montage drawn from multiple scenes. See the selected Project Introduction and source page 5 of the Presentation Proposal. ## Works & details Declaration of Survival title graphic for Final Solution, with its original text overlay. ## Moving image & related documents [2021-05-30 · Source article (Chinese) ↗](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2021/2021-05-30-互动剧场招募-最终解决方案-内测一-71dd9651a2/) [2021-07-14 · Source article (Chinese) ↗](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2021/2021-07-14-在-最终解决方案-的实验剧场里提纯-用假的死来完成一次对生的歌颂-7e623fd6b7/) [2021-10-14 · Source article (Chinese) ↗](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2021/2021-10-14-一场由你决定输赢的决斗-3d7b063caf/) [2022-07-18 · Source article (Chinese) ↗](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2022/2022-07-18-p4剧场-过去-现在-未来-510-73d5a1df7f/) [Purples Project Introduction · Selected historical pages · PDF ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/downloads/purple-action-introduction-selected-20260916.pdf) [Purples Presentation Proposal · Selected historical pages · PDF ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/downloads/purple-action-presentation-proposal-selected-20260916.pdf) ## Archive note Compiled from contemporary calls, project descriptions, later records and selected project documents retaining their source page numbers. Event announcements, retrospective accounts and presentation proposals retain their distinct status. English translations were prepared for this archive. ## Continue exploring ### Purples / Purple Action Roles, rules, speech and collective judgment become theatre within a jointly constructed fictional world. ### Saturday Four-Hour Duel Club Six fighters and a four-hour countdown: votes held by the audience continually change the event. ### P4 Theater Spaces, participants, events and documentation change one another through sustained work. TAKE A PATH ACROSS ## Other paths from this work. Rules and choices What kind of outcome does a rule produce [Final Solution](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/final-solution) ↔ [Cocktail](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/cocktail-2013) Cocktail lets file values determine position; Final Solution uses questioning and votes to decide which characters remain. Both delegate judgments to procedures, but ordering images and producing consequences for performers cannot be treated as equivalent. 2021 / Participatory theatre, a deliberation game and process documentation 2013 / Archival inkjet print Read the source materials Artist’s statement [Artist statement in the portfolio ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/cocktail-2013#artist-statement) The portfolio statement explicitly makes JPEG file size the sorting criterion and describes settling and floating; numerical sorting is not equated with judgement of people. Period document [Giving the assembly the decision ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/final-solution#chapter-1) The May 2021 call and He Fa’s July account document questioning, voting, character departure and transcription with reflection; version differences remain explicit. [Continue from this work ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/crossings#work=cocktail-2013) Rules and choices ### What kind of outcome does a rule produce [Final Solution](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/final-solution) ↔ [Cocktail](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/cocktail-2013) Cocktail lets file values determine position; Final Solution uses questioning and votes to decide which characters remain. Both delegate judgments to procedures, but ordering images and producing consequences for performers cannot be treated as equivalent. 2021 / Participatory theatre, a deliberation game and process documentation 2013 / Archival inkjet print Artist’s statement [Artist statement in the portfolio ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/cocktail-2013#artist-statement) The portfolio statement explicitly makes JPEG file size the sorting criterion and describes settling and floating; numerical sorting is not equated with judgement of people. The portfolio statement explicitly makes JPEG file size the sorting criterion and describes settling and floating; numerical sorting is not equated with judgement of people. Period document [Giving the assembly the decision ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/final-solution#chapter-1) The May 2021 call and He Fa’s July account document questioning, voting, character departure and transcription with reflection; version differences remain explicit. The May 2021 call and He Fa’s July account document questioning, voting, character departure and transcription with reflection; version differences remain explicit. Body and presence How death enters an arrangement [Final Solution](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/final-solution) ↔ [Time Canyon / The Disappearing Tail](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/time-canyon) Time Canyon proposes a bodily journey through birth and death; Final Solution prompts judgments through fictional elimination. One is a sensory narrative proposal, while the other has records of procedural practice and reflection. 2021 / Participatory theatre, a deliberation game and process documentation 2016 (proposal document) / Proposal for spatial narrative, performance and a multisensory installation · Proposals Read the source materials Period document [The body as a passage through time ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/time-canyon#chapter-2) The original PDF and mind map organize a sensory journey through digestive passages, birth and death; they establish a conception, not a built performance. Period document [Giving the assembly the decision ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/final-solution#chapter-1) The May 2021 call and He Fa’s July account document questioning, voting, character departure and transcription with reflection; version differences remain explicit. [Continue from this work ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/crossings#work=time-canyon) Body and presence ### How death enters an arrangement [Final Solution](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/final-solution) ↔ [Time Canyon / The Disappearing Tail](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/time-canyon) Time Canyon proposes a bodily journey through birth and death; Final Solution prompts judgments through fictional elimination. One is a sensory narrative proposal, while the other has records of procedural practice and reflection. 2021 / Participatory theatre, a deliberation game and process documentation 2016 (proposal document) / Proposal for spatial narrative, performance and a multisensory installation · Proposals Period document [The body as a passage through time ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/time-canyon#chapter-2) The original PDF and mind map organize a sensory journey through digestive passages, birth and death; they establish a conception, not a built performance. The original PDF and mind map organize a sensory journey through digestive passages, birth and death; they establish a conception, not a built performance. Period document [Giving the assembly the decision ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/final-solution#chapter-1) The May 2021 call and He Fa’s July account document questioning, voting, character departure and transcription with reflection; version differences remain explicit. The May 2021 call and He Fa’s July account document questioning, voting, character departure and transcription with reflection; version differences remain explicit. Working together Where disagreement can appear [Final Solution](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/final-solution) ↔ [The Rooftop Howler](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/rooftop-howler) Rooftop Howler preserves recruitment, rehearsals, performance and later conversations; Final Solution preserves questioning, voting and reflection. Both leave an event available for return viewing, while collective rehearsal and decisions about character removal use different forms of organization. 2021 / Participatory theatre, a deliberation game and process documentation 2020–2021 / Theatre, rehearsal and documentation Read the source materials Event record [Project statement ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/rooftop-howler#chapter-3) The project account records recruitment, rehearsals, performance and later conversations, together with on-site 3P documentation by He Fa, Zhang Shaohua and Huang Lucang. Period document [Giving the assembly the decision ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/final-solution#chapter-1) The May 2021 call and He Fa’s July account document questioning, voting, character departure and transcription with reflection; version differences remain explicit. [Continue from this work ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/crossings#work=rooftop-howler) Working together ### Where disagreement can appear [Final Solution](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/final-solution) ↔ [The Rooftop Howler](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/rooftop-howler) Rooftop Howler preserves recruitment, rehearsals, performance and later conversations; Final Solution preserves questioning, voting and reflection. Both leave an event available for return viewing, while collective rehearsal and decisions about character removal use different forms of organization. 2021 / Participatory theatre, a deliberation game and process documentation 2020–2021 / Theatre, rehearsal and documentation Event record [Project statement ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/rooftop-howler#chapter-3) The project account records recruitment, rehearsals, performance and later conversations, together with on-site 3P documentation by He Fa, Zhang Shaohua and Huang Lucang. The project account records recruitment, rehearsals, performance and later conversations, together with on-site 3P documentation by He Fa, Zhang Shaohua and Huang Lucang. Period document [Giving the assembly the decision ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/final-solution#chapter-1) The May 2021 call and He Fa’s July account document questioning, voting, character departure and transcription with reflection; version differences remain explicit. The May 2021 call and He Fa’s July account document questioning, voting, character departure and transcription with reflection; version differences remain explicit. Rules and choices How games enter theatre [Final Solution](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/final-solution) ↔ [Theatre Murder Case](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/theatre-murder-case) A contemporary document describes Theatre Murder Case as combining drama and games; Final Solution preserves questioning, voting and revisions to its rules. Both bring games into theatre, but the surviving material supports different levels of detailed reading. 2021 / Participatory theatre, a deliberation game and process documentation By 2016 / Immersive theatre, drama and games Read the source materials Period document [Drama and games at P4 Theater ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/theatre-murder-case#chapter-1) The 2016 proposal jointly signed by He Fa and Zhang Aoshuang lists the work under FakingAosome and explicitly combines theatre and games at P4; detailed documentation is limited. Period document [Giving the assembly the decision ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/final-solution#chapter-1) The May 2021 call and He Fa’s July account document questioning, voting, character departure and transcription with reflection; version differences remain explicit. [Continue from this work ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/crossings#work=theatre-murder-case) Rules and choices ### How games enter theatre [Final Solution](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/final-solution) ↔ [Theatre Murder Case](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/theatre-murder-case) A contemporary document describes Theatre Murder Case as combining drama and games; Final Solution preserves questioning, voting and revisions to its rules. Both bring games into theatre, but the surviving material supports different levels of detailed reading. 2021 / Participatory theatre, a deliberation game and process documentation By 2016 / Immersive theatre, drama and games Period document [Drama and games at P4 Theater ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/theatre-murder-case#chapter-1) The 2016 proposal jointly signed by He Fa and Zhang Aoshuang lists the work under FakingAosome and explicitly combines theatre and games at P4; detailed documentation is limited. The 2016 proposal jointly signed by He Fa and Zhang Aoshuang lists the work under FakingAosome and explicitly combines theatre and games at P4; detailed documentation is limited. Period document [Giving the assembly the decision ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/final-solution#chapter-1) The May 2021 call and He Fa’s July account document questioning, voting, character departure and transcription with reflection; version differences remain explicit. The May 2021 call and He Fa’s July account document questioning, voting, character departure and transcription with reflection; version differences remain explicit. FROM HERE, ELSEWHERE ## Passages between works ### Related records in the archive [Purples / Purple Action ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/purple-action) 2021 [Saturday Four-Hour Duel Club ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/duel-club) 2021–2023 [P4 Theater ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/p4-theatre) 2015–present