Tag: larp
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The Hospitality – a black box role-play
A game in the space around gifts, loss and collective action. In order for another world to be possible, we have to be prepared to lose the world we are already familiar with. Welcome onboard The Hospitality – a space scenario where you and up to thirty other players enter a game or a participatory role-play in…
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An infinite scenario
I put together a short experimental scenario for my workshop at this year’s annual nordic larp (live role-playing) conference Knutepunkt, which I’m happy to share. It’s easy to brief and could probably be played in 15 minutes. Rules / tips Downloadable characters (and cut it in 9 separate cards/sheet) Post-dramatic role-playing? The idea is to…
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States of Play is out (the 2012 edition of the annual nordic larp anthology)
The Nordic live role-playing (larp) anthology of the year has arrived. For once prior to the Knutpunkt/Solmukohta conference, which is excellent, so that the participants can read up before they go there. This time it’s edited by art-house larp writer and critique Juhana Pettersson. It’s called States of Play – Nordic Larp around the World…
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Playground – New mag on roleplaying
There is a new magazine on indie roleplaying and experimental live roleplaying. The first issue was released at the Knudepunkt conference and the editorial team is pan-nordic. They aim for to publish it on a quarterly basis and are interested in new, strange and obscure stuff related to role-playing in any form. If you are…
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Co-writing a park, inhabiting it with role-playing
Nordic live role-playing conference Knudepunkt has started, Miriam has some photos. Yesterday I gave a workshop about writing “fictions and try different approaches to co-creation. Everyone write in the same document simultaneously.” I want to share an exercise developed with Ulf Staflund, that I’ve only done once before but enjoyed a lot both times. I’ve…
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Autonoma världar – magisteruppsats i estetik om levande rollspel
Jag kom på att jag inte lagt upp min magisteruppsats i estetik från 2008. Den är faktiskt ganska bra och kan säkert vara av intresse för somliga. Den går att ladda ner från Södertörns högskola i PDF-format. Annars går den bra att kika på nedan. Jag använder bland annat Mellan himmel och hav samt Futuredrome…
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“Enjoy it while it lasts”
All three books for the nordic live action role-playing (larp) conference Knudepunkt i now online as PDF. Each book has different approach, one of them being academic, another one documentary and a third one with more of a conversational style. I’ve contributed to the latter of them, with a short essay trying to read post-apocalyptic…
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Documentation of Baader Meinhof eXperiment – black box edition
The norwegian scenario BMX was written to use the opportunity of two apartments in the same block inhabited by prominent larp writers and organizers; on one hand Eirik Fatland & Li Xin and on the other hand Erlend Eidsem Hansen. This was the setup: Two rooms, next door : the security police and activists. One…
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Turboscenarion
Under Unga turs Paradisofestival gjorde jag, Martin Brodén och Ebba Petrén två workshops under rubriken Turboscenario. Nedan kommer lite dokumentation av de scenarion som växte fram. Inbjudan formulerade konceptet: Roller, scener, och dramaturgi produceras i rasande tempo med hjälp av olika metoder. Ta med laptop om du har. Vi har tillgång till teaterteknik, blackbox och…
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Paradisofestivalen full av deltagarkultur!
Jag vill tipsa om några kul tillställningar på Paradisofestivalen, som görs av Unga tur i Kärrtorp, Stockholm. Ebba Petrén som är projektledare står med en fot i teatervärlden och en i lajvsvängen, vilket skapat förutsättningar för ett spännande program som sätter “gränsen mellan publik och aktörer under lupp”. Här kommer ett urval! 6 augusti –…
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Anthology on nordic live role-playing: Playing Reality
Playing Reality is an anthology of articles on live role-playing, a new art form where the Nordic countries are at the front edge. It’s edited by Elge Larsson and published by Interacting Arts. This book covers a wide range of topics and genres, from practical advice, historical reviews and visions of possible futures to semiotic…
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The Baader-Meinhof eXperiment Stockholm
Vi hjälper Erlend att sätta upp detta lysande scenario i Stockholm på tisdag. Det finns 20 platser och vi kör på Riksteatern i Hallunda. The Baader-Meinhof eXperiment Stockholm Two rooms, next door : the security police and activists. One wall divides them – One focus tears them apart, ideology. One group of participants plays the…