Tag: larp
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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…
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6 Common Mistakes in Live Role-playing Design
This article was published in the anthology Playing Reality by Interacting Arts 2010. DESIGNING LARPS IS A COMPLEX PROCESS and one must have courage to take on the responsibility of doing it. The players are demanding and bring creative power as well as infinite demands. I have assembled a few common mistakes that are made…