Tag: Finland

  • Change is Coming

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    We are rebooting Nordiclarp.org as an online magazine. Instead of only linking to other websites we will produce original content as well as republishing interesting and important texts from the past or other sources. The wiki will remain in its current form, although we are looking into reducing the threshold to start contributing.

    We are now looking for a few things.

    • Writers. We need your content, new or old, as long as it’s interesting and relevant.
    • Editors. People who can get others to write and/or edit others texts. This means reading them and giving feedback.
    • Reporters. We want reports from larps, conferences, conventions and other larp events. Text, video, photos, illustrations, podcasts. All welcome.
    • Translators. Help get texts in your local language a global readership!

    We will be a group of chief editors, one from each Nordic country. Besides this and the staff mentioned above, we would love to have at least one official national correspondent in each country where there is larp.

    This is of course all done non-profit, but you do get the chance to shape the website and get a photo byline.

    We need content and staff from all the Nordic countries and the rest of the world where Nordic style larp is happening.

    We hope to launch before Knutpunkt 2014 and are especially interested in people who can help do reports from A Week in Gothenburg and Knutpunkt!

    Contact us on: contribute@nordiclarp.org

    / The New Staff

  • Halat Hisar Photo Report

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    Larper and talented photographer Tuomas Puikkonen has posted his photos from the larp Halat Hisar (State of Siege).

    Check them out here:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkismus/sets/72157638504113734/

  • Reports From the 2013 Larpwriter Summer School

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    Reports From the 2013 Larpwriter Summer School

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    Finnish blog Loki has posted a report in three parts from the 2013 Larp Writer Summer School

    Read them over at Loki:
    http://loki.pelilauta.fi/wordpress/?p=1842

  • Sign-up Open for Halat Hisar (State of Siege)

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    Sign-up Open for Halat Hisar (State of Siege)

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    Halat hisar, or State of Siege, has been covered on this site before.

    The sign-up for the Finnish/Palestinian cooperation has now opened:
    http://nordicrpg.fi/piiritystila/practical/sign-up/

    Read more about the larp on their website:
    http://nordicrpg.fi/piiritystila/

  • State of Siege – A Palestinian-Finnish larp project

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    State of Siege – A Palestinian-Finnish larp project

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    State of Siege is a larp about occupied Finland that will be held 15th – 17th November in Helsinki organized by Palestinian and Finnish larp designers.

    Last August the larp Till Death Do us Part was organized as a cooperation between Norwegian and Palestian larp designers. It was the first bigger Palestian larp project and since then many projects has has happened in and in connection to the emerging Palestinian larp community.

    The latest addition is a Palestian-Finnish cooperation with the larp Sate of Siege (or Piiritystila – Halht Hisar) to be held in November.

    State of Siege is a larp about occupied Finland and everyday life under a military regime. The game is set at the University of Helsinki where students and researches are trying to hold a seminar in the midst of checkpoints, random searches, curfew and other facets of life under occupation.

    The game is created cooperatively between Finnish and Palestinian designers. It’s held in November 2013, on 15th – 17th, and is open to both Finnish and foreign participants. The languages will mostly be Finnish and English.
    From the website

    We asked two of the designers from the crew about their thoughts about the project.

    Larp designer Juhana Pettersson Larp designer Juhana Pettersson

    Juhana Pettersson: “The original idea for Halat hisar came from a quote I used in an article I wrote about the Palestinian larp Till Death Do Us Part. Fatima AbdulKarim, one of the Palestinian organizers, said that she’d love to do larp in Finland. The idea caught on after the article was published. Fatima’s original idea of using larp to communicate the reality of life under occupation was just the kind of thing larp is really good for.”

    Fatima AbdulKarim: “Its a great experience to be working on Halat Hissar and it’s characters, it’s like wearing your clothes inside-out and and changing perspectives like changing to matching sunglasses!”

    Read more at the official web site: Piiritystila


    Cover image: Piiritystila – State of Siege – Halht Hisar. Photo by Joel Sammallahti, 2013

  • Play: The Soul of Knutepunkt by Markus Montola & Jaakko Stenros

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    Larp scholars Markus Montola & Jaakko Stenros have written a text about their view on the spirit of the Knutepunkt larp conference. Here is a short excerpt:

    Knutepunkt is a playful space.

    It is a summer camp, a student club, and a rock
    festival. It is a place where like-minded people gather to think outside the box, to meet new people, to fool around. When newcomers describe Knutepunkt as a magical experience, it is this playfulness they are talking about.

    Read the complete text here:
    http://jaakkostenros.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/play-the-soul-of-knutepunkt/