2024
Kangas, Kaisa; Arjoranta, Jonne; Kevätkoski, Ruska (Ed.)
Liminal Encounters: Evolving Discourse in Nordic and Nordic-inspired Larp Collection
Ropecon ry, 2024, ISBN: 978-952-69423-4-6.
Abstract | Links | Tags: Larp, Nordic larp, Nordic-inspired larp
@collection{Kangas2024,
title = {Liminal Encounters: Evolving Discourse in Nordic and Nordic-inspired Larp},
editor = {Kaisa Kangas and Jonne Arjoranta and Ruska Kevätkoski },
url = {https://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Liminal_Encounters#Contents
https://jonne.arjoranta.fi/repository/Kangas2024.pdf},
isbn = {978-952-69423-4-6},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-03-07},
urldate = {2024-03-07},
booktitle = {Liminal Encounters: Evolving Discourse in Nordic and Nordic-Inspired Larp},
publisher = {Ropecon ry},
abstract = {Do you want to know what is going on in larp and where the discourse is going? Read the Solmukohta 2024 book, Liminal Encounters: Evolving Discourse in Nordic and Nordic-inspired Larp. The book contains opinions and debate, concrete tips on how to make larps, and academic style analysis. At 400 pages, with 58 contributors, it both delivers fresh perspectives and further develops established theories.},
keywords = {Larp, Nordic larp, Nordic-inspired larp},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {collection}
}
2022
Grasmo, Hanne; Stenros, Jaakko
Nordic Erotic Larp: Designing for Sexual Arousal Journal Article
In: International Journal of Role-Playing, iss. 12, pp. 62-105, 2022, ISSN: 2210-4909.
Abstract | Links | Tags: Alibi, Design, Design abstract, Larp, Make-believe, Marketing, Nordic larp, Oppression, Queer games, Role-play, Sex in games, Sexual arousal
@article{Grasmo2022,
title = {Nordic Erotic Larp: Designing for Sexual Arousal},
author = {Hanne Grasmo and Jaakko Stenros},
url = {https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202210107540},
issn = {2210-4909},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-10-05},
urldate = {2022-10-05},
journal = {International Journal of Role-Playing},
issue = {12},
pages = {62-105},
abstract = {Erotic larp is an emerging trend in the Nordic countries. Sexuality and socio-dramatic play have been combined in numerous ways in the past; what is new about this concentration of erotic embodied adult pretend play is that it is emerging from a culture of reflexive, critical, and bespoke design, as a tradition of art games. By studying 25 design abstracts of Nordic art larps from the last decade, this article seeks not only to map, classify, organize, and understand the phenomena of erotic larp design, but to discuss how norms of sexuality are reflected in the Nordic larp community through looking at how sexuality is thematised, described, signalled, and designed. The analysis in this article is rooted in game studies and informed by sexuality studies. In the design abstracts, we uncover how sexuality is thematised by the designers and signalled to the players, as well as how larp rules, mechanics, and expectations are designed for erotic role-play interactions. The article shows that a Nordic tradition of larps with design for erotic and sexual play has emerged during the 201 Os, how new larp mechanics scaffold erotic role-play in ways that give room for sexual arousal through layered alibis, and that these form of larps are inclusive of people of marginalised genders and sexualities, as well as of sexual kinks. The discussion also addresses the tension between liberation and oppression of sexuality in erotic larp design, as well as tensions around player agency and compelling game mechanics.},
keywords = {Alibi, Design, Design abstract, Larp, Make-believe, Marketing, Nordic larp, Oppression, Queer games, Role-play, Sex in games, Sexual arousal},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
2021
Groth, Anna Emilie; Grasmo, Hanne; Edland, Tor Kjetil
Just A Little Lovin': The Larp Script other
2021.
Abstract | Links | Tags: Larp, Nordic larp, Scripts
@other{Groth2021,
title = {Just A Little Lovin': The Larp Script},
author = {Anna Emilie Groth and Hanne Grasmo and Tor Kjetil Edland},
url = {https://download.alexandria.dk/files/scenario/4041/JaLL%20Larp%20Script.pdf},
isbn = {978-82-303-5061-4},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-12-31},
urldate = {2021-12-31},
publisher = {Volvemàl Grasmo},
abstract = {Just a Little Lovin' is a larp about the summer when the AIDS epidemic hit the gay communities in New York City. The Larp follows the stories of two circles of friends celebrating 4th of July in 1982, 1983 and 1984. It is a larp about fear of death, sexual desire and deep friendship.
This book is the larp script you need to run Just a Little Lovin. It is based on the original design from 2011, and developed and refined during multiple runs over the last decade. This monograph allows you to explore a Nordic larp, as an example of the custom-made design typical of this interactive artform.},
keywords = {Larp, Nordic larp, Scripts},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {other}
}
This book is the larp script you need to run Just a Little Lovin. It is based on the original design from 2011, and developed and refined during multiple runs over the last decade. This monograph allows you to explore a Nordic larp, as an example of the custom-made design typical of this interactive artform.
