Year: 2011

  • Thank you for Nordic Larp Talks Copenhagen 2011

    Last night a packed room at Huset in Copenhagen and vibrant a crowd on the live-stream watched  Nordic Larp Talks 2011.

    Photo: Larson Kasper

    We would like to give a final big hand of applause to our fantastic speakers. Your speeches were awesome and we salute you.

    Also we are so grateful for the production team from Knudepunkt 2011; Nynne Søs Rasmussen, Anders Berner, Jens Niros, Juliane Mikkelsen, Kristoffer Thurøe, the people at Huset i Magstræde, SocialVideo Production for the live-streaming and all others who made this event possible! 

    You can watch the stream in full in the player below for now, but in the following weeks will will post the individual speaks here at the Nordic Larp Talks site complete with links and references.

    On Games: Painting Life With Rules (starts at 02:15)
    Johanna Koljonen

    Playing With Personal Development(starts at 12:00)
    Bjarke Pedersen

    Fabricating Madness(starts at 22:00)
    Peter Schønnemann Andreasen

    Role-Playing as a Teaching Method(starts at 34:55)
    Sanne Harder

    Horror and Tragedy in Nordic Role-Playing (starts at 45:55)
    Markus Montola

    Not Another Story About Boy Meets Girl(starts at 54:15)
    Tor Ketil Edland

    Can Playing Games Teach Us About War?(starts at 1:05:25)
    Eirik Fatland

    Documenting the Nordic Larp Scene(starts at 1:20:42)
    Panel: Johanna Koljonen & Jaakko Stenros

  • Nordic Larp Talks Copenhagen, 16 Feb 19.00 at Huset

    Welcome to Nordic Larp Talks Copenhagen 2011 – an evening of entertaining, thought-provoking and mind-boggling lectures about projects and ideas from the Nordic tradition of live action roleplaying games.

    The evening is hosted by writer and radio & television host Johanna Koljonen.

    Free admission.

    19.00-20.30 at Huset i Magstræde, Rådhusstræde 13, Copenhagen
    The bar is open after the event. 

    The event will be streamed live as it happens, on this page:
    http://nordiclarp.knudepunkt.org/

    Facebook event: Nordic Larp Talks Copenhagen 2011

    Press contact: Kristoffer Thurøe k@doodlers.dk +45 2980 8128

    Program

    Nordic Larp culture
    Johanna Koljonen

    Fabricating madness
    Peter Schønnemann Andreasen

    Learning through playing
    Sanne Harder Flamant

    Playing with personal development
    Bjarke Pedersen

    Why some games use our real life fears and emotions to create stories
    Markus Montola

    Not another story of boy meets girl
    Tor Kjetil Edland

    Can playing games teach us about war?
    Eirik Fatland

    Documenting the Nordic Larp Scene – the making of the Nordic Larp Book
    Panel: Jaakko Stenros & Johanna Koljonen

    Watch this space for updated information about the speakers.

    Nordic Larp Talks 2011 is organized in cooperation with Rollespilsfabrikken and Bifrost, and supported by DUF and Københavns Kommune. It is a part of the programme the week before larp conference Knudepunkt.

    About Nordic Larp Talks:

    The first Nordic Larp Talks event took place in Stockholm in 2010, in connection with Nordic larp conference Knutpunkt. All the talks can be seen on this website:

    Introduction to Nordic Larp

    Transmitting a political vision through larp

    The Quest for the Perfect Manifestation of a Dream

    Portraying Love and Trying New Genders

    Larp as Borderland Festivals

    High Resolution Larping

    Critical Strategies of Larp