In a black and white, two-dimensional world lives a group of curious creatures. Their world is simple and poetic and easy for them to understand, but sometimes they long for more.

They travel to our three-dimensional world, where they get to inhabit three-dimensional bodies and immerse into the chaos of our complex reality. They observe the Beautiful Beings and record their experiences through abstract, two-dimensional, black and white drawings, in order to bring the beauty home and enrich their world.

Players get to observe, imitate and make abstract drawings of the beautiful qualities and beings they find in our reality. The larp is played with a small audience who get to interact with the creatures and observe the beauty of our world throught their drawings.

Content Warnings: Intense focus on movement and senses. Abstract drawing.

Nina Runa Essendrop: I am a Danish artist and larp designer with a masters degree in Theater, Dance and Performance Studies. My larp designs are often abstract with a strong focus on movement, sensory experiences and the meaning of physical action.

Parameters

Physical contact	Moving in contact; e.g. rolling around on the floor together, contact improv, very close dancing
Romance and intimacy	Not relevant for the larp
Conflict and violence	Not relevant for this larp
Communication style	Silent
Movement style	Abstract movement
Characters	Players play creatures from a 2 dimensional black and white world. In the fiction the creatures possess the players bodies for the duration of the larp.
Narrative control	There is no story as such, it’s more like abstract activity
Transparency	Fully transparent – players will, or at least can, know absolutely everything in advance
Representation	What you see is what you get: the space and fixtures etc are exactly as they seem
Play culture	The concept of rivalry or cooperation between players doesn’t really apply
Tone	Abstract

Saturday afternoon, Studio 0