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|name=Katri Lassila
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|image=Katri ohjaa albion.jpg
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|alt=A photo of two people talking in front of a forest. The person on the left is wearing black and gesticulating. The person on the right is listening intently and wearing a medieval style fantasy outfit.
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|caption=Katri (left) directing the player of Robin Hood in [[Albión]]. Photo: Tuomas Hakkarainen
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|years_active=1998–present
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|nationality=Finland
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[[File:Katri defeated evil queen.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Katri as the defeated evil queen of Albión in 2008.]]
 
[[File:Katri defeated evil queen.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Katri as the defeated evil queen of Albión in 2008.]]
 
[[File:Katri kuvaa.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Katri filming Valve. Photo: Tuomas Puikkonen]]
 
[[File:Katri kuvaa.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Katri filming Valve. Photo: Tuomas Puikkonen]]
Katri Lassila is a Finnish photography and film artist working in Aalto University as a doctoral candidate. Lassila has been designing and organising larps since 1998. In 2011 she designed larp for the Finnish Science Centre Heureka (with Emilia Karppinen and Mikko Meriläinen) and in 2012 for the contemporary art festival Ihme-päivät (with Juhana Pettersson and Antti Kanner). She's the co-creator of the adventurous romanticist (also called adventure romantic) playing style together with Laura Kalli, and has introduced such concepts as the rule of the greater drama, and fisherman's wife character. Lassila has emphasized the importance of larp documentation and documented her games extensively in video and still photography from the early 2000's onwards.
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'''Katri Lassila''' is a Finnish photography and film artist working in Aalto University as a doctoral candidate. Lassila has been designing and organising larps since 1998. In 2011 she designed larp for the Finnish Science Centre Heureka (with Emilia Karppinen and Mikko Meriläinen) and in 2012 for the contemporary art festival Ihme-päivät (with Juhana Pettersson and Antti Kanner). She's the co-creator of the adventurous romanticist (also called adventure romantic) playing style together with Laura Kalli, and has introduced such concepts as the rule of the greater drama, and fisherman's wife character. Lassila has emphasized the importance of larp documentation and documented her games extensively in video and still photography from the early 2000's onwards.
 
[[File:Katrijapresidentti kuva vesa lepistö.jpg|thumb|Katri in her character welcoming the president of Finland Tarja Halonen to the City of the Future. Photo: Vesa Lepistö / Heureka]]
 
[[File:Katrijapresidentti kuva vesa lepistö.jpg|thumb|Katri in her character welcoming the president of Finland Tarja Halonen to the City of the Future. Photo: Vesa Lepistö / Heureka]]
[[File:Katri ohjaa albion.jpg|200px|thumb|Katri directing the player of Robin Hood in Albión. Photo: Tuomas Hakkarainen]]
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=Creations=
 
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== Early Larps ==
==== Early larps ====
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* [[Wanderer 3]] 1998
* Wanderer 3 1998
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* [[Kaksivirtain kartano I]] 1999
* Kaksivirtain kartano I 1999
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* [[Kaksivirtain Kartano II]] 2000
* Kaksivirtain Kartano II 2000
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* [[Kaksivirtain Kartano III]] 2001
* Kaksivirtain Kartano III 2001
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* [[Helsingin Camarilla]] (narrator) 2002–2005
* Helsingin Camarilla (narrator) 2002–2005
 
  
==== Adventurous romanticist larps ====
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== Adventurous Romanticist Larps ==
* Imperiumin viholliset 2003
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* [[Imperiumin viholliset]] 2003
* Norsunluukosketin 2003
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* [[Norsunluukosketin]] 2003
* Silmäpuoli merirosvo 2004
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* [[Silmäpuoli merirosvo]] 2004
* Amatsonien kuningatar 2006
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* [[Amatsonien kuningatar]] 2006
* Albión 2007
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* [[Albión]] 2007
* Korpinsydän 2008
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* [[Korpinsydän]] 2008
  
==== Commissioned larps ====
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== Commissioned Larps ==
* Tulevaisuuden kaupunki (City of the Future, Science Centre Heureka) 2011
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* [[Tulevaisuuden kaupunki]] (City of the Future, Science Centre Heureka) 2011
* Muistojen arkisto (Archives of Memory, Ihme-päivät) 2012
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* [[Muistojen arkisto]] (Archives of Memory, Ihme-päivät) 2012
  
==== Campaigns ====
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== Campaigns ==
* Valve [[https://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Valve]] (9 events) 2011–2013
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* [[Valve]] (9 events) 2011–2013
  
==== Ropecon organizer ====  
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== [[Ropecon]] Organizer ==
 
* 2003 (head of larps)
 
* 2003 (head of larps)
 
* 2007–2010 (guest of honor team)
 
* 2007–2010 (guest of honor team)
  
==== Larp related publications ====
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== Larp Related Publications ==
* 2012 Valve – The Grand Adventure. With Antti Kanner. Playground
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* 2012 Valve – The Grand Adventure. With [[Antti Kanner]]. [[Playground Worlds]]. Nordic Larp Around the World. 14–18. [[Juhana Pettersson]] (edit.). Helsinki: Pohjoismaisen roolipelaamisen seura.
Worlds. Nordic Larp Around the World. 14–18. Juhana Pettersson (edit.).  
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* 2010 Silmäpuoli merirosvo. Feminist Zombie Pirates, Ahoy. In [[Nordic Larp (book)|Nordic Larp]]. [[Jaakko Stenros]] and [[Markus Montola]] (edit.). 184–191. Stockholm: Fëa Livia.
Helsinki: Pohjoismaisen roolipelaamisen seura.
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* 2010 Campaign Director's A to Z. [[Playing Reality]].
* 2010 Silmäpuoli merirosvo. Feminist Zombie Pirates, Ahoy. In Nordic Larp.  
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* 2009 Fun For All. In Larp, the Universe and Everything. [[Matthjis Holter]], [[Eirik Fatland]] and [[Even Tømte]] (edit.). 255–264. Norway: [[Knutepunkt]] Conference.
Jaakko Stenros ja Markus Montola (edit.). 184–191. Tukholma: Fëa Livia.
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* 2008 Adventurous Romanticism. In [[Playground Worlds – Creating and Evaluating Experiences of Role-Playing Games]]. [[Jaakko Stenros]] and [[Markus Montola]] (edit.). 110–116. Helsinki: Ropecon Ry.
* 2010 Campaign Director's A to Z. Playing Reality.
 
* 2009 Fun For All. In Larp, the Universe and Everything. Matthjis Holter, Eirik  
 
Fatland ja Even Tømte (edit.). 255–264. Norway: Knutepunkt Conference.
 
* 2008 Adventurous Romanticism. In Playground Worlds – Creating and
 
Evaluating Experiences of Role-Playing Games. Jaakko Stenros ja Markus Montola (edit.). 110–116. Helsinki: Ropecon Ry.
 
  
 
[[Category:People]]
 
[[Category:People]]
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[[Category:Finnish people]]
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[[Category:Larp creators]]
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[[Category:Larp community builders]]

Revision as of 12:30, 16 January 2019

Katri Lassila
A photo of two people talking in front of a forest. The person on the left is wearing black and gesticulating. The person on the right is listening intently and wearing a medieval style fantasy outfit.
Katri (left) directing the player of Robin Hood in Albión. Photo: Tuomas Hakkarainen
NationalityFinland
Years active1998–present
Katri as the defeated evil queen of Albión in 2008.
Katri filming Valve. Photo: Tuomas Puikkonen

Katri Lassila is a Finnish photography and film artist working in Aalto University as a doctoral candidate. Lassila has been designing and organising larps since 1998. In 2011 she designed larp for the Finnish Science Centre Heureka (with Emilia Karppinen and Mikko Meriläinen) and in 2012 for the contemporary art festival Ihme-päivät (with Juhana Pettersson and Antti Kanner). She's the co-creator of the adventurous romanticist (also called adventure romantic) playing style together with Laura Kalli, and has introduced such concepts as the rule of the greater drama, and fisherman's wife character. Lassila has emphasized the importance of larp documentation and documented her games extensively in video and still photography from the early 2000's onwards.

Katri in her character welcoming the president of Finland Tarja Halonen to the City of the Future. Photo: Vesa Lepistö / Heureka

Creations

Early Larps

Adventurous Romanticist Larps

Commissioned Larps

Campaigns

  • Valve (9 events) 2011–2013

Ropecon Organizer

  • 2003 (head of larps)
  • 2007–2010 (guest of honor team)

Larp Related Publications