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'''Dogma 99 : A programme for the liberation of larp''' is a [[Norway | Norwegian]] larp manifesto published [http://fate.laiv.org/dogme99/ online] in December 1999. It kick-started the [[Age of manifestoes]] and is, alongside the [[The Manifesto of the Turku School]], one of the most influential and controversial texts of Nordic larp history. It was authored/edited by [[Lars Wingård]] and [[Eirik Fatland]], the visible heads of a more nebulous [[Dogma 99 collective]].
==Contents==
The manifesto has five sections: in the first, the "Vow of Chastity", seven named signatories swear to follow a list of 10 principles for larp design. Each principle prohibited a then-common practice in larp design - such as [[game mechanics]], symbolic [[representation]], and [[back story]]. A larp following these rules, or even a subset of them, would not necessarily be recognized as "larp" by the community of the late 90s. The second section, "Why Dogma 99?" claims that larp is a medium and an art form, declares war on "conventional larp methods" and the dominance of genre larp, and explicityly explicitly distances itself from [[gamism]]. The Vow of Chastity is explained as a tool to free the larpwright of habit and convention, and it is made clear that the signatories only comitt themselves to organize one larp according to the principles, implying that the vow of chastity describes a time-limited project rather than universal claims.
The universal claims come in the third section, "The essence of larp: a definition", which introduces the famous definition of larp as '''"a meeting of players who, through their roles, relate to each other in a fictional world"'''. The fourth, and longest, section discusses the reasoning behind and implications of each point in the vow of chastity.
==Influences==
The name "Dogma 99" and the Vow of Chastity imitated and referenced the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogme_95 Dogme 95 manifesto], which was well-known at the time. Despite the Dogme 95 influence, Dogma 99's philosophical underpinnings were drawn more from Jerzy Grotowskis "Towards a poor theatre", asking the question: "what can be removed from larp without larp ceasing to be larp?".
==Impact of the Philosophy== The effects of Dogma 99 continue to ripple outward in nordic Nordic style larp. The minimal adoption of mechanics and emphasis on original larp premises have become mainstream. Rejection of symbolic representation (#8. No object shall be used to represent another object) is embraced in [[360º360 Degrees|360 degree]] degrees larp design.
==Excerpt from Dogma 99 Manifesto==
*Dogma #5 [[Kjærlighet i fornedringens tid]] at [[SydCon]] in Malmø, August, 2001
*Dogma #6 [[Den Hvite Veien]], Copenhagen area, 2006
[[Category:ProjectsManifestos]][[Category:Manifestos from Norway]][[Category:1999 manifestos]]
