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'''Luminescence''', also known as "The Flour Larp", was a four-hour long larp in 2004, in [A Week In Finland] before [Solmukohta 2004]. Luminescence is a game about cancer patients in music therapy. They all all going to die and attempt to come to terms with this fact. The players are semi-naked in a roomful of flour, which has been defined as ”normal” within the game.
'''Luminescence'''”[The players] really went to town with the flour, also known as "having flourfights, burrowing into it, pouring it onto each other, stuffing it into their mouths and underwear. The Flour Larp", players reported that the flour was very versatile as a four-hour long larp in 2004, in [A Week In Finland] before [Solmukohta 2004]. Luminescence is medium for nonverbal communication and as a game about cancer patients in music therapy. They tool for all all going to die and attempt to come to terms with this factkinds of symbolism. The players are semi-naked people stuffing it into their underpants had prostrate cancer. Perhaps the most poetic thing we heard was from a guy who had been lying down in the flour for a roomful long time. When he got up, the shape of his body was still visible in the flour, which has been defined . He touched it and could feel the body heat dissipating the same time as ”normal” within his touch destroyed the gamefragile image itself.” (Pettersson, Kingdom of Flour)
==Techniques==
Luminescense has been written on extensively by Juhana Pettersson and Mike Pohjola, often including player comments.
– Juhana Pettersson: [http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/columns/nogood05mar04.html The Kingdom of Flour], a description of the game for the rpg.net column No Good.
– Mike Pohjola: School of Flour ([knutepunkt.laiv.org/kp05/School%20of%20Flour.pdf PDF]), Developing methodology through eight experimental larps, in [Dissecting Larp], 2005.