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[[File:BMX.png|350px|thumb|right|[[Baader Meinhof eXperiment]] at Riksteatern, Stockholm 2010. Photo by [[Gabriel Widing]] ]]
 
In a tape larp, adhesive tape is used to define spaces in the gaming area by marking them out on the floor. It is a cheap and easy way to build scenery, and lends [[transparency]] to the game.
 
In a tape larp, adhesive tape is used to define spaces in the gaming area by marking them out on the floor. It is a cheap and easy way to build scenery, and lends [[transparency]] to the game.
  
 
== Influences ==
 
== Influences ==
The concept of using tape for imaginary walls and set pieces was borrowed from the movies Manderlay and Dogville, by Danish director Lars von Trier. Similar aesthetics were utilised by the German drama scholar, director and playwrite Bertolt Brecht, and has seen continuous use in stage theatre throughout the late 20th century.
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The concept of using tape for imaginary walls and set pieces was borrowed from the movies Manderlay and Dogville, by Danish director Lars von Trier. Similar aesthetics were utilised by the German drama scholar, director and playwright Bertolt Brecht, and has seen continuous use in stage theatre throughout the late 20th century.
  
 
== Tape larps ==
 
== Tape larps ==
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Examples of tape-larps.
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* [[Persona]] (2005)
 
* [[Persona]] (2005)
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* [[Limbo]] 2007
 
* [[There is nothing behind the mask - the mask is the truth]] (2007)
 
* [[There is nothing behind the mask - the mask is the truth]] (2007)
 
* [[Familjen Andersson]] (2008)
 
* [[Familjen Andersson]] (2008)
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* [[Saker som händer]] (2010)
 
* [[Saker som händer]] (2010)
 
* [[Kollektivet Lyckan]] (2010)
 
* [[Kollektivet Lyckan]] (2010)
* [[B.M.X.: The Baader-Meinhof Experiment]] Riksteatern version (2010)
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* [[Turboscenario]] 2010
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* [[The Baader-Meinhof Experiment]] Riksteatern version (2010)
 
* [[The Kick Inside]] (2010)
 
* [[The Kick Inside]] (2010)
 
* [[The Families of Olsson, Karlsson, Nilsson]] (2010)
 
* [[The Families of Olsson, Karlsson, Nilsson]] (2010)
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* [[Åka hiss]] (2010)
 
* [[Nästa Station: Kymlinge]] (2012)
 
* [[Nästa Station: Kymlinge]] (2012)
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
* [[Black box]]
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* [[Chamber Larp]]
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* [[Black Box]]
 
* [[Transparency]]
 
* [[Transparency]]
  

Latest revision as of 07:55, 28 May 2014

Baader Meinhof eXperiment at Riksteatern, Stockholm 2010. Photo by Gabriel Widing

In a tape larp, adhesive tape is used to define spaces in the gaming area by marking them out on the floor. It is a cheap and easy way to build scenery, and lends transparency to the game.

Influences

The concept of using tape for imaginary walls and set pieces was borrowed from the movies Manderlay and Dogville, by Danish director Lars von Trier. Similar aesthetics were utilised by the German drama scholar, director and playwright Bertolt Brecht, and has seen continuous use in stage theatre throughout the late 20th century.

Tape larps

Examples of tape-larps.

See also

External links