Author: Dogme 99 (---.eunet.no)
Date: 08-31-2000 03:47
Hi, fellow LARPers,
In december 1999, a group of Norwegian LARPers published the manifesto "Dogme 99 - a programme for the liberation of LARP". In the Nordic countries the manifesto so far has spawned a lot of debate, praise, criticism, rotten tomatoes and new LARPs. The entire manifesto can be read at
http://fate.laiv.org/dogme99/.
Excerpt:
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The Vow of Chastity
I hereby submit to the rules of the Vow of Chastity, as developed by Dogma 99,
1. It is forbidden to create action by writing it into the past history of a character or the event.
2. There shall be no "main plot".
(The story of the event must be made for each players character, not the whole).
3. No character shall only be a supporting part.
4. All secrecy is forbidden.
(Any participant who so desires shall in advance be shown all documents that pertain to the event).
5. After the event has begun, the playwrights are not allowed to influence it. (Any use of staging and ad hoc organiser roles is forbidden).
6. Superficial action is forbidden.
(The playwrights may not in any way plan or encourage the use or threat of violence as part of the event)
7. LARPs inspired by table-top role-playing games are not accepted.
8. No object shall be used to represent another object.
(all things shall be what they appear to be)
9. Game mechanics are forbidden.
(rules to simulate for instance the use of violence or supernatural abilities are not permitted)
10. The playwrights shall be held accountable for the whole of their work.
Furthermore, I swear to regard myself as an artist, and any LARP I write as my "work". I stand open for criticism and wholesale slaughter of my works, and promise to apologise to my players for all that is imperfect in the LARPs I write. My highest goal is to develop the art and medium of live-action role-playing. This, I promise, will be done through all means available, and at the expense of good taste, all conventions and all popularity amongst the so-called LARPers. Thus, I take the Vow of Chastity,
Lars Wingård, Eirik Fatland, Erlend Eidsem Hansen, Kristin Hammerås, Anita Myhre Andersen, Kalle Toivonen, Frederick Howard, Hanne Grasmo, Irene Solberg, Atle Steen-Hansen, Morten B. Gunnerud, Margrethe Raaum, Lars Munck, Pasi Huttunen, Tommy Finsen, Jon Ree Holmøy, Erling Rognli, E.Cath Røsseland, Hilde Bryhn, Jacob Octavius Jarlskov
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The entire manifesto (10 pages) may be read on: http://fate.laiv.org/dogme99/
Be warned; it's written to be provoking - and the excerpt above does _not_ tell you enough.
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