April 16th-19th 2009, at Haraldvangen, Norway
Panel - Dreamworlds Inc Make a Living of Your Larp Competence
Description
They will not larp for fun anymore. But for cash. Buisness Larpers turn their passion in new directions to become rich and famous, or at least manage to live their dreams. Would you like to make a living of your larp competence, too? Meet the pioneers that larp as full time jobs: employed with film, interactive media and art, organizational development, events and education. Experience in this panel debate how it is possible.But is it really larp they are doing? And how do they contribute to the larp community? Maybe the proffesional larper is the main reason for lack of attracting new people into larp. Maybe very few of us want to work for free with our big ideas, when there is cash to catch. Or maybe we can not change the world, or make the dream come true, if it wasn’t for "Dreamworld Inc."?
Who
Hanne Grasmo is a sociologist, educator, theater instructor, author and editor. She has made money from larping, but never a living. But Hanne used her larp competence to start her own company: Using interactive theatre to change attitudes in the petrol industry. She has made the larps: Magic Around Every Corner, AmerikA, The Social-Femokracy, Wa, "Nådestøt" and BDSM Harry Potter. She has published a book on leadership, a book about sexuality for young people and the so far only book about larp in Norwegian.