Are you a Prepper or you belong to the Golden Horde? Readiness, an epic Live Action Role Playing Game will unravel over the next four days inside an immersive Bootcamp and be Live Streamed continuously.
This is a call to arms!
READINESS : THE LARP has Begun! A 4 day long experiment in the form of a Live Action Role Playing Game that takes place in an immersive play space and will be continuously live streamed. See you at the chat 😉
Drawing on the reactionary cult of “preppers” (individuals and groups prepping for survival in scenarios of catastrophe and civil collapse), Kostis Stafylakis, Theo Triantafyllidis and Alexis Fidetzis use role play to develop the world of “Readiness,” an immersive work that seeks to dissect the apocalyptic fantasies of preparedness. “Readiness” unfolds in the form of an epic battle between a group of preppers and the Golden Horde, the rampant mass of the ‘unprepared’, in preppers’ patriotic jargon and literature.
“Readiness” is a Chamber LARP (Live Action Role Playing Game) for 8-16 Players and a Game Master that takes place inside the “Encampment”, a fictional campsite constructed by the Preppers to protect themselves against an upcoming apocalypse of mysterious origins. “Readiness” is informed by current global turmoil and the attitudes of survival, alienation and vigilance built around it. It combines elements of gaming culture, performance, and post-media art.
The LARP will play out over 4 days, including an introduction and character building workshop and 3 Acts played in real time over 3 days. Players of “Readiness” will be assigned to one of 3 Clans (Preppers, Horde, Boogaloos) and given a Character Outline, who they can further design and refine. Once the Game starts, the Players will continuously be in character and asked to respond to various challenges and achieve their goals within the given scenario. The LARP will be broadcasted as a Live Stream and recorded for further editing and exhibition.
“Notes to Readiness: Step 1” was created in the context of ENTER project, an initiative of ONASSIS FOUNDATION. ONASSIS STEGI and Onassis USA give artists from all around the world 120 hours to create from home a series of new original commissions; sharing their new reality.
15 OCT – 18:30 – 22:30 (ATH) Character Creation Workshop
16 OCT – 19:30 – 22:30 (ATH) LARP DAY 1 – STREAM LINK
17 OCT – 18:30 – 22:30 (ATH) LARP DAY 2 – STREAM LINK
18 OCT – 18:30 – 22:30 (ATH) LARP DAY 3 – STREAM LINK
By Kostis Stafylakis, Theo Triantafyllidis & Alexis Fidetzis
With: Vasilis Bakalis, Stathis Chalkias, Sotiris Fokeas, Christos Fousekis, Marilia Kaisar, Kosmas Kosmopoulos, Markella Ksilogiannopoulou, Anna Samara, Lia Smaragda, Savvas Tsimouris, Vassilis Vlastaras, Poka-Yio
Μovement Αdvisor: Maria Gorgia | Hosted at Maria Gorgia’s Amalgama space
Alexis Fidetzis is a visual arts SNF ARTWORKS Fellow 2018.