Adam James: Lecture

I turned to larp as an art practitioner because it seemed to solve - or at least offer a forum for the possible solution of - certain problems within my collaborative practice; the authorship of collectively derived works, and a desire to capture meaningful losses of intentionality.

Whilst I don’t claim to have found concrete answers to the above, Larp has at least, brought about a significant shift in my practice. What I consider to be a move away from performative virtuosity, towards immersive functionality, and a widening of what I’d consider to be cinematic.

Larp is a new way to bring artist, subject and object into the same space. It provides a new set of tools, and a dynamic methodology which actively uses fictional otherness to talk about real world connectedness.

For me, larping is about losing yourself. It’s about stepping outside of the ordinary; experiencing…