Efforts at escape through flights of mind
and slipping back and forth from dream to dream -
such methods were to hand.
With one leg drowned beneath a surge of feeling
the other braced by feeling dead and gone
We'd often stand.
Myself I questioned, but gave no reply.
I dreamt myself a life, then lived a lie.
I ranged the universe but passed it by -
for captive on Aniara here was I.
(Harry Martinson - Aniara)
Several years have passed since the spaceship Aniara got out of her course. The refugees onboard - those still alive - have started to crawl up from their bad attempts at coping with going out into space without hope of ever returning. They are trying to find something to fill the emptiness inside with, something that would give meaning, something to fill the years they have left of their lives.
Is it possible to find something that can push away the emptiness and darkness of space? Is it possible to find something new to give meaning to your life when the ship is full of people who saw you at your lowest?
Some seem to have found meaning in one of the new religions that have appeared on Aniara. Others are clinging on to old habits, despite them having lost their meaning. Everyone is looking for something more.
Aniara is a larp about normal people in an extreme situation, and about how they together are trying to cope with it. Focus of the larp is on spirituality and existentialism, relationships, emotions and past trauma.
When: 1-4 May 2025
Where: Gothenburg, Sweden
Price: 2500 SEK (app. 225 €)
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The larp is inspired by Nobel prize laureate Harry Martinson's book Aniara - a review about man in time and space, the movie Aniara from 2019, and the black box larp Aniara - a larp about man in time and space designed by Carolina Renman. You don't need any knowledge about either of these in order to participate in this larp.
The larp is organized by Carolina Renman, Andreas Andersson, and Martina Jansson in collaboration with Studiefrämjandet.
