Insider:LIFE is a live roleplay scenario open for people to join.
STORY
The humans of LIFE live in an automated society ruled by the invisible entity known as the cooperation LIFE. The humans believe that LIFE has an advanced understanding of how to govern and people follow it blindly. The governance of people extents to the inside and outside of the body making it possible for LIFE to manipulate both thoughts and actions of individuals.
The humans of LIFE live as sort of test-subjects for the coorperation. They are continuously testing LIFE products, in different experimental setups by the cooperation. To the people of LIFE it is a trustworthy society where you are steered in the correct direction.
The people of LIFE has many kvasi-spiritual beliefs in system LIFE and in the technological processes of the society. They consider data processes as a spiritual material and as a way to find meaning and purpose in a somewhat purpose depleated everyday.
PLOT
The world of life is one of hyper capitalism mixed with fantastic technological advancements.
The cooperation LIFE is an ego who is certain it can create a perfect society, only by taking control of humans everyday life. It is trying to calculate and experiment it’s way to a non-flawed reproducible modern society, made in it’s own image.
The market in LIFE is an enormous calculation of currency valuebased on commodification of any sort of human process. The entity of LIFE is constantly studying the market while manipulating and managing the society as a whole, in hopes it will one day be able to align the behaviour of the market with the behaviour of people.
The world of life is one of hyper capitalism mixed with fantastic technological advancements.
The cooperation LIFE is an ego who is certain it can create a perfect society, only by taking control of humans everyday life. It is trying to calculate and experiment it’s way to a non-flawed reproducible modern society, made in it’s own image.
The market in LIFE is an enormous calculation of currency valuebased on commodification of any sort of human process. The entity of LIFE is constantly studying the market while manipulating and managing the society as a whole, in hopes it will one day be able to align the behaviour of the market with the behaviour of people.
SETUP
The roleplay scenario takes place in public space as a way to mix the fictional world with the everyday world of the location.
The characters of the LIFE world has a very similar way of living, but they do not consider themselves in charge of their life or as free individuals.
In this mixed perspective of both worldsthe roleplayers seeks out bystanders and pedestrians trying to present the universe as an actual existing place and to share their worldview. They offer technological products to better the experience of life, ifpeople are willing to forego some of their personal agencyto the coorperation.
Besides from conversations with the roleplayers people wereinvited to take part in the fiction through different modes of interaction.The roleplayers offered people to investigate their spiritual relationship to data by trying out small relationel games,performative scoresand other playfulactivities.They could evenbe given a characterand partake in the roleplay.
The roleplay scenario takes place in public space as a way to mix the fictional world with the everyday world of the location.
The characters of the LIFE world has a very similar way of living, but they do not consider themselves in charge of their life or as free individuals.
In this mixed perspective of both worldsthe roleplayers seeks out bystanders and pedestrians trying to present the universe as an actual existing place and to share their worldview. They offer technological products to better the experience of life, ifpeople are willing to forego some of their personal agencyto the coorperation.
Besides from conversations with the roleplayers people wereinvited to take part in the fiction through different modes of interaction.The roleplayers offered people to investigate their spiritual relationship to data by trying out small relationel games,performative scoresand other playfulactivities.They could evenbe given a characterand partake in the roleplay.
ROLEPLAYERS
While trying to meet people and pitch their products, the roleplayers where continuosly taking guidance by the entity of LIFE. The roleplayers each had a chart which they used to enivision the calling of the LIFE entity. The roleplayers would take turns reading each others charts, by drawing a map on the chart. In turn the interpreter would tell a symbolic story which the roleplayers had to make sense of for themselves.
While trying to meet people and pitch their products, the roleplayers where continuosly taking guidance by the entity of LIFE. The roleplayers each had a chart which they used to enivision the calling of the LIFE entity. The roleplayers would take turns reading each others charts, by drawing a map on the chart. In turn the interpreter would tell a symbolic story which the roleplayers had to make sense of for themselves.
Interviews with roleplayers. Århus Festuge.
FYH model (Performance, Endurance, Functionality)
CREDITS
shown at Århus Festuge (21), C4 artspace (20), C4 artspace (19)
Production: Nilas Dumstrei
Roleplayers: Nilas Dumstrei, Tina Siig, Kirstine Godiksen, Pil Nedergaard Lotze
Special thanks to:
Live Art Denmark, Fenris Rollespilsklub, Tina Siig, Kirstine Godiksen, Pil Nedergaard Lotze, Malte Klagenberg, Laurits Nymand Svendsen,
shown at Århus Festuge (21), C4 artspace (20), C4 artspace (19)
Production: Nilas Dumstrei
Roleplayers: Nilas Dumstrei, Tina Siig, Kirstine Godiksen, Pil Nedergaard Lotze
Special thanks to:
Live Art Denmark, Fenris Rollespilsklub, Tina Siig, Kirstine Godiksen, Pil Nedergaard Lotze, Malte Klagenberg, Laurits Nymand Svendsen,