Tag: Belarus

  • Where Are the Belarusian Larpers? – Darya Skorokhodkina

    The Belarusian larp community has seemed to be quite off-radar in recent years. In her talk, Darya Skorokhodkina tells us where they are and what they are (not) doing when they are not around – and whether there’s gonna be a grand comeback.

    Darya Skorokhodkina is a Belarusian larp events and community organiser. She was one of the organisers of Minsk Larp Festivals in 2017–2019, co-founded and co-ran The Second Floor Space in Minsk which was a homespot for the Belarusian Larp Community, and was a Chairperson of Education Centre POST, Belarusian larp organisation. Currently based in Warsaw, Poland, Darya works in non-profit project management and event organising, specifically in the field of human rights. She has recently got an MA degree, defending her thesis about community care and neighbourliness in a community-cultural centre of Wolny Jazdów in Warsaw.

  • Nordic Black Box Larps From Belarus – Masha Karachun and Zhenja Karachun

    Masha and Zhenja Karachun are larpers and larp designers from Belarus. They have participated as speakers and facilitators at Larpwriter Summer School 2015 and Larporatory 2015/2016. Currently Masha and Zhenja act as organizers of the international Minsk Larp Festival 2016. They both work as educators at a university in Belarus.