Browsing by Person "Luostarinen, Nina"

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ArtWar [Practice Research Case Study]
(Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, 2019-09-23) Schrag, Anthony; Luostarinen, Nina; Moys, Anthea; Bruce, Katie
Description: The researchers developed art-based, creative games that responded to the particular location and context of the case studies. The games were adapted from play theory, and specifically explore physicality and conflict. For example, The islands of Vallisaari and Kuninkaansaari are former military bases, situated only a few kilometers from Helsinki harbour. They were integral to Finland’s conflicts with both Russia and Sweden, and therefore inherently linked to questions of conflict, identity and nation. The game for this site began with two groups being tasked to develop a manifesto and flag for their own ‘Micronation’, and in this they collaboratively explored their political, social and cultural beliefs. In the second part of the game was designed around a traditional ‘capture-the-flag’ game with each group was assigned one of the two islands to defend from the opposing team/Micronation. In GoMA and Aarhus, the games was designed around a board-game divided into ‘insiders’ and ‘outsiders’ that responded to the location, and teams competed to invade opposing territory on the board which then translated to performing these playful acts in the real territory on which the game design was based.
ArtWarPlay
(CounterPlay, 2019-04-07) Schrag, Anthony; Luostarinen, Nina
Finish what you start... (Ken leikkiin ryhtyy, se leikin kestäköön) – Exploring place through play
(HUMAK (Humanities University of Applied Sciences) Publications, 2018-12-12) Schrag, Anthony; Luostarinen, Nina
On May 26th, 2018, the Lights On! project delivered a new experiment exploring the heritage sites of the islands of Vallisaari and Kuninkaansaari, just outside Helsinki. The project was developed in collaboration between Nina Luostarinen (Lights On!/Humak) and Anthony Schrag (Queen Margaret University), and developed around their shared interest in ‘Play’ and ‘Place Relationships’. The collaboration was highly productive, and often felt more like fun than work, which replicated in the project itself.
Rehearsing for the future: Play, place and art
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-06-09) Luostarinen, Nina; Schrag, Anthony
This paper explores the confluence of art, play and place and presents three case studies enacted via public and participatory art projects which aimed to ask: How can artistic play change our relationship to place? The research was practice-based via participatory art and presents new, ludic cultural practices in regards to art, play and place. The case studies discuss how participants became liberated from normal adult behaviour in public spaces because of the alibi of art and play, as well as enjoying and interacting with the place differently. The artworks were contextually responsive to the specificities of each place, allowing players an opportunity to develop new and positive place relationships. It also includes a reflection on the political imperatives of play in assisting adults imagining new futures for themselves. The findings of this paper would be useful to those involved in heritage or cultural projects seeking to develop new audience relationships with their specific places.