NOTE: Please do not tag any of the workshop participants on social media or other networks.

In this video, Sarah Lynne Bowman runs an Ars Amandi workshop for a group of eight participants. Developed by Swedish larp designer Emma Wieslander, Ars Amandi is a mechanic for simulating love, intimacy, and sexuality in role-playing games. This workshop draws upon previous iterations by Wieslander, the organizing team of the Danish larp Delirium, and Lizzie Stark.

This version of the technique includes the touching of hands and arms to produce emotional effects in a safe space. If you are interested in learning more about other Ars Amandi workshops and the ways that larp designers have integrated the technique into past games, please review the links at the end of the video and the bottom of this description.

This video is third in a series on this channel on the technique, which also include: An Introduction to Ars Amandi (vimeo.com/88111430), Ars Amandi Workshop -- Part 1 (vimeo.com/107451509), and Ars Amandi Participant Interviews (vimeo.com/107540990).

Important links:

Emma Wieslander's Ars Amandi website:
ars-amandi.se/resources/the-ars-amandi-method/

Emma Wieslander's "Rules of Engagement":
ropecon.fi/brap/ch17.pdf

Emma Wieslander's Nordic Larp Talk "Portraying Love and Trying New Genders":
youtube.com/watch?v=2c0yFnOhQwM

Lizzie Stark's "Intro to Ars Amandi":
leavingmundania.com/2011/11/09/intro-to-ars-amandi/

Lizzie Stark's "Post-Coital Review":
leavingmundania.com/2011/11/06/ars-amandi-the-post-coital-review/

Marie Wolfsberg Oscilowski's "Loving the Game" in Playground Issue 1:
magcloud.com/browse/magazine/452504

Suggested music list:

Tori Amos, "i i e e e"
Tori Amos, "Cruel"
Tori Amos, "Flavor"
Tori Amos, "Abnormally Attracted to Sin"
Peter Gabriel, "Come Talk to Me"
Peter Gabriel, "I Love to Be Loved"
Peter Gabriel, "Blood of Eden"
iamamiwhoami, "b"
iamamiwhoami, "o"
iamamiwhoami, "idle talk"
iamamiwhoami, ";john"
iamamiwhoami, "clump"
Brazilian Girls, "Dance to the Morning Sun"
Brazilian Girls, "Sirènes de la Fête"
Brazilian Girls, "Corner Store"

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