Playable Art / Game – JAKOB LA COUR https://jakoblacour.com Immersion. Performance. Mysticism. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:46:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://jakoblacour.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/jakoblacour-site-icon-optical-right-512-96x96.png Playable Art / Game – JAKOB LA COUR https://jakoblacour.com 32 32 The Key Mystery https://jakoblacour.com/work/the-key-mystery/ Sat, 23 Mar 2019 17:04:44 +0000 https://jakoblacour.com/?post_type=lens_portfolio&p=13628 By JAKOB LA COUR STUDIO ‘Nøglemysteriet’ (Eng. The Key Mystery) is an interactive and immersive theatrical treasure hunt experience, where kids has to help the Keymakers solve a mystery. The interactive piece is designed to be experienced with a smartphone using QR-codes and NFC-tags. Commissioned by KU.BE Immersive theater 90 minutes Frederiksberg, Denmark March, 2019 © Still from video by JAKOB LA COUR STUDIO. Courtesy of JAKOB LA COUR STUDIO.

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‘Nøglemysteriet’ (Eng. The Key Mystery) is an interactive and immersive theatrical treasure hunt experience, where kids has to help the Keymakers solve a mystery.

The interactive piece is designed to be experienced with a smartphone using QR-codes and NFC-tags.

Commissioned by KU.BE

Immersive theater
90 minutes

Frederiksberg, Denmark
March, 2019

© Still from video by JAKOB LA COUR STUDIO. Courtesy of JAKOB LA COUR STUDIO.

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]]> Random Magic https://jakoblacour.com/work/random-magic/ Fri, 24 Mar 2017 01:46:57 +0000 https://jakoblacour.com/?post_type=lens_portfolio&p=13697 Random Magic is a framework for ordinary people to move in and with the city, relating the human body to the city’s flow and intervening with the choreography of the everyday. A participatory site-specific physical performance in a public environment. A group of 8 – 12 audiences are instructed to transform selected materials into masks to wear in public. Then guided by Jakob la Cour to playfully approach the cityscape and citizens. Random Magic is a method to enter the collective unconsciousness within the city. Performance 2 hours Playful Arts Festival ‘s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands June 15, 2018 VIDEO LINK Playin’ Siegen Festival Siegen, Germany May 6, 2017 CounterPlay Festival at Dokk1 Aarhus, Denmark March 31, 2017 © Still from video by JAKOB LA COUR STUDIO. Courtesy of JAKOB LA COUR STUDIO.

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]]> Random Magic is a framework for ordinary people to move in and with the city, relating the human body to the city’s flow and intervening with the choreography of the everyday. A participatory site-specific physical performance in a public environment.

A group of 8 – 12 audiences are instructed to transform selected materials into masks to wear in public. Then guided by Jakob la Cour to playfully approach the cityscape and citizens. Random Magic is a method to enter the collective unconsciousness within the city.

Performance
2 hours

Playful Arts Festival
‘s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
June 15, 2018
VIDEO LINK

Playin’ Siegen Festival
Siegen, Germany
May 6, 2017

CounterPlay Festival at Dokk1
Aarhus, Denmark
March 31, 2017

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]]> Avatar Controller Maze https://jakoblacour.com/work/avatar-controller-maze/ Fri, 30 May 2014 17:04:44 +0000 https://jakoblacour.com/?post_type=lens_portfolio&p=13644 By JAKOB LA COUR STUDIO Physical cooperation game in pairs. The goal is to become the last avatar standing in a triangle maze. As a player you can either choose to become a pilot or an avatar. As a pilot-player your challenge is to take control of a fellow avatar-player with the avatar controller and overcome the obstacle of navigating the maze to find the hidden weapons to be able to eliminate the other avatars. As an avatar-player you are blindfolded and get instructions through an earpiece that you have to act upon. If the pilot overcomes the struggle to navigate their avatar to a hidden weapon inside the maze then they get the chance to shoot and eliminate the other avatars to be the last avatar standing. Spectators get to cheer for their favorite avatar. Interactive Movement Game 30 minutes Copenhagen, Denmark May 30, 2014 Artistic director: Jakob la Cour UX: Jonas Maaløe Jespersen Creative technologist: Patrick Jarnfelt © Photos by JAKOB LA COUR STUDIO

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Physical cooperation game in pairs. The goal is to become the last avatar standing in a triangle maze.

As a player you can either choose to become a pilot or an avatar. As a pilot-player your challenge is to take control of a fellow avatar-player with the avatar controller and overcome the obstacle of navigating the maze to find the hidden weapons to be able to eliminate the other avatars. As an avatar-player you are blindfolded and get instructions through an earpiece that you have to act upon.

If the pilot overcomes the struggle to navigate their avatar to a hidden weapon inside the maze then they get the chance to shoot and eliminate the other avatars to be the last avatar standing.
Spectators get to cheer for their favorite avatar.

Interactive Movement Game
30 minutes

Copenhagen, Denmark
May 30, 2014

Artistic director: Jakob la Cour
UX: Jonas Maaløe Jespersen
Creative technologist: Patrick Jarnfelt

© Photos by JAKOB LA COUR STUDIO

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