Sickhouse & Nerdlab once again bundle their forces for a couple of amazing activities as a part of the Long-distance LARP project. This year we are organizing five digital role-playing games, starting with:


Transmission: a cosmic horror Zoom-based LARP

1987, Norfolk, England. A group of friends on holiday together are cut off from the world when a violent storm causes a blackout.A series of teletext broadcasts become their only connection to the outside world. But such broadcasts shouldn't even be possible during a blackout and they are getting increasingly personal...Something is dying to communicate.

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Transmission by Chloe Mashiter

On April 24th we’re presenting an Italian classic from Fellini : 

 is a 1963 avant-garde comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Federico Fellini. A film about Fellini's alter ego, the director Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni), who is in an artistic crisis. Just before filming begins, the director, who has retreated to a spa, decides to make his lack of inspiration the subject of the film. Enter Fellini's dreams…

Cinema Obscura starts with a side program to help immerse ourselves in the film and connect with each other before entering the film itself. Expect crafting, soft role play and discussion. 

This month it is all about becoming a black and white character of a collective dream…

Cinema Obscura is a curated film screening program focused on cult, experimental, and unconventional cinema.
In the early days, the films were never announced in advance and the spectators discover them either through the introduction by the organizers or even during the screening itself.

The program is challenging, controversial and unique. Each screening is meant to be a special experience, beginning at the moment you sit down in our vintage cinema chairs from 1936. You are invited to react, interact, discuss, scream, laugh and embrace the shared discovery of strange films.

Cinema Obscura will run throughout the year with a monthly screening. Some films will be announced, some will remain a mystery…

: Sickhouse! Oldenzaalsestraat 128, Enschede.
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Side program starts at 19:30 - Screening begins at 20:30. 

Cinema Obscura, 8,5 Fellini

Cinema Obscura : 8 1/2 by Federico Fellini 

Led by Rein van der Woerd and Janne Schimmel.



Join us for an experimental, hands-on workshop, where we bring the iconic Nintendo WiiMote back to life.
During the workshop, we will explore how to reactivate older gaming hardware through the principles of permacomputing. 

Our focus will be the Nintendo Wii, for which we will collectively create a homebrew video game that can be played on original hardware.The content of the game will centre on the imagined lives of Mii characters left behind when old Wii consoles are discarded. Through drawing, writing, storytelling, and game design, we will explore these abended digital characters.

No coding experience is required. 

 Please bring a laptop and/or any materials you like to work with, such as a notebook, pencils, paint, or any medium you feel comfortable using to create images and ideas. If you own a Nintendo Wii and bring it along, we will show you how to hack the console so it can run homebrew games.
