Jana Romanova: role play as art & design practice
We are excited to announce the first edition of Zefir7 in 2026, centered on the theme of role play as an art and design practice, by Jana Romanova.
Jana Romanova @janarom is a multidisciplinary artist working withgames, performance, and photography. Through games, live-actionrole-playing (LARP), and other designed participatory scenarios, sheresearches liminal spaces, invisible social systems, and questions ofagency and care, using play as a method for testing alternative waysof living together.
In the next edition of zefir7, she will present a two-part lecture.The first part introduces role play as a participatory artistic andresearch method. Focusing on live-action role-playing, it looks atembodied, improvised scenarios in which participants inhabit roles andcollectively generate narratives within carefully designed situations.
The lecture outlines historical contexts and discusses contemporaryart projects that use role play, designed situations, and collectivestorytelling to explore forms of experience that emerge throughcollective play.
The second part moves into Jana’s own practice. She will share a fewrecent projects and invite the audience to try out tiny moments ofplay together.
Free entranceCome by! Tuesday, 20 january 2026 Location: Stroom Den Haag, Hogewal 1, The Hague 7.30 PM: Doors open / 8 PM: Start of the program
BNO members get a free drink We hope to see you there
Organized by Zefir7, Stroom Den Haag, BNO @zefirzeven @bno.nl @stroom_den_haag
Visual by @studiorenateboere