Intimacy that breaks free from set patterns and conventions is fantastic, creative, and unpredictable—that’s what makes it so appealing, but also quite complex and challenging. In the(AN)OTHER INTIMACYworkshops, we want to embark on this adventure! What’s there to experience? How do I come up with ideas? How do I discover what my deepest needs and longings are? And how do I put them into practice?
In the POWER OF PLAY course, we raise the bar a bit in terms of expectations and intensity, and focus our attention on play as a method and form of intimate and intense interaction. The basic concept is quite simple: two adults agree to step outside the bounds of everyday social norms and, within agreed-upon limits, behave differently than they usually do and than would be acceptable in a conventional context. The question: How do interactions change when we consciously shape them in a playful way? What can we learn about ourselves through play? What happens when we set aside predefined goals, our self-criticism, and our expectations of ourselves, and focus instead on presence, spontaneity, and desire? As fellow explorers, in this course we venture beyond the familiar facets of our pleasure-seeking selves to become acquainted with the more hidden ones—with our delight in power and submission, domination and surrender, or pain and restriction. In doing so, we can learn a great deal about ourselves, rediscover our creative potential and our joy in playful spontaneity, and find inspiration for new paths and encounters.
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The (AN)OTHER INTIMACY workshops aim to give participants an idea of what a playful and alternative “sex-positive” space might look like, how we can create it together, and how we can navigate it. The focus here lies well beyond a normative understanding of intimacy and sexuality that equates sex with nudity, genital touching, and any kind of physical penetration. We prefer to focus on the playful, imaginative, performative, and experimental aspects to touch upon a wide variety of what human bodies and minds are capable of.
We work with tools such as Bodysomatics, the Beginner’s Mind, role-playing, and BDSM-inspired practices, thereby creating diverse opportunities to develop spontaneity and playfulness, to dare to discover what is interesting and desired and what is definitely unwanted, to set boundaries, communicate them, and respect them, but also to invite consensual play and help shape scenes. In this process, playful experimentation becomes both a strategy for discovering new ways of intimate interaction and its primary tool. After two days of getting to know (or reacquainting ourselves with) our playful selves and learning to navigate them, we form a trusting community of experimenters. On Sunday, this community will come together in a PlayArragement—sometimes more structured, sometimes less, yet always carefully designed—to test and celebrate ourselves and our new discoveries in a freer setting.
SCHEDULE
Fri, Sept. 6, 2024 - 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Sat, Sept. 7, 2024 - 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Sun, Sept. 8, 2024 - 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The end of the class may be slightly delayed for this session.
LANGUAGES
German, English
HOSTED BY
Matís & Rebecca Frances
Choose your ticket price based on your own assessment.
With our Low(er) Income Tickets, we want to give low-income individuals the opportunity to attend our events.
We cordially invite high earners to make it with a higher contribution possible for us to make this offer.
With that in mind, we would like to thank you in advance for your support.
For people with very low incomes, there are usually additional options available for even lower prices.
Please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions. We'd love to have you join us!
WORKSHOP FEE PER PERSON
Regular Tickets - our target average price
: €290.00
Low(er) Income Tickets - get support!
I – EUR 240.00
II – EUR 190.00
High(er) Income Tickets - show your support!
I – EUR 340.00
II – EUR 390.00
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Further informations
NOTES ON THE EVENT
The goals of our events are collaborative learning within the group, supporting shared processes, and personal development. Couples and all other types of partnerships or group dynamics are welcome, but you should be aware and open to the fact that the courses are not designed as partnership experiences and that we address each person as an individual. For example: To involve all participants equally, we usually work with random partner combinations during the exercises. This means that both same-sex and mixed-sex combinations will occur. Participants should generally be open to working with every person and every body. Exceptions can be discussed on a case-by-case basis.
Gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or membership in marginalized groups such as BBIPoC, migrants, refugees, LGBTQIA*, people with disabilities, etc., are not criteria for registration or participant selection.
We expect you to act with care, be communicative, prioritize consent, and be mindful, and we encourage you to respect your own boundaries and take personal responsibility.
Hate speech will not be tolerated. Please bring "Candy Speech" with you.
We reserve the right to ask participants to leave the workshop if their behavior is hurtful or problematic, and we reserve the right to do so without explanation—though we will likely try to explain it. Workshop fees would then be refunded in full. Any further claims are excluded.
We do our best to accommodate different needs, but our resources are limited. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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CANCELLATION POLICY
Cancellations are free of charge up to eight weeks before the start of the course, up to four weeks before the start of the course a cancellation fee of 20% of the course fee is due, up to two weeks before the start of the course a cancellation fee of 50% is due. Later cancellations and refunds of participant fees are not possible. However, participants can find substitute participants who will take the booked places. In case of cancellation by the organizer, the course fee will be refunded in full. Further claims are excluded.