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– Attendance at the NEWBIE INTRO is mandatory for anyone attending the QUEER BONDAGE JAM for the first time – regardless of whether they are already familiar with bondage jams in general! Tickets for the Intro and the Jam must be booked separately. –
Bondage games all too often take on heteronormative forms—which is fine, but we want to try something different and see how we can get creative with it.
"Queering"—as a verb—refers to the joy of engaging with a whole spectrum of activities: questioning, refreshing, making visible, playing, unsettling, celebrating, experimenting, fluidifying, encouraging, expanding, inventing, showing solidarity, blending, standing by oneself, appropriating, becoming, transforming...
That’s why, at the QUEER BONDAGE JAMS, we want to give creativity more room to flourish by setting aside time at the start of each event—after the Newbie Intro, at 3 p.m.—for someone with a creative mind to inspire others with queer, creative, and artistic ideas related to bondage.
May something fabulous happen!
Pervertibles: Recycling as a Kink
Have you ever tied a tennis racket to someone’s face? Or incorporated a mountaineering ice axe into a suspension setup? No? Simon (pronouns: Simon, in English: they/them) has. “Pervertibles” are objects that are almost poetically stripped of their everyday utility and given a new, kinky role in BDSM play. Simon is bringing some of the most exquisite finds from thrift stores and rummage tables to the Queer Jam and will demonstrate in a performance how sensual play can emerge from old junk. Why not bring a few (not too heavy!) items from your home or workshop: a hammer, toothbrush, straps, hair tie, or water bottle, etc., can spark your own fantasies.
>> Paintings & Illustrations by Simon
Here’s some more general information about bondage…
The Japanese art of bondage is a fascinating physical practice that offers a wide range of physical, mental, and emotional experiences. Shibari shares many similarities with dance, yoga, and meditation, possessing both a performative and a deeply moving aesthetic dimension. The binder and the bound can shape their encounter in many ways—through a trusting interplay of power and submission, empathetic communication and mutual devotion, and deep connection and intensity. An exciting physical art form well worth exploring!
Anyone who’d like to tie others up, share ideas, or simply watch and gain some initial experience is warmly invited. The space is equipped with suspension points—some of which use bamboo poles—so that suspension play is also possible.
We welcome everyone, from curious visitors to professionals.
NEWBIE INTRO
The Newbie Intro is a brief introduction for first-time participants. It covers the basics of rope bondage, with a particular focus on fundamental safety and consent issues, as well as how the QUEER BONDAGE JAM is structured and who it is intended for.
SCHEDULE
!!! Doors only open !!!
13:15-13:30 h - for Intro only
15:00-15:15 h - Jam
17:30-17:45 h - Jam
Newbie Intro
13:30-15:00 h - Newbies only!
Bondage Jam:
15:00-20:00 h - all QUEERs
Input from Simon:
3:00 p.m.
HOSTS
Anna & Simon
LANGUAGES
German, English
NEWBIE INTRO
Mandatory at your first QUEER BONDAGE JAM
PRICE PER PERSON
CHF 10,00
BONDAGE JAM
PRICE PER PERSON
CHF 30,00
Soli tickets
I - CHF 20,00
II - CHF 10,00
III - CHF 5,00
Supporter tickets
I - CHF 40,00
II - CHF 50,00
III - CHF 60,00
Why so many prizes? Are there offers for people with low-incomes? See below...
Please also read all further info below, too.
FURTHER INFORMATION
ENTRANCE
At the FINTA BONDAGE JAM and at the QUEER BONDAGE JAM, admission is restricted to specific admission times. The doors are only open at the times mentioned above. Please take your shoes right after entering the sihl13 and go with all your stuff through the atelier into the changing room. Only those things that you really need for bondage should then be taken into the atelier.
DRESS CODE
Rope bondage is bodywork with close body contact and at a bondage jam the atmosphere is a very important aspect. Already for hygienic reasons, but also for aesthetic considerations, we ask you not to participate in street clothes. We recommend at least yoga-style clothing, but even better: it can also be more fanciful, maybe fantastic or weird weird or in your own particular way comfortable – there are no further restrictions to your well-being and creativity. It's also nice to feel the ropes on your skin, therefore clothing is generally optional.
PRICING INFO
As a result of the corona crisis, many people - and also luhmen d'arc - had significant financial losses, while others were earning well and could continue to draw their salaries. We would like to give low-income earners the opportunity to continue attending our events with the Soli-Tickets. For the upcoming events, we cordially invite high earners to support the low earners and luhmen d'arc with a higher contribution and thank you in advance for your understanding and solidarity. We are very much looking forward to future joint courses and events.