- Attending the NEWBIE INTRO is mandatory for people who want to attend the QUEER BONDAGE JAM for the first time - regardless of whether they already know 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!
Tying without rope
Rope bunnies, has the rope ever been missing when you were craving to be tied? Riggers, has a bunny ever been so rebellious that you couldn’t get the rope on them? Have you ever been on a bus/ at migros/ in public with a rope cutie and want to somehow tie? Join the first 20 minutes after entry to the jam to play with “tying without rope” where we experiment with using our bodies to move and bind the other, and give verbal and non-verbal signals to control, restrict and create sweetly precarious “tying”. After this intro, tying with, or without, rope is welcome 😉
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.
Attending the NEWBIE INTRO is mandatory for people who want to attend the QUEER BONDAGE JAM for the first time - regardless of whether they already know bondage jams in general! Tickets for the Intro and the Jam must be booked separately.
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
HOSTS
Wunderkerzli
LANGUAGES
German, English
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!
NEWBIE INTRO
Mandatory at your first QUEER BONDAGE JAM
PRICE PER PERSON
CHF 10,00
BONDAGE JAM
PRICE PER PERSON
CHF 30,00
Low(er) Income 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
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.
MATERIAL
Please bring all the materials you need for bondage yourself—ropes, safety scissors/cutters, carabiners, and rings. There are always one or two bamboo poles hanging on site. We also have a few practice ropes for beginners. However, everyone should generally have their own equipment.
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT 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 opposite-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 of often marginalized groups such as BBIPoC, migrants, refugees, LGBTQIA*, disabled people, etc. are not criteria when registering and selecting participants. This means that, in principle, everyone is equally welcome and we endeavor to do justice to the respective constellation and different needs, but our resources are limited. If you have any questions in this regard, please contact us.
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."
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. Workshop fees would then be refunded in full. Any further claims are excluded.
You can read more about this topic here.
PRICES AND IF SOLD OUT
With our Low(er) Income Tickets, we want to give low-income individuals the opportunity to attend our events. We warmly invite those with higher incomes to help us make this offer possible by contributing a larger amount. With this in mind, we thank you in advance for your solidarity.
For PEOPLE WITH VERY LOW INCOMES, there are usually even more affordable options available. Please don’t hesitate to contact us and ask. We’d love to have you join us!
Is the event sold out on the ticketing platform? Contact us! There may be a waiting list or another way for you to attend after all.
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.