– 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!
FIGURES OF THE SAINT
Has anyone actually noticed that we’ve listed the Bondage Jam on the Eventfrog ticketing platform under the category “/religion-holidays/worship-service/”? This is, of course, no coincidence, because: every Sunday, always a sense of community, always those otherworldly states in search of transcendental experiences, always reverent, meditative, ecstatic... So. And at this Queer Bondage Jam, we want to take this theme seriously—or poke fun at it—and devote ourselves to the most creative figurations of the sacred.
Much is conceivable here, for example, arrangements of bondage practices into ritualistic forms for the purpose of invocation, trio bondage setups that attempt to depict the Holy Family, creating—through detached internalization—the paradoxical feeling of sublimity amidst the greatest restriction; or—as Queer-BJam host JADE ESCRIVÁ has set out to do—a figuration of Saint Sebastian using knitting needles as mock arrows!
Basically, a dream has come true, because Jade has been fascinated by this saint ever since she was an art student—and, by the way, he’s nothing less than an icon of the LGBTQ community, almost chosen by the Pope as a patron saint! Check out the video :)
And so Jade sets off, well-prepared, armed with knitting needles, and leading by example. May the other jam attendees follow Jade’s example and spin up similar fabulous and (un)holy ideas. Amen
Who is JADE ESCRIVÁ?
Jade chose the path of art at an early age and studied fine arts (Bogotá), sculpture (Munich), and art education (Bern). Jade is interested in performance and installation art and explores materials that are considered superfluous, particularly repulsive, or undesirable in everyday life. Human hair, stones, or food that grows unnoticed in the city are transformed into ephemeral sculptures that grapple with questions of emancipation.
With an introduction for beginners
The Intro for Newbies 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
HOSTS
TBD
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
I Supporter Tickets – CHF 40.00
II – CHF 50.00
III – CHF 60.00
To attend the Newbie Intro, you must book a separate ticket!
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 paying a higher fee. 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 course begins; a cancellation fee of 20% of the course fee applies up to four weeks before the course begins, and a cancellation fee of 50% applies up to two weeks before the course begins. Later cancellations and refunds of course fees are not possible. However, participants may find replacement participants to take their reserved spots. If the organizer cancels the course, the full course fee will be refunded. No further claims are permitted.