EVENTS - ARCHIVE
BONDAGE JAM ZURICH - SHIBARI AT SERRAT(U)S
serrat(u)s bodywork opens its doors to the Shibari public. Anyone who would like to tie up together with others, exchange ideas or simply watch and gain some initial experience is cordially invited! The Japanese art of bondage is a fascinating physical practice that offers a wide range of physical, mental and emotional experiences. Shibari has a lot in common with dance, yoga and meditation, and has a performative and touching aesthetic...
TAMANDUA & BRIKI: SHIBARI LIVE DRAWING PERFORMANCE
Since its opening, sihl13 has regularly hosted live drawing & nude drawing sessions. Anyone who enjoys it can take part - all styles and levels are welcome. Everyone brings their own working materials, but some can also be borrowed if necessary. At this live drawing, Tamandua from Berlin and Briki from Stockholm will present their joint bondage art. It's not just about the decorative and ornamental nature of the ropes on the body. Rather, the decisive factor is the process of positioning and shaping it into a sculpture, sometimes almost...
TAMANDUA & BRIKI - SHIBARI MASTERCLASS: BODY IN ROPES / SUSPENSION & PLAY
With the Shibari Masterclasses we present excellent contemporary shibari artists from Europe and beyond to the advanced shibari community in Zurich. For this issue of the series we are very glad to again invite Tamandua from Berlin, his approach being "a mix between more 'classical' erotic japanese semenawa (tormenting rope) and the wildly deconstructed styles of some European riggers" together with his rope partner Briki from Stockholm.
QUEER BONDAGE JAM ZÜRICH - SHIBARI IM SIHL13 - with Newbie Intro
sihl13 opens its doors to the Shibari public... ...FOR THE QUEERE COMMUNITY! A BEAUTIFUL TEXT COMING SOON BUT FOR NOW THE IMPORTANT NOTE: QUEER stands for the pleasure of queering - understood as a verb - it's about being queer as well as queer performance & bondage, because bondage games often take on heteronormative forms, which is fine, but we want to try out how you can experience something completely different in an inventive way. ...FOR THE QUEER COMMUNITY! A BEAUTIFUL TEXT COMING SOON BUT FOR NOW THE IMPORTANT NOTE: QUEER stands for the pleasure of queering - understood as a verb - it's about being queer as well as queer performing & bondage, because bondage games often take on heteronormative forms, which is also fine, but we want to try out how you can also experience something completely different in an inventive way. The Japanese art of bondage is a fascinating and...
SHIBARI BASICS - FLOORWORK
This workshop focuses on the basics of Japanese-style rope bondage. In addition to basic and improvisation techniques, classic patterns and the various safety aspects, we will also look at body awareness and posture, as well as interaction and communication between the partners. In doing so, we discover how the bound and the bound can shape their encounter in a variety of ways, in trusting play with power and submission, in empathic communication and mutual devotion, in deep connection and intensity. Shibari, or Kinbaku, as Japanese rope bondage is also known...
SHIBARI BASICS - INTRO DAY
Rope bondage for newbies. On this day we create an easy and playful introduction for beginners and offer a refresher for people who have already attended a beginner's course and want to refresh their knowledge. The focus is on the basics of bondage with Japanese-style ropes.
BONDAGE JAM ZURICH - SHIBARI AT SERRAT(U)S
serrat(u)s bodywork opens its doors to the Shibari public. Anyone who would like to tie up together with others, exchange ideas or simply watch and gain some initial experience is cordially invited! The Japanese art of bondage is a fascinating physical practice that offers a wide range of physical, mental and emotional experiences. Shibari has a lot in common with dance, yoga and meditation, and has a performative and touching aesthetic...
(AN)OTHER ORGY
"A festival with unrestrained debauchery", says the Duden dictionary, "nocturnal Bacchus celebration; sacred act; mystical service; cultic secret meeting at night", says the etymology, "debauchery, revelry, licentiousness; (elevated) excess, excessiveness", says the synonym dictionary, "communal acts in which customs are deliberately violated", says the Wikipedia entry. An orgy! So legendary and yet so simply beautiful, or even quite crude. In any case, our cultural unconscious is full of nebulous ideas about what an orgy can be. Not for nothing is it on the bucket list for many. Wait no longer! Our three-day...
BONDAGE JAM ZURICH - SHIBARI AT SIHL13
sihl13 opens its doors to the Shibari public. Anyone who would like to tie up together with others, exchange ideas or simply watch and gain their first experience is cordially invited! The Japanese art of bondage is a fascinating physical practice that offers a wide range of physical, mental and emotional experiences. Shibari has a lot in common with dance, yoga and meditation, and has a performative and touching aesthetic...
HOW TO BECOME A BETTER LOVER*** - AN ANTI SELF-HELP GUIDE
What makes a good lover for you (and here we mean all genders, just in case you are wondering)? The answers to this question are probably as varied as there are lovers! "As long as they kiss with intention, it's all good", "If I feel relaxed with them", "A nice apartment", "Size is honestly not unimportant", "Good knife play skills" or "Sensitive, curious, adventurous" are just some of the answers we've picked up in private surveys. To be honest, we don't know exactly what makes a good lover! But: We have good...