EVENTS - ARCHIVE
QUEER BONDAGE JAM ZÜRICH - with Newbie Intro
All too often, bondage games take on heteronormative forms - which is fine, but we want to try out inventive ways of experiencing something completely different. Queering - as a verb - stands for the desire for a whole spectrum of: questioning, refreshing, making visible, playing, irritating, celebrating, trying out, liquefying, encouraging, expanding, inventing, solidarizing, mixing, standing by oneself, appropriating, becoming, transforming... At the QUEER BONDAGE JAMS, we therefore want to give more space to creativity in general by...
THE PARLOUR - AN OPEN MASSAGE EXCHANGE SPACE FOR PROS & PRACTITIONERS
THE PARLOUR is an experimental format - inspired by free bodywork & play spaces such as the Bondage Jams - dedicated to the diversity of massage forms and the joy of practicing and experiencing them. THE PARLOUR is not intended for beginners and there are no classes. Rather, we would like to welcome more experienced and professional bodyworkers to create a place where they can get to know each other and exchange ideas, give and receive, touch and be touched, experience and experiment away from work or training, further education and workshop contexts and...
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...
JANNA SCHNEEWITTA REHBEIN: TEMPLE OF SORROW - MANDALA OF TRUTH
The TEMPLES OF SORROW are a series of events for grieving together. All grief is welcome, whether it's heartache, loss of people, pets or beloved plants, upheaval in life, moving house, illness or something else entirely. You can join in at any time. The TEMPLES gently set impulses and some focal points to match the season - on the loss of what we love, on what we wish we were and not ...
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...
DAVID BLOOM: FREEDOM & FORM - EMBODIED REFLECTIONS ON HIERARCHY & POWER DYNAMICS
Freedom is hard. It demands an active engagement with one’s own desires & boundaries, and taking responsibility for the space one wants to co-create. First, in a political sense - democracy can only survive when citizens engage with it, and anarchist alternatives (in the positive sense of a society based on the understanding that human beings are inherently good) are even more work. Second, as an artist: the freedom to do absolutely anything can be challenging, overwhelming, and/or boring. BDSM and sex-positive Spaces can provide opportunities, to deal with the complexities...
BONDAGE JAM ZURICH - SHIBARI IM SERRAT(U)S - with Newbie Intro
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...
SHIBARI BASICS - PARTIAL SUSPENSION - PART II
Japanese-style bondage involves suspension bondage, in which the bound person is pulled up and suspended from a hook on the ceiling or a beam using ropes. What requires a lot of skill and looks spectacular also offers a special sensual experience, which we approach in this course with partial suspensions. We will teach the basic technical knowledge and discover the restrictive, playful and aesthetic potential of this form in various exercises and suspension patterns...
SHIBARI BASICS - CHEST HARNESS & SUSPENSION LINES - PREPARATION & REPETITION FOR PARTIAL SUSPENSION II
This workshop is designed to prepare people who have at least the basic knowledge from the INTRO DAY or have already attended a FLOORWORK course, but who have not yet mastered an upper body harness suitable for (partial) suspensions (e.g. Takate Kote) or suspension lines. Both are taught in a...