EVENTS – ARCHIVE
QUEER BONDAGE JAM ZURICH – with a Newbie Intro
Bondage games all too often take on heteronormative forms—which is fine, but we want to explore how we can get creative and experience something completely different for a change. Queering—as a verb—represents the joy of a whole spectrum of: questioning, refreshing, making visible, playing, unsettling, celebrating, experimenting, fluidifying, encouraging, expanding, inventing, showing solidarity, mixing, standing by oneself, appropriating, becoming, transforming... At the QUEER BONDAGE JAMS, we therefore want to give creativity more space in general by…
THE PARLOUR - AN OPEN MASSAGE EXCHANGE SPACE FOR PROS & PRACTITIONERS
THE PARLOUR is an experimental format—inspired by open bodywork and play spaces like the Bondage Jams—dedicated to the diversity of massage styles and the joy of practicing and experiencing them. THE PARLOUR is not really intended for beginners there are no classes offered there. Rather, we would like to welcome experienced and professional bodyworkers to come together and create a space where we can get to know one another and exchange ideas, give and receive, touch and be touched, experience and experiment—all outside the contexts of work, training, continuing education, and workshops, and…
BONDAGE JAM ZURICH – SHIBARI AT SERRAT(U)S
serrat(u)s bodywork is opening its doors to the Shibari community. Anyone who feels like tying up with others, exchanging ideas, or simply watching and gaining some initial experience is warmly invited! 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, and possesses a performative and touching aesthetic…
JANNA SCHNEEWITTA REHBEIN: TEMPLE OF SORROW – MANDALA OF TRUTH
The TEMPLES OF SORROW is a series of events for collective grieving. All forms of grief are welcome, whether it’s heartbreak, the loss of loved ones, pets, or cherished plants, life changes, moving, illness, or something entirely different. You can join in and be part of it at any time. In harmony with the season, the TEMPLES gently offer inspiration and focus on specific themes—the loss of what we love, what we wished to be and are not…
BONDAGE JAM ZURICH – SHIBARI AT SIHL13
sihl13 is opening its doors to the Shibari community. Anyone who’d like to tie up others, exchange ideas, or simply watch and gain some initial experience is warmly invited! The Japanese art of bondage is a fascinating physical practice that offers a wide range of physical, mental, and emotional experiences. Shibari shares much in common with dance, yoga, and meditation; it 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 AT SERRAT(U)S – with a Beginner's Introduction
serrat(u)s bodywork is opening its doors to the Shibari community. Anyone who feels like tying up with others, exchanging ideas, or simply watching and gaining some initial experience is warmly invited! 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, and possesses a performative and touching aesthetic…
SHIBARI BASICS – PARTIAL SUSPENSION – PART II
In Japanese-style bondage, there is a technique called suspension bondage, in which the bound person is hoisted up and suspended using ropes attached to a hook on the ceiling or a beam. While this technique is physically demanding and looks spectacular, it also offers a unique sensory experience, which we will explore in this course through partial suspensions. We will teach the basic technical knowledge and, through various exercises and bondage patterns, explore the restrictive, playful, and aesthetic potential of this form…
SHIBARI BASICS – CHEST HARNESS & SUSPENSION LINES – PREPARATION & PRACTICE FOR PARTIAL SUSPENSION II
This workshop is designed for participants who have at least the basic knowledge gained from the INTRO DAY or have already taken a FLOORWORK course, but who have not yet mastered the use of an upper-body harness suitable for (partial) suspension (e.g., Takate Kote) or suspension lines. Both will be covered in a…