EVENTS – ARCHIVE
QUEERING BONDAGE JAM ZURICH – KEEP IT! - BONDING WITH STONES – featuring a Newbie Intro
Bondage play all too often takes 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 activities: questioning, refreshing, making visible, playing, unsettling, celebrating, experimenting, fluidifying, encouraging, expanding, inventing, showing solidarity, blending, being true to oneself, appropriating, becoming, transforming...
(AN)OTHER ORGY
"A festival of unbridled debauchery," says the Duden, "a nocturnal celebration of Bacchus; a sacred ritual; a mystical religious service; a secret cult gathering at night,” says the etymological dictionary; “debauchery, revelry, licentiousness; (formal) excess, intemperance,” says the thesaurus; “collective acts that deliberately violate social norms,” says the Wikipedia entry. An orgy! So steeped in legend, and yet so simply beautiful—or even quite crude. In any case, vast numbers of nebulous notions swirl through our cultural unconscious about what an orgy might be. It’s no wonder it’s on so many people’s bucket lists. Wait no longer! Our three-day…
SHIBARI BASICS FLOORWORK: CREATIVITY & PLAY
This workshop—which, when combined with the Intro Day, is suitable for beginners—focuses more on the diverse creative and playful possibilities of rope bondage. Ropes on the body and the shapes they create are, in and of themselves, a unique experience and aesthetically interesting. We want to take it a step further by exploring the creative and emotional potential of power dynamics and sharpening our presence in the creation of playful scenes.
SHIBARI BASICS – INTRO DAY
Rope Bondage for Beginners. On this day, we’ll provide an easy and playful introduction for beginners, as well as a refresher for those who have already taken a beginner’s course and want to brush up on their skills. The focus will be on the basics of Japanese-style rope bondage.
BONDAGE JAM ZURICH – SHIBARI AT SERRAT(U)S
serrat(u)s bodywork is opening its doors to the Shibari community. Anyone who’d like to tie others up, exchange ideas, or simply watch and gain some initial experience is warmly invited! The Japanese art of rope 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 deeply moving aesthetic…
FILIPPA FRICK: HAPTOLOGY - EXPLORATIONS OF TOUCH, INTENTION & INNER ATTITUDE
Do you feel me, sense me...? – The tactile and haptic sensibility of our bodies keeps us in a tangible connection—throughout our lives and without interruption—with our surroundings—and with ourselves. Touch is essential, vital, and fundamental to who we are and what we are, and to how we engage with the world and the other beings in it. Yet as central as it is to our identity and our coexistence with other people, in our everyday consciousness it usually appears more as a necessity—to achieve a goal, fulfill a formality, or bring about a result.
BONDAGE JAM ZURICH – SHIBARI AT SERRAT(U)S
serrat(u)s bodywork is opening its doors to the Shibari community. Anyone who’d like to tie others up, exchange ideas, or simply watch and gain some initial experience is warmly invited! The Japanese art of rope 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 deeply moving aesthetic…