EVENTS – ARCHIVE
@ PORNY DAYS ZURICH — NATHALIE DREIER: I AM WE – PHOTOGRAPHING THE COLLECTIVE BODY
This workshop combines elements of ritual performance with playful creativity in front of the camera. In a non-sexual yet deeply connected way, we interact with one another and use our bodies and collective energy to create forms and compositions that transcend the individual.
@ PORNY DAYS ZURICH — READING & WORKSHOP: BEATE ABSALON - NOT GIVING A FUCK
A supportive discussion group where we can talk about things that make us uncomfortable, ask difficult questions that seem almost off-limits, and breathe a sigh of relief because we’re not alone—and because we’re not just broken, uptight, or otherwise “wrong.” It’s going to go beautifully wrong.
LIVE MUSIC BONDAGE JAM AT SERRATUS – FEATURING SHAKYA ON CELLO
The occasion is actually the birthday of someone who loves ropes and the cello—and some dear friends are organizing this as a gift for her and letting the rope community in on it as well. Thank you so much for that. And since luhmen d’arc has been toying with the idea of having musicians perform live at jams for quite some time now...
BONDAGE JAM ZURICH – SHIBARI AT SERRAT(U)S – with a Newbie Intro
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…
SHIBARI BASICS: PARTIAL SUSPENSION – FIRST STEPS UP
In Japanese-style bondage, there is a technique called “suspension bondage,” in which the bound person is hoisted and suspended using ropes attached to a hook on the ceiling or a beam. While this technique is technically demanding and looks spectacular, it also offers a unique sensual experience, which we will explore in this course through partial suspensions. We’ll teach the basic technical knowledge and, through various exercises and tying patterns, explore the restrictive, playful, and aesthetic potential of this form…
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.
A WAX PLAY CEREMONY
Calm and vibration, silence and sound, coolness and heat… We discover the art of working with candle wax as a meditative experience—both in giving and in receiving. We begin by attuning our bodies and minds, sharpening our senses, and opening ourselves to the experience. Finally, we create a ritual together, taking plenty of time for this intense…
WINTA BONDAGE JAM ZURICH – SHIBARI AT SIHL 13 – with a Newbie Intro
Rope Bondage is for everyone! However, this has not necessarily been the case with our usual Bondage Jam, because often things are quite conventional and heteronormative - and that does not fit for everyone.Therefore, there is now the WINTA BONDAGE JAM!WINTA stands for "Woman, Inter, Nonbinary, Trans, Agender" and this special Jam is primarily about creating a space where people who identify as WINTA can simply be among themselves. So basically it's very simple: people who don't see themselves as WINTA , please stay away from the event.
ON FLOGGING & OTHER IMPACT PLAY
This workshop offers an introduction to flogging and other forms of impact play, focusing not only on techniques and safety considerations but also on the physical and emotional processes experienced by both the giver and the receiver, as well as the relationship between pain and pleasure. We sharpen our awareness of the dynamic connections that flogging and impact play create between body and mind and among the participants. Body awareness and spatial perception, movement and rhythm, impulse and resonance, breathing and presence—we explore the play from a variety of perspectives …
BONDAGE JAM ZURICH – SHIBARI AT SIHL13
sihl13 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 bondage is a fascinating physical practice that offers a wide range of physical, mental, and emotional experiences. Shibari has much in common with dance, yoga, and meditation; it has 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.
(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…