From December 29 to January 1, Beata is organizing a special Touch&Play event at the beautiful seminar venue surrounded by nature in Drawehn—located between Berlin and Hamburg. We’d like to focus on a special theme: romance! Because it has a bad reputation these days. And rightly so! All too often, rose-colored glasses lead to drama, suffering, jealousy, possessiveness, dependence, and…
We urgently need support and are currently seeking a part-time (20–30%) assistant for production and event administration. Application deadline: December 4, 2024. LUHMEN D’ARC is a…
After the FLINTA* orgy at the Ewaldshof, someone wrote a first-hand account! “I was immediately curious when I heard about it. And of course, I felt a certain amount of hesitation: What will I encounter? What will be expected of me? How open am I really? How much physical intimacy can I even allow with people I don’t know? How much nudity, for that matter? Am I totally uptight after all? Am I starting to get too old for this kind of thing?”
Beata is co-organizing the Touch&Play gathering in Bavaria at the end of August—and this year's theme is adorable! If you've ever wondered why some people who call themselves "authentic" come across as so fake, why superficial conversations can sometimes have way more depth than actually shallow "deep talk," and how much honesty can be revealed in lies—then come and explore with us…
We wanted to know what people thought about our workshop (AN)THER ORGY. Here are a few short interviews recorded after the last event in April in Berlin. Enjoy listening!
For a new sexual revolution that advocates not only for the free expression of desire, but also for the free expression of a lack of desire. Because despite all the wonderful and important feminist and sex-positive efforts to break down taboos and eliminate shame, there remains one shameful taboo: not having sex, not wanting it, or wanting it but having difficulties with it…
Why do people come for a session with Rebecca? What about workshops and retreats on sexuality? Do they really work, and where does this trend come from? Can someone really train to become a better lover? Rebecca joins the Crude podcast team to take a critical look at the issue and discuss whether sex can even be taught—and…
"Forget the images of oiled-up, raunchy bacchanals—here we’ll wallow in idleness and indulge in rotten f****. Getting involved with people we don’t click with, and consciously savoring the thrill of the bore-gasm …
How is sexuality depicted and represented? Through nudity? Through the rubbing of certain body parts? Through censorship? By provoking aroused feelings? Beata is organizing a series of discussions at the Graduate Center for the Study of Culture in Giessen on the…
Did you happen to see that there was an interview with Beata in FAZ Quarterly? “The way other segments of society view sexuality has changed radically. We’re featuring five women who’ve turned this into a career.” Among them…
The volume *Empfangen*, recently published by DeGruyter in honor of cultural studies scholar Prof. Dr. Iris Därmann—whose work focuses on sadism, theories of gift-giving, aesthetics, and other fascinating fields of research that also engage us—features contributions from Beata and other editors.
We urgently need support and are currently seeking a part-time (20–40%) assistant for production and event administration. Application deadline: May 7, 2023. LUHMEN D’ARC is a…
… wrote an exciting and lively post about your visit to our workshop (AN)OTHER ORGY. We two cuties, Beata & Matís, took the liberty of editing together the absolute highlights of it—exclusively for you 😁
Dive into the world of sex counseling and hear from people exploring their sexuality in Berlin. In the first season, “Sexual Anarchy,” we’re interviewing rebels and misfits, asking how we can channel our sexual…
More specifically, in the conference proceedings *Anthropology of Sex, Gender, and Bodies: Cultural Studies Perspectives on Everyday Life* published by the *Hamburg Journal of Cultural Anthropology*. Beata's article is available >>here.
The theater project “Sex Education II” is a series of lecture-performances on sexual pleasure as a fundamental sexual right within the framework of human rights. The project is a co-production…
Just in case you haven't noticed yet: NEW NEWSLETTER! – Exciting things are happening in Zurich, Berlin, Karlsruhe, and Andalusia—people are already starting to book. Don't miss your chance! ;) Read the newsletter >> here
"Even with the utmost care and the best of intentions, things can go wrong during sexual encounters. [...] This necessarily complicates theories of consent that assume autonomous subjects with a transparent 'self' and view sex as…"
What an accurate description of what it’s like to experience a sex-positive event. 😅 But I’d also like to give a big shout-out to the wonderful and smart people Clara and Alina, who actually…
“I stumble; maybe by stumbling I found you, maybe by stumbling I stumbled upon happiness—a happiness brimming with joy; a happiness as fragile as the bodies we love and cherish.” (S. Ahmed) – Get more info and your ticket for the next Touch&Play Germany—August 28, 2022, through September 2, 2022, at Nature Community in Bavaria. >> Here!
… several years ago—this happened at the Touch & Play Festival in Germany in 2021, when David led a fantastic class on THE SPACE BETWEEN. Embodied mysticism? Well, it was very moving and mind-opening, if not mind-blowing! How wonderful that…
For the past 20 years, Felix has undoubtedly been one of the most inspiring and inventive—though occasionally quite controversial—artists and curators when it comes to fusing choreography, dance, and performance with bodywork, kink, and experiential and immersive workshop formats. Within his…
Come with luhmen d'arc to the Andalusian mountains for our “with a pinch of salt” retreat at the beautiful Cortijo La Casería del Mercado. Because we want those luxuriously long, deep, sensually oily, warm caresses and those orgasmic sensations throughout the whole body…
…what we aim to achieve with our work. Check it out: "[...] people give in to projections of what makes them uncomfortable about sex: its strangeness (I was just standing there talking, and now I'm doing this?), its messiness, its awkwardness, its apparent disconnect from so many other 'appropriate' drives…
“I stumble; maybe by stumbling I found you, maybe by stumbling I stumbled upon happiness, a happiness brimming with joy; a happiness as fragile as the bodies we love and cherish.” (S. Ahmed) – Beata is co-organizing the next Touch&Play Germany and is looking for facilitators who would like to share their magic…
… about her new project—a podcast with Mo! And what’s this project about? Mo and abcde Flash met on Feeld on December 26, 2021. On January 1, they met in person. On February 13, Mo had a brainwave: to do a podcast together called “The Virgin and…”
… featuring the #makeprofessionalnudeprofilepicsathing photo from a shoot with Anaïs Steiner – Aaaaaaaand just in case you’ve never had the chance to see @abcde_flash’s film *WALKING A FINE LINE* —starring Matís d’Arc—you can now…
… how to be close to one another. Join us on our journey—a noble quest to demystify so-called tantric massages: TANTRA – WITH A PINCH OF SALT – RETREAT FROM JULY 9–17, 2022, at the beautiful Cortijo Caseria del Mercado in Andalusia, Spain.
A friend asked me about our new workshop, “HOW TO BECOME A BETTER LOVER,” which will take place February 5–6 at the IKSK in Berlin. We recorded the answer for anyone who’s curious to get a glimpse of our format. The best and most engaging way to find out, though, is to join us 🤝
