Queerope 2023 Virtual

Programme

Wednesday


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Responsibility Rope


Time: 1:45 pm – 3:45 pm CET

Facilitator: hua hua

Responsibility is an important concept that needs to be paid attention to in a rope scene, particularly when playing with Semenawa. This is actually the direct translation of the Chinese...


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Learning Rope, Teaching Rope


Time: 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm CET

Facilitator: Gandalf

How do our experiences in rope-learning influence how we tie? And as facilitators and instructors, how do we decide how to teach and what to teach? Queering rope demands a...


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Self Tying! For Science!


Time: 6:15 pm – 10:15 pm CET

Facilitator: Cegregia

I'm sure you've heard this before. "The best way to learn about your body in rope is to lab with a tying partner." It's meant to be helpful advice. But...


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Thursday



Solo Guided Session


Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm CET

Facilitator: Sophia Rose

A guided warm-up self-tie session beginning with space to connect to feelings and needs, and moving into exploring what that looks like as a solo rope session to meet yourself...


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Inclusive Rope


Time: 1:45 pm – 3:45 pm CET

Facilitator: Caritia

There are times when it simply doesn't work to sit on the floor or to stand to tie. Tying with, on, and to a chair has many playful advantages. In...


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Creative Crab Tie


Time: 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm CET

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This will be a demonstration of creative possibilities for suspensions/transitions using the crab tie (m-shaped position). Participants can tie along if they like, and ask questions at the end, or...


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Retirement from Beauty (Performance)


Time: 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm CET

Facilitator: Ceci Ferox

"Retirement from Beauty" poses questions on the importance of beauty in our communities and aims to normalize our uglies. It was developed based on two grotesque labs that took place...


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Friday



Open Space


Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm CET

Facilitator: Caritia

Caritia offers this space for participants to share thoughts, make requests and ask questions about this season's Queerope. You are encouraged to: be comfy, make yourself at home (at home)...


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Gender Neutral Objectification


Time: 1:45 pm – 3:45 pm CET

Facilitator: hua hua

Objectification has always been a widely popular fetish within the BDSM scene, especially in connection with bondage. However, the common depiction is mainly associated with the objectification of women, which...


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Ropes for Resistance


Time: 6:15 pm – 8:15 pm CET

Facilitator: RĂ­o

This talk is about how it has been for RĂ­o and the Jorogumo Shibari crew to live in MĂ©xico while learning and practicing ropes. RĂ­o will tell us about how...


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Ropes for Resistance: Jorogumo Shibari (Performance)


Time: 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm CET

Facilitator: RĂ­o

This performance by Río and Jorogumo Shibari puts into practice what they understand as ropes for resistance. The performance is followed by a discussion. Details: Format: performance Minimum Knowledge Level: ...


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Saturday



Reimagining Ropes


Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm CET

Facilitator: Pauline Massimo

Drawn from abstraction and through forms to recreate them as a reimagined rope form for play, joy, creativity, and technical research. Not sure what that means? Come join Pauline Massimo...


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Semenawa Performance


Time: 1:45 pm – 3:45 pm CET

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The possibilities of rope play are endless. There are many different goals and many different approaches. This performance - by now a tradition of Queerope -  is full of Akechi...


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Agura: On The Floor, in the Air, in Transition


Time: 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm CET

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This will be a demonstration of the agura tie (crossed-legged position) and possibilities for use both on the floor and in suspensions/transitions. This tie can be challenging but is also...


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Playful Sadism


Time: 6:15 pm – 8:15 pm CET

Facilitator: Barrett and Indigo

This is intended as a guided discussion and demonstration for breaking away from the “rope has to be serious and quiet” mindset, and becoming open to expanding creativity for scenes...


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Global Rope Jam


Time: 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm CET

Facilitator: Pauline Massimo

This session is us all just jamming together. The global rope jam will have a small intro by Pauline Massimo and Ghost Acres will provide a live soundtrack based on...


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Sunday


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Rope for Communicating – Yukimura Style


Time: 1:45 pm – 3:45 pm CET

Facilitator: Murasaki Haruan

In this class, Murasaki Haruan will explain Yukimura-ryu from the beginning to those who are interested and want to know more about rope for communication. Murasaki aims this class at...


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Gravare (Closing Performance)


Time: 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm CET

Facilitator: Roser

Death as an alchemic process imposes the experience of stillness, silence, and emptiness. It carries us through a dark path of loss and hopelessness that can be extremely hard to...


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Time Table

Line-up

Andrea Rimon
Akechi Kanna & Akechi Kagura
Barkas
Barrett & Indigo
Caritia
Ceci Ferox & Tina
Cegregia
Gandalf
Gestalta (UK)
Hua Hua
Ms. Reemah & Lavender
Murasaki Haruan
Pauline Massimo
René de Sans
RĂ­o & Jorogumo Shibari
Roser
Sophia Rose

Poster