Rope is Political is a series of discussions held during the Queerope Berlin 2024 conference. This session will examine the political pitfalls of valorizing authenticity and viewing sex and kink as innately revealing or tied to “truth telling.” We’ll talk about the political imperative to create and respect opacity in tying. Reveling in artifice...
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We will have a luxurious 3 hours to explore and research how to create the juiciest self suspensions for our needs. Ceci will guide you through different moods and techniques for your self tying inspiration, from peaceful stillness to exhausting movement. To not burn out, we will balance between floor tying, semi suspensions, and...
When we tie someone up, we restrict their ability to move, with more or less intensity depending on the type of shape we're tying. Our intention here will be to push the concept of immobility in the ropes to its extreme as an experiment. We’ll be building a partial suspension bondage where each added...
Wild Cards are open slots that can be filled by participants and facilitators of Queerope alike. This Wild Card is for everyone who is looking to make space for frustration in and around rope, and for maybe finding a new relationship with it. We will use psychology, clowning and performative tools to generate an...
Let me show you love… like only a Mother could. Partner: CuteButDeadly Format: performance Minimum knowledge level: - Maximum amount of participants: - What to bring: - Constellations: - Accessibility: We will be sitting on the floor. Other options can be arranged Photo: THE SILENCE
Rope jam time! Finally time and space to work with all the new things you've just learned! Hang out and tie, get tied, self-tie, all of the above or just watch other people be cute and ropey. Format: rope jam Minimum knowledge level: - participants: - What to bring: yourself, ropes Constellations: all constellations...
Fundamentals is a series within the Queerope Berlin 2024 conference that goes back to the basics and way beyond. Andrea Rimon will re-define what the fundamentals of rope are and offer classes suited for beginners as well as anyone who wants to go back to a beginner mindset and/or approach the beginnings again in...
Explore the intricacies of unbalanced shibari floor work ties that can be built to suspension, and learn essential techniques for effective untie aftercare in this hands-on workshop Partner: Isla Ika Format: hands-on workshop Minimum knowledge level: You have experience in tying and being tied in structured harnesses and know how to assess for...
This series allows rope facilitators to show participants how they approach intimate sessions, away from modes of teaching or performing. Come and witness an improvised intimate moment amongst people who do rope (pretty well). We will blur the lines of the private and the public, the curated and the improvised. After the session, there...
Wild Cards are open slots that can be filled by participants and facilitators of Queerope alike. This workshop is aimed at those who are looking to be more creative in their floor work and are bored of symmetry and patterns. Learn to collaborate with your rope partner to seek out new shapes and...
Rope is Political is a series of discussions held during the Queerope Berlin 2024 conference. "As a Shibari artist and political activist from Thailand, I view rope bondage not just as an art form or bondage but as a powerful tool for education, empowerment, and liberation. In a society where rigid cultural norms often...
This workshop is all about embracing entropy, aka chaos, in your tying. We will figure out the essential structures, only to take them apart and break the rules. The goal is to find new kinds of creativity in tying (with the risk of failing spectacularly). Ceci will guide you through the process with clear...