• 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm CEST · Facilitator: Georg Barkas, Emmy

      Rope bondage suffers from an arbitrary separation of tying skills and communication skills. This workshop seeks to break through that border by exploring how they need each other to the point of being indistinguishable. Partner: Emmy   Format: hands-on workshop Minimum knowledge level: single column tie and some basic frictions Maximum amount of participants:...

    4:30 pm – 6:00 pm CEST

    This wild card is about being curious and intentional with non-normative bodies. How do we tie bodies that are disabled? How do we accommodate our own(temporary) limitations while tying?   Format: Minimum knowledge level: participants: What to bring: Constellations: Accessibility: -  

    7:30 pm – 8:30 pm CEST · Facilitator: Georg Barkas, Emmy

      To observe means to watch over, to note, to heed, to look to, to attend to, to guard, to regard, or to comply with. It comes from ob - “in front of, before” together with servare - “to watch or keep safe” But the observer is not just outside and without influence on the...

    7:30 pm – 10:30 pm CEST

    Our sensual rope jam allows nudity and sexuality. We will provide safe(r) sex items and a more cozy atmosphere. 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:...

    10:00 am – 12:00 pm CEST · Facilitator: Andrea Rimon

      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...

    10:00 am – 1:00 pm CEST · Facilitator: Georg Barkas, Emmy

      A workshop about the intimate possibilities of tying on the ground. In this class, we look specifically at the intersection of communication, position, and a new way of looking at intimacy itself. What can be communicated, from where, how, and to what end? Partner: Emmy   Format: hands-on workshop Minimum knowledge level: single-column tie...

    10:30 am – 12:00 pm CEST · Facilitator: Renée de Sans, Sophia Rose

      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...

    2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CEST · Facilitator: Andrea Rimon

      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...

    2:30 pm – 5:30 pm CEST · Facilitator: Ceci Ferox

      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...

    4:00 pm – 6:00 pm CEST · Facilitator: Bänana, Sixtine

      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...

    4:30 pm – 6:00 pm CEST

      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...

    7:30 pm – 8:30 pm CEST · Facilitator: Bänana, Sixtine

      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