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SUMMARY:Kink is Political: Suffering
DESCRIPTION:This Easter month\, we’ll interrogate the Christian underpinnings of kink and BDSM aesthetics by turning towards the concept of “suffering.” We will read Emannuel Levinas’ essay “Useless Suffering” alongside discussions of seme in Japanese rope bondage. We’ll ask: what are the political implications of connecting beauty\, meaning\, and suffering? What would a tying\, kink\, or BDSM practice look like that takes a starting point that suffering has no intrinsic meaning or value? \nAbout this series\nKink is Political is an online discussion with Addie Tahl\, Georg Barkas\, Andrea Rimon\, and occasional special guests. Participants are invited to join a discussion during which we unite critique with an emphasis on the practical and day-to-day issues and challenges of kink\, intimacy\, and relationships. \nFocusing on concepts central to BDSM\, leather\, rope\, and sex-positive communities\, it interrogates widely adopted approaches and commonly held notions. It aims to understand the politics of kink beyond the language of sexual liberation and politics of sexual liberalism\, both frames that have proven insufficient in addressing widespread harm\, a rising international tide of sex-negativity and reaction\, or in guaranteeing that the most marginalized can sexually flourish. \nKink is Political is an examination of the contexts and consequences of how we talk about and understand gender and sexuality. It is a forum to think about how kink spaces and practices operate\, what works\, what doesn’t\, and what we can use to build something better.
URL:https://karada-house.de/events/kink-is-political-suffering/
CATEGORIES:kink,community,politics
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260312T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260312T210000
DTSTAMP:20260430T182445
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SUMMARY:Kink is Political - Ambiguity
DESCRIPTION:Kink is Political is an online discussion with Addie Tahl\, Georg Barkas\, Andrea Rimon\, and occasional special guests. Participants are invited to join a discussion during which we unite critique with an emphasis on the practical and day-to-day issues and challenges of kink\, intimacy\, and relationships. \n\n\n\nFocusing on concepts central to BDSM\, leather\, rope\, and sex-positive communities\, it interrogates widely adopted approaches and commonly held notions. It aims to understand the politics of kink beyond the language of sexual liberation and politics of sexual liberalism\, both frames that have proven insufficient in addressing widespread harm\, a rising international tide of sex-negativity and reaction\, or in guaranteeing that the most marginalized can sexually flourish. \n\n\n\nKink is Political is an examination of the contexts and consequences of how we talk about and understand gender and sexuality. It is a forum to think about how kink spaces and practices operate\, what works\, what doesn’t\, and what we can use to build something better. \n\n\n\nThis month’s topic: Ambiguity\nIn March’s session\, we’ll turn towards our experience of “ambiguity.” Against approaches to sex and kink that forefront clarity and transparency\, we’ll think through what value ambiguity has and what the active production and appreciation of ambiguity might bring to the table. Looking towards both the literary critical and our experiences of the everyday\, we’ll weigh the problems and poetic affordances that ambiguity presents in a culture so deeply concerned about security and liability mitigation. 
URL:https://karada-house.de/events/knk-is-political-ambiguity/
CATEGORIES:kink,community,politics,psychology
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260226T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260226T210000
DTSTAMP:20260430T182445
CREATED:20251011T151538Z
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SUMMARY:Kink is Political – Welcomeness
DESCRIPTION:Kink is Political is an online discussion with Addie Tahl\, Georg Barkas\, Andrea Rimon\, and occasional special guests. Participants are invited to join a discussion during which we unite critique with an emphasis on the practical and day-to-day issues and challenges of kink\, intimacy\, and relationships. \n\n\n\nFocusing on concepts central to BDSM\, leather\, rope\, and sex-positive communities\, it interrogates widely adopted approaches and commonly held notions. It aims to understand the politics of kink beyond the language of sexual liberation and politics of sexual liberalism\, both frames that have proven insufficient in addressing widespread harm\, a rising international tide of sex-negativity and reaction\, or in guaranteeing that the most marginalized can sexually flourish. \n\n\n\nKink is Political is an examination of the contexts and consequences of how we talk about and understand gender and sexuality. It is a forum to think about how kink spaces and practices operate\, what works\, what doesn’t\, and what we can use to build something better. \n\n\n\nThis month’s topic: Welcomeness\n\n\n\nIn February’s session\, we’ll discuss the concept of “welcomeness” as it appears in sexual harassment law in the United States. We’ll ask: how might the concept of welcomeness help us think through the assumptions of a consent standard? How do we deal with cases where asking for consent may in and of itself be an aggression or cause of harm? What are the ways that “welcomeness” falls short\, and provides cover for pervasive sexual harm?  \n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://karada-house.de/events/kink-is-political-welcomeness/
CATEGORIES:politics
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260108T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260108T210000
DTSTAMP:20260430T182445
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SUMMARY:Kink is Political – Consent?!
DESCRIPTION:Kink is Political is an online discussion with Addie Tahl\, Georg Barkas\, Andrea Rimon\, and occasional special guests. Participants are invited to join a discussion during which we unite critique with an emphasis on the practical and day-to-day issues and challenges of kink\, intimacy\, and relationships. \n\n\n\nFocusing on concepts central to BDSM\, leather\, rope\, and sex-positive communities\, it interrogates widely adopted approaches and commonly held notions. It aims to understand the politics of kink beyond the language of sexual liberation and politics of sexual liberalism\, both frames that have proven insufficient in addressing widespread harm\, a rising international tide of sex-negativity and reaction\, or in guaranteeing that the most marginalized can sexually flourish. \n\n\n\nKink is Political is an examination of the contexts and consequences of how we talk about and understand gender and sexuality. It is a forum to think about how kink spaces and practices operate\, what works\, what doesn’t\, and what we can use to build something better. \n\n\n\nThis month’s topic: Consent?!\n\n\n\nIn January’s session\, we will turn to one of the most central concepts in kink and sex positive discourse: consent. Drawing on Ariel Ajeno’s essay “After Consent\,” the discussion will historicize the concept\, chart its political limitations\, and gesture towards other practices and political formations that might point the way to a better\, more revolutionary sexual politics. Along the way\, we’ll ask: is consent necessary or sufficient for sex to be non-injurious\, let alone good? What makes consent possible? What political work does consent do? What are the differences between the way consent is understood as a practice and as a standard? What does it mean to think “After Consent?”  \n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://karada-house.de/events/kink-is-political-consent/
CATEGORIES:politics
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251211T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251211T210000
DTSTAMP:20260430T182445
CREATED:20251011T151538Z
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SUMMARY:Kink is Political – What is “Politics”?
DESCRIPTION:Kink is Political is an online discussion with Addie Tahl\, Georg Barkas\, Andrea Rimon\, and occasional special guests. Participants are invited to join a discussion during which we unite critique with an emphasis on the practical and day-to-day issues and challenges of kink\, intimacy\, and relationships. \n\n\n\nFocusing on concepts central to BDSM\, leather\, rope\, and sex-positive communities\, it interrogates widely adopted approaches and commonly held notions. It aims to understand the politics of kink beyond the language of sexual liberation and politics of sexual liberalism\, both frames that have proven insufficient in addressing widespread harm\, a rising international tide of sex-negativity and reaction\, or in guaranteeing that the most marginalized can sexually flourish. \n\n\n\nKink is Political is an examination of the contexts and consequences of how we talk about and understand gender and sexuality. It is a forum to think about how kink spaces and practices operate\, what works\, what doesn’t\, and what we can use to build something better. \n\n\n\nThis month’s topic: What is “Politics”?\n\n\n\nIn this session\, we’ll collectively ask “What is Politics?” Mamana will join Barkas\, Addie\, and Andrea Rimon to reflect on Karada House’s widely shared “Kink is Political” infographics five years later. Along the way\, we’ll chart out a vision for the series and discuss what it means to have a politically inflected kink practice.  \n\n\n\nGuest: Mamana\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://karada-house.de/events/kink-is-political-what-is-politics/
CATEGORIES:politics
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251113T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251113T210000
DTSTAMP:20260430T182445
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SUMMARY:Kink is Political – Community\, Culture\, and Social Character
DESCRIPTION:Kink is Political is an online discussion with Addie Tahl\, Georg Barkas\, Andrea Rimon\, and occasional special guests. Participants are invited to join a discussion during which we unite critique with an emphasis on the practical and day-to-day issues and challenges of kink\, intimacy\, and relationships. \n\n\n\nFocusing on concepts central to BDSM\, leather\, rope\, and sex-positive communities\, it interrogates widely adopted approaches and commonly held notions. It aims to understand the politics of kink beyond the language of sexual liberation and politics of sexual liberalism\, both frames that have proven insufficient in addressing widespread harm\, a rising international tide of sex-negativity and reaction\, or in guaranteeing that the most marginalized can sexually flourish. \n\n\n\nKink is Political is an examination of the contexts and consequences of how we talk about and understand gender and sexuality. It is a forum to think about how kink spaces and practices operate\, what works\, what doesn’t\, and what we can use to build something better. \n\n\n\nThis month’s topic: Community\, Culture\, and Social Character\n\n\n\nIn our first session\, we’ll inquire into how the structure of our organizations and broader community infrastructure shapes our culture and what we do. We’ll start from the example of the rope scene and move on to broader kink and sex positive communities. Along\, the way\, we’ll ask: Who does trying attract? What do different kinds of tying pedagogy teach us about ways of being in the world? What are the consequences of participating in practics so built around private space? Is there something authoritarian built into the ways that we gather?  
URL:https://karada-house.de/events/kink-is-political-1/
CATEGORIES:kink,politics
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250302T174500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250302T194500
DTSTAMP:20260430T182445
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SUMMARY:An Introduction to Thinking Traumatophilically
DESCRIPTION:This interdisciplinary event brings together clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst Avgi Saketopoulou\, artist and researcher Andrea Rimon\, and pro-domme Sophia Rose for a lecture and discussion exploring the concept of traumatophilia. \nTraumatophilia refers to the fact that we are drawn to touching our wounds\, even to reopen them. Individuals might seek out to engage with past trauma not out of some pathological impulse but to brush up against it\, making contact with what is opaque and unrepresentable in the self. This may\, in turn\, open pathways for psychic and emotional transformation. Building on ideas from Saketopoulou’s book Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk\, Race\, Traumatophilia\, the discussion highlights how traumatophilia\, in conjunction with her concept of limit consent\, offers new ways to understand kink as a practice for working with traumatic material. \nUnlike affirmative consent\, which Saketopoulou argues overpromises\, limit consent is not something we “exercise” or something that is “done” to us: it has more to do\, rather\, with surrendering to an other or\, more precisely\, with surrendering to the opacity in the other and to the opacity in ourselves. Limit consent\, in other words\, dares into those gray areas where desire\, risk\, and uncertainty intermingle. This concept challenges rigid binaries of consent and non-consent\, proposing a nuanced framework for exploring the complexities of relational and erotic experiences. \nThe discussion also introduces Saketopoulou’s idea of exigent sadism\, a form of sadism that emerges not as careless cruelty but of a queer form of cruelty that also involves the sadist’s own vulnerability as well as a measure of support for the other. Exigent sadism is an ethical variant that stages the necessary and imperative parameters for the other to endure something difficult. This is an urgent\, relational call to engage with the other through intense and sometimes painful experiences. Together\, these concepts create a fertile theoretical foundation for rethinking consent\, risk\, and the generative possibilities of engaging with trauma through embodied\, relational\, and creative practices. \n  \nThis event is part of the “Queer Intimacies Conference – Re-Thinking & Queer(ing) Sex\, Kink\, and Intimacies 2025” Conference and can be purchased as a solo event or part of our day or full conference tickets.  \n  \nEvent Details \nDate & Time:  March 2nd\, 2025\, 5.45 pm – 7.45 pm CET (Berlin time) \nFormat: lecture/discussion (virtual) \nAudience:  LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS \nLanguage: English \nMinimum knowledge level: – \nWhat to bring: pen & paper \nClass recording: yes\, the recording will be available for 30 days to the conference participants. \n  \nAccessibility Note \nThe workshop and discussion are held in spoken English with automated captions in English which are provided by Zoom. Communication within the class can be had via chat but also people can come on mic and speak. If you participate in this workshop and need more assistance\, i.e. someone reading out the chat\, etc\, please message us at info@karada-house.de beforehand. \n  \nWhat else to know \nAfter your successful ticket purchase\, you will be sent an email with the Zoom login data for this event. \nIf you cannot afford this event\, please check the ticket option “solidarity” for reduced ticket prices. If that is still too much or they are out of stock\, feel free to send us a message via info@karada-house.de
URL:https://karada-house.de/events/qi25-traumatophilia/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250301T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250301T173000
DTSTAMP:20260430T182445
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SUMMARY:Beyond Forensic Desire
DESCRIPTION:An impassioned argument against “body language\,” this class will a trace a path form Charles Le Brun\, Charles Darwin\, and Sherlock Holmes to “enhanced interrogation” torture techniques\, Linda William’s account of the “moneyshot\,” and the well-meaning\, incessant\, but all the same ruinous demand for kink classes on how to read other people. \nThis will open on a broader discussion of ways we can find intimacy and connection after realizing there is no foolproof way to read people. \nThis event is part of the “Queer Intimacies Conference – Re-Thinking & Queer(ing) Sex\, Kink\, and Intimacies 2025” Conference and can be purchased as a solo event or part of our day or full conference tickets.  \n  \nEvent Details \nDate & Time:  March 1st\, 2025\, 3.30pm – 5.30 pm CET (Berlin time) \nFormat: discussion/lecture (virtual) \nAudience:  LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS \nLanguage: English \nMinimum knowledge level: – \nWhat to bring: pen & paper \nClass recording: yes\, the recording will be available for 30 days to the conference participants. \n  \nAccessibility Note \nThe workshop and discussion are held in spoken English with automated captions in English which are provided by Zoom. Communication within the class can be had via chat but also people can come on mic and speak. If you participate in this workshop and need more assistance\, i.e. someone reading out the chat\, etc\, please message us at info@karada-house.de beforehand. \n  \nWhat else to know \nAfter your successful ticket purchase\, you will be sent an email with the Zoom login data for this event. \nIf you cannot afford this event\, please check the ticket option “solidarity” for reduced ticket prices. If that is still too much or they are out of stock\, feel free to send us a message via info@karada-house.de
URL:https://karada-house.de/events/qi25-forensic/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240915T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240915T123000
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SUMMARY:Fundamentals 4: Feedback\, Iteration\, Performance
DESCRIPTION:  \nFundamentals 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 a completely new way. \nWhat does it mean to think of tying fundamentals outside of just learning frictions\, patterns\, and general BDSM social mores? This class series will be an exploration of what it means to build a queer trying practice that takes less for granted. Drawing on techniques taken from physical theater\, dance\, contact improvisation\, and other movement arts\, we will think deeply about what it means to think of tying not just as a sexual practice\, but as a form of collectively devised experience with ties to art\, politics\, and the rest of life. \nIn this class\, we’ll talk about the value of debriefing after scenes and the pedagogical uses of public performance. We’ll take a look at a few different kinds of debriefing discussions and have an at length discussion of Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process. From there\, participants will have the opportunity to perform and workshop scenes\, iterating along the way. Material workshopped can come from previous Fundamentals sessions\, other material from Queerope\, or something else altogether. \nPartner: Layal \n  \nFormat: workshop\, discussion \nMinimum knowledge level: – \nparticipants: 8 \nWhat to bring: ropes\, pen and paper \nConstellations: all constellations welcome \nAccessibility: classes will have a significant portion of discussion\, so we are switching from being on the floor to occasionally standing \n 
URL:https://karada-house.de/events/qr24-fundamentals4/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240914T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240914T153000
DTSTAMP:20260430T182445
CREATED:20240814T165632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T160834Z
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SUMMARY:Rope is Political – Opacity
DESCRIPTION:  \nRope is Political is a series of discussions held during the Queerope Berlin 2024 conference.  \nThis 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 over revelation\, in extimacy over intimacy\, this session is a gesture towards the importance of a sexuality no longer driven by forensic desire. \n  \nFormat: discussion \nMinimum knowledge level: – \nparticipants: as many as fit \nWhat to bring: pen & paper \nConstellations: all constellations welcome \nAccessibility: we’ll be sitting on the floor\, adaptations can be made \n 
URL:https://karada-house.de/events/qr24-political-andrea/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240914T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240914T120000
DTSTAMP:20260430T182445
CREATED:20240814T164340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T160834Z
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SUMMARY:Fundamentals 3: Devising and Dynamics
DESCRIPTION:  \nFundamentals 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 a completely new way. \nWhat does it mean to think of tying fundamentals outside of just learning frictions\, patterns\, and general BDSM social mores? This class series will be an exploration of what it means to build a queer trying practice that takes less for granted. Drawing on techniques taken from physical theater\, dance\, contact improvisation\, and other movement arts\, we will think deeply about what it means to think of tying not just as a sexual practice\, but as a form of collectively devised experience with ties to art\, politics\, and the rest of life. \nIn this class\, we’ll take a look at applying a variety of devising techniques to tying. Working from source material (Andrea will bring some images and texts as inspiration\, but participants will be more than free welcome to work from whatever) or focusing on a particular idea\, participants will develop and map out a small scene. We’ll devote significant time tying with qualities and in genres not commonly seen in tying. Andrea will be there to facilitate along the way and provide exercises\, considerations\, and feedback. \nPartner: Layal \n  \nFormat: workshop\, discussion \nMinimum knowledge level: – \nparticipants: 8 \nWhat to bring: ropes\, pen and paper \nConstellations: all constellations welcome \nAccessibility: classes will have a significant portion of discussion\, so we are switching from being on the floor to occasionally standing \n 
URL:https://karada-house.de/events/qr24-fundamentals3/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240913T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240913T120000
DTSTAMP:20260430T182445
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SUMMARY:Fundamentals 2: Choreography and Notation
DESCRIPTION:  \nFundamentals 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 a completely new way. \nWhat does it mean to think of tying fundamentals outside of just learning frictions\, patterns\, and general BDSM social mores? This class series will be an exploration of what it means to build a queer trying practice that takes less for granted. Drawing on techniques taken from physical theater\, dance\, contact improvisation\, and other movement arts\, we will think deeply about what it means to think of tying not just as a sexual practice\, but as a form of collectively devised experience with ties to art\, politics\, and the rest of life. \nIn this class\, we’ll work through choreographing a scene around a single relatively simple pattern: aisatsu shibari\, or the “greeting tie.” After breaking down the affordances of the pattern (forces\, body mechanics\, our own associations)\, pairs or small groups will create and notate short scenes with it. We’ll discuss the value and method of diagramming ties and the value of being able to create repeatable\, iterable choreography\, even for those who have a practice that does not involve tying for performance and where most scenes are improvised. \nPartner: Layal \n  \nFormat: workshop\, discussion \nMinimum knowledge level: – \nparticipants: 8 \nWhat to bring: ropes\, pen and paper \nConstellations: all constellations welcome \nAccessibility: classes will have a significant portion of discussion\, so we are switching from being on the floor to occasionally standing\, this class will focus on a standing pattern that involves the arms and being taken off balance.
URL:https://karada-house.de/events/qr24-fundamentals2/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240912T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240912T120000
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SUMMARY:Fundamentals 1: Building a Practice
DESCRIPTION:  \nFundamentals 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 a completely new way. \nWhat does it mean to think of tying fundamentals outside of just learning frictions\, patterns\, and general BDSM social mores? This class series will be an exploration of what it means to build a queer trying practice that takes less for granted. Drawing on techniques taken from physical theater\, dance\, contact improvisation\, and other movement arts\, we will think deeply about what it means to think of tying not just as a sexual practice\, but as a form of collectively devised experience with ties to art\, politics\, and the rest of life. \nThis hands-on and discussion based class will delve into what it means to cultivate an intentional tying practice. We’ll talk about Andrea’s approach to the necessary and contradictory processes of movement patterning and deconstruction and how we can build towards a style that reflects our interests and politics in its very fundamentals. We’ll dive into deloading and deroling techniques from intimacy coordination and choreography to think through what it means to aim for sustainable tying practice that has room to deal with fraught topics and unexpected responses. \nPartner: Layal \nFormat: workshop\, discussion \nMinimum knowledge level: – \nparticipants: 8 \nWhat to bring: ropes\, pen and paper \nConstellations: all constellations welcome \nAccessibility: classes will have a significant portion of discussion\, so we are switching from being on the floor to occasionally standing \n 
URL:https://karada-house.de/events/qr24-fundamentals1/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20211203T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20211203T210000
DTSTAMP:20260430T182445
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SUMMARY:Stop. Hammer Time!
DESCRIPTION:Hammers are surprisingly versatile tools. \nIn this class\, we’ll focus on more than impact and you’ll learn more than how to safely choose target areas and safely gauge the force with which you’re hitting. \nWe’ll cover how to use every part of a hammer or mallet for pressure points\, impact\, or body manipulation. The most fun bits might surprise you. \n  \nEvent Details \nDate & Time:  December 3rd\, 2021\, 7pm-9pm CET (Berlin time) \nFormat: workshop / demonstration \nAudience:  LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS \nLanguage: English \nMinimum Knowledge Level: – \nWhat to bring:  a hammer (one-handed)\, no hatchets! \nSolo or partnered? Both is fine. If you wish to hammer along\, you need a partner (everybody needs a ticket) \nClass recording: Yes. The session will be recorded and available for 14 days after the workshop. The participants will not be recorded. \n  \nWhat we will teach/do \n– discussion of safety \n– methods of impact \n– ways of creating and varying patterns \n– scooping and limb capture methods \n– brief overview of how all of the above can be used to build dynamic scenes \n  \nWhat else to know \nAfter your successful ticket purchase\, you will be sent an email with the Zoom login data for this event. \nIf you cannot afford this event\, please check the ticket option “solidarity” for reduced ticket prices. If that is still too much or they are out of stock\, feel free to send us a message via info@karada-house.de
URL:https://karada-house.de/events/hammer-time/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20211008T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20211008T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T182445
CREATED:20210812T152236Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Articulation in Rope
DESCRIPTION:What is articulation? \nSomething you might be more familiar with than you think. In tying\, articulation involves where and how events and arcs begin and end. Articulation is involved in the difference taking an appropriate amount of time for every single action while tying\, but also making sure that tying doesn’t become boring\, homogenous\, and bland. “Articulation\,” although often in a different set of terms is what most teachers are thinking about when they tell their students to “slow down.” \nUnderstanding articulation is vital for anyone interested in tying. Although rarely discussed\, the ability to break down and analyze movement is one of the most fundamental skills of the practice. Articulation is an important component of any movement analysis. \nDrawing on physical theater exercises\, Andrea Rimon will help students explicitly identify points of articulation and refine their ability to break down scenes as well as to make intentional choices. This class will be a study on how to make each moment count. In addition to drawing on exercises and techniques from physical theater\, we will take a broad theoretical approach that touches on anatomy\, linguistics\, and semiotics to examine where concepts of articulation align. Taking all of these ideas together\, they will explore articulation as the nexus of content and expression\, an important and politically charged site of creativity production. \nIn other words\, they will help students identify\, grow familiar with\, and engage in play with something that is part and parcel of any good tying experience. \n  \nEvent Details \nDate & Time:  October 8\, 2021\, 7pm-10pm CET (Berlin time) \nFormat: workshop / demonstration \nAudience:  LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS \nLanguage: English \nMinimum Knowledge Level: – \nWhat to bring: ropes and a partner if you wish to tie along \nSolo or partnered? Both is fine. If you wish to tie along\, you need a partner (everybody needs a ticket) \nClass recording: Yes. The session will be recorded and available for 14 days after the workshop. The participants will not be recorded. \n  \nWhat else to know \nAfter your successful ticket purchase\, you will be sent an email with the Zoom login data for this event. \nIf you cannot afford this event\, please check the ticket option “solidarity” for reduced ticket prices. If that is still too much or they are out of stock\, feel free to send us a message via info@karada-house.de
URL:https://karada-house.de/events/articulation/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20211001T213000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20211001T233000
DTSTAMP:20260430T182445
CREATED:20210829T145613Z
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SUMMARY:Andrea Rimon: Tying\, Performance\, and Family Abolition
DESCRIPTION:  \nIn this session\, Andrea Rimon will look at tying as a performing art and discuss the performing arts as an integral part of a family abolitionist project. Drawing on the theoretical work of Paul Preciado\, Andrea Dworkin\, and others\, Rimon will assert the importance of building resources for embodied education outside of family structures. After a broad discussion and analysis of several dance and physical theatrical traditions\, Andrea will facilitate an open discussion of this personal\, political\, and important intersection.  \n  \nThis session is part of the Queer Practices / Queer Embodiment remote transdisciplinary conference that aims to bring together artists\, theorists\, and practitioners. The conference continues our work of building a community that is focused on intentionally developing bodily practices. We want our space to be a place for political growth and experimentation using all the materials that bodywork\, sex education\, and cultural inquiry can provide. \nWe aim to take advantage of the opportunity for an online conference. We seek to engage a broader audience that may be familiar with sex-positive culture but is not necessarily attuned to a wider set of political concerns\, or approaches to gender and sexuality that are more often encountered within academic\, activist\, and artistic spaces. We want to put together a conference that will be open to the public and focus on fostering challenging yet accessible conversation. \nQueer Practices / Queer Embodiment is curated and organized by a collaborative team consisting of Andrea Rimon (an intimacy choreographer and movement artist) and Georg Barkas (a tying and sexuality educator) and Karada House in Berlin (a queer art/research space). It is sponsored by Karada House and Github for Good. \nYou can browse the full program and get access to this session/the conference here \n  \nEvent Details \nDate & Time:  October 1st\, 2021\, 9:30 pm -11:30pm CET (Berlin time) \nFormat: transdisciplinary conference \nAudience:  LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS \nLanguage: English\, automated closed captions provided \nRecording: yes\, will be available for 30 days to the participants of the conference \n  \nWhat else to know \nAfter your successful ticket purchase\, you will be sent an email with all the necessary data for this event. \nThis event is free. You can also choose a payment for your ticket which will be used by Karada House to finance similar events in the future.
URL:https://karada-house.de/events/family-abolition/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20210424T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20210424T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T182445
CREATED:20210314T145104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T154135Z
UID:10000574-1619287200-1619292600@karada-house.de
SUMMARY:What is Sexuality Anyway?
DESCRIPTION:We are quick to examine and discuss our sexualties. But\, the notion of “sexuality” is something we take for granted. I \nIn this discussion\, Apikoros will lay out some of the history of the notion of “sexuality” and will discuss what “sex” is and what its uses might be. \n  \nThis event is part of the “About: Sexual Identities” Conference and can be purchased as a single ticket or be part of the day ticket or full conference ticket. \n  \nEvent Details \nDate & Time: April 24th\, 6 -7.30 pm CET (Berlin time) \nFormat: discussion / demonstration \nAudience:  LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS \nLanguage: English\, translation into German can be provided \nMinimum Knowledge Level: – \nWhat to bring: utensils like paper\, pen\, or laptop \nClass recording: Yes. The participants will not be recorded. \n  \nWhat else to know \nAfter your successful ticket purchase\, you will be sent an email with the Zoom login data for this event. \nIf you cannot afford this event\, please check the ticket option “solidarity” for reduced ticket prices. If that is still too much or they are out of stock\, feel free to send us a message via info@karada-house.de \n  \n 
URL:https://karada-house.de/events/what-is/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20210220T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20210220T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T182445
CREATED:20210111T170612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T154120Z
UID:10000531-1613851200-1613858400@karada-house.de
SUMMARY:Queer Rope Historiography
DESCRIPTION:In this class Apikoros will talk about and challenge the current dominant historiographies of rope\, and will call attention to how little is known about rope history outside of Japan. Apikoros will focus on queer representations of rope during the Showa period\, noting that Japanese sources actually display a far greater mix of queer and straight content than one would expect. There will also be time to pivot to a discussion of the complicated transnational and colonial context. \nThe goal of the class is to sit with some of the complication of tying’s past and to open conversation to how paying attention to the historical particulars can allow us to think about rope and sexuality in new ways\, elaborating the value of the queer retrosexual gesture in both questioning narratives about progress and finding new ways to exist. \n  \nEvent Details \nDate & Time:  February 20th\, 2021\, 8-10pm CET (Berlin time) \nFormat:  discussion (virtual) \nAudience:  LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS \nLanguage: English \nMinimum Knowledge Level: – \nWhat to Bring:  – \nSolo or Partnered:  both (each participant needs a ticket) \nClass recording: yes\, the recording will be available for 14 days after the event. \n  \nWhat else to know \nAfter your successful ticket purchase\, you will be sent an email with the Zoom login data for this event. \nIf you cannot afford this event\, please check the ticket option “solidarity” for reduced ticket prices. If that is still too much or they are out of stock\, feel free to send us a message via info@karada-house.de
URL:https://karada-house.de/events/historiographies/
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