QUEEROPE 2024 is a 5-day virtual conference for mostly shibari/kinbaku/Japanese-inspired bondage that is exclusively for LGBTQIA+ people and womên.

We welcome all roles (rigger/tops, model/bottoms, switches, etc.), all knowledge levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced), and all styles to this gathering that aims to bring queer & female-identifying practitioners together to celebrate their love for rope and exchange knowledge and experiences.

Lineup Wednesday:

12 pm – 1.30 pm CET: Welcome Session

1.45 pm – 3.45 pm CET: Plastic Cocoons (Dasniya Sommer)

4 pm – 6 pm CET:  Deconstructing Your (Rope) Kink (Barkas)

6.15 pm – 8.15 pm CET:  Ergonomy Tips for Tops (Ceci Ferox)

8.30 pm – 10.30 pm CET:  TK or everyone? (Benoît & Noémie)

Day Pass:

50 Euros per day pass.

A day pass is valid for one person for the entire conference day and includes access to the recordings of the day’s classes for 30 days after the event.

For a full conference ticket, please go here.

FAQ:

How do you define “LGBTQIA+” & “womên”?

LGBTQIA+ describes the full spectrum of non-mainstream sexual orientation and/or gender identity meaning: lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, non-binary, genderqueer/fluid, queer, intersex, asexual, aromantic, and agender.

Womên describes people who identify themselves as female in their gender identity. People who fit this category can be part of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum or not. We created this category specifically to indicate that we also invite cisgender, heterosexual womên.

The word is our own creation and serves as a replacement for the word “womxn” which is now being (ab)used for transmisogynist statements. The ^ in womên represents a marker (similar to the “x” in womxn) that emphasizes that womênhood is an intersectional umbrella term that holds many different people and experiences and is not biologically predetermined.

I am not LGBTQIA+ and not a womên, can I still attend?

No, please respect that this particular event is not for you. There are lots of other events you can attend. But Queerope one is solely for people of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum & womên.

I cannot afford the ticket but would love to join. What do I do?

Send us a message via info@karada-house.de. If we have pay-it-forward tickets available we will make them available to you. If we don’t we will put you on a waiting list or see what else we can do. Either way, we will find a way.

What platform do you use for the virtual conference?

We need to use Zoom as it is the only platform available that is affordable and stable enough for bigger groups. Please make sure you can fulfill the requirements for Zoom from your side to have a satisfactory experience.  We will do our best to make the zoom calls safe by engaging all possible security features. You do not have to turn your camera on and you can use any name you like.

The times don’t always work for me / I cannot attend everything I want…

That is why we will make recordings available to you, so you can watch & re-watch them within 30 days.

If I share my computer with a person, is buying one ticket enough?

No. You are not paying for the computer access but for the knowledge that the facilitators and artists are distributing. Please respect that knowledge has a worth and should be compensated.

I am all alone at the moment and have no partner. Does it still make sense to participate?

Absolutely. There will be a variety of topics and skills and not all of them require a partner. You can learn a lot even just by listening and watching or trying things on yourself. We will also provide knowledge and possibilities for self-tying & suspension and other solo practices.

Welcome to Queerope 2024! This year we are bringing back the warm-up sessions to ease into the conference but also take really good care of our bodies, energy, and mental health. For most sessions – like this one – Caritia will be your gentle guide.

This session will help you orientate yourself and also get to know the other participants. We will talk about hopes and expectations, how to navigate the massive amount of input, and find you a conference buddy. If you ask us, this might be THE most important warm-up session to attend!

Details:

Format: warm-up session

Minimum Knowledge Level: –

What to Bring: yourself

Solo or Partnered: any constellation

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

This self-tying/ self-suspension workshop explores alternative bondage narratives by integrating material/ plastic into the tie (dry plastic bags/waste). Carefully chosen ‘waste’ in terms of color, size, sensual texture, and meaning. It probably needs a moment to enter a playful, devoted relationship with this material and oneself.

The long-duration self-tie allows for taking pleasure in sensual resilience, adapting to the plastic and its sounds. For the outside the scene gives space for questions: around the dynamic between un-/organic material, consumption/printed bags or boxes, or ‘expiry date’ of food packaging surrounding ‘bound flesh’.

In terms of rope technique, we will work with (partial-) suspension on rings or on bamboo. Plus a supporting surface such as a thin bamboo, a piece of plastic/wood to place the main weight on.

Details:

Format: hands-on workshop

Minimum Knowledge Level: Intermediate level. Participants should be firm with suspendable column ties and a suspendable futomomo. If they want to suspend themself they need to be familiar with locking of uplines on themselves. Otherwise, I suggest following along but staying on the ground, or using safe half-suspension.

What to Bring: 7-12 ropes. If you like to suspend and if available more than one suspension point. Plastic: white /colorful shopping plastic bags (like the ones for veggies from the market).
Dry food packaging from noodles/rice/veggies. Can also be handbags, disposable raincoats that can rip, and colorful garbage. It could also be many yoga mats or blankets, some material you like to deal with. A bamboo, wood, or metal barre to sit on. Going out with a friend and picking some in the street (which is not too yucky) can be fun and a nice preparation.
Basically many of the same, and what is visually interesting for you. Some music if you like. For safety friend or phone, and scissors.

Solo or Partnered: solo but partnered would work, too

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

In this class, we will take a general look at the big terms of kink and sexuality with a focus on ropes and we will see how we can reshape our views on them.

This class is not about destroying modes of relating to each other but rather opening up those modes such that there is room for new ways.

Details:

Format: Discussion

Minimum Knowledge Level: –

What to Bring: curiosity

Solo or Partnered: any constellation

Class recording: yes

This discussion will be recorded (only the facilitators, not the participants), however, we choose to leave some non-recorded space at the end where participants can discuss more intimate questions. The recording is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

Tying can be straining and can cause actual injuries over time. Join this session for tips on warming up, rope handling, posture, and lifting.

You don’t want to stop tying in 10 years because of fucked up joints, so get the knowledge in while you still can!

Details:

Format: workshop, lecture, intervention

Minimum Knowledge Level: –

What to Bring: Bring your ropes and someone or something to practice on.

Solo or Partnered: all constellations work

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

This workshop will start with picking some specific needs from the participants regarding difficulties with the TK.

Through Benoît’s technical knowledge and Noémie’s awareness of anatomy, we will try to go through various tips and variations and harness buildings to give everyone the keys to create their own experiments and find adaptations and solutions.

The idea is also to give models the understanding of what would work better for them and to give people tying the tools to make it happen.

Details:

Format: discussion, demonstration

Minimum Knowledge Level: These prerequisites will make the discussion easier to follow, but are not absolute requirements, as there will not be a real “hands-on” part in this workshop.
For people getting tied: having experience with TKs / gotes. Even better if they tried different types and have an idea about their preferences or difficulties.
For people tying : as I won’t go into TK basics, it will be better if you have technical knowledge about one high-hands / stemless / V-shapes TK, and one mid-hands / stemmed / T-shaped TK.

What to Bring: Your partner and one or two ropes if you want to try some of the things during the workshop, but in any case, if you really want to profit from this class, you’ll have to experiment on your own later. So, mostly: a notebook and a pen, or your favorite notes app.

Solo or Partnered: partnered, if you want to tie along, any constellation for watching

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

QUEEROPE 2023 is a 5-day virtual conference for mostly shibari/kinbaku/Japanese-inspired bondage that is exclusively for LGBTQIA+ people and womên.

We welcome all roles (rigger/tops, model/bottoms, switches, etc.), all knowledge levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced), and all styles to this gathering that aims to bring queer & female-identifying practitioners together to celebrate their love for rope and exchange knowledge and experiences.

Lineup Thursday:

12 pm – 1.30 pm CET: Shibari Spa (Dasniya Sommer)

1.45 pm – 3.45 pm CET: Introduction to Floor Bamboo (Ivy Limieux)

4 pm – 6 pm CET: Community Building on a Budget: Creating Affordable and Inclusive Kink Practice (Akhsa Kezia)

6.15 pm – 8.15 pm CET:  Tying in Toys (Sophia Rose & René de Sans)

8.30 pm – 10.30 pm CET:  Rope as You Are (NikoKBK & Raph)

Day Pass:

50 Euros per day pass.

A day pass is valid for one person for the entire conference day and includes access to the recordings of the day’s classes for 30 days after the event.

For a full conference ticket, please go here.

FAQ:

How do you define “LGBTQIA+” & “womên”?

LGBTQIA+ describes the full spectrum of non-mainstream sexual orientation and/or gender identity meaning: lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, non-binary, genderqueer/fluid, queer, intersex, asexual, aromantic, and agender.

Womên describes people who identify themselves as female in their gender identity. People who fit this category can be part of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum or not. We created this category specifically to indicate that we also invite cisgender, heterosexual womên.

The word is our own creation and serves as a replacement for the word “womxn” which is now being (ab)used for transmisogynist statements. The ^ in womên represents a marker (similar to the “x” in womxn) that emphasizes that womênhood is an intersectional umbrella term that holds many different people and experiences and is not biologically predetermined.

I am not LGBTQIA+ and not a womên, can I still attend?

No, please respect that this particular event is not for you. There are lots of other events you can attend. But Queerope one is solely for people of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum & womên.

I cannot afford the ticket but would love to join. What do I do?

Send us a message via info@karada-house.de. If we have pay-it-forward tickets available we will make them available to you. If we don’t we will put you on a waiting list or see what else we can do. Either way, we will find a way.

What platform do you use for the virtual conference?

We need to use Zoom as it is the only platform available that is affordable and stable enough for bigger groups. Please make sure you can fulfill the requirements for Zoom from your side to have a satisfactory experience.  We will do our best to make the zoom calls safe by engaging all possible security features. You do not have to turn your camera on and you can use any name you like.

The times don’t always work for me / I cannot attend everything I want…

That is why we will make recordings available to you, so you can watch & re-watch them within 30 days.

If I share my computer with a person, is buying one ticket enough?

No. You are not paying for the computer access but for the knowledge that the facilitators and artists are distributing. Please respect that knowledge has a worth and should be compensated.

I am all alone at the moment and have no partner. Does it still make sense to participate?

Absolutely. There will be a variety of topics and skills and not all of them require a partner. You can learn a lot even just by listening and watching or trying things on yourself. We will also provide knowledge and possibilities for self-tying & suspension and other solo practices.

Join in this session to explore 3 simple exercises to create more fluidity when tying – together we will warm up our body, brains, hands, and fingers for tying and being tied.

Details:

Format: warm-up session

Minimum Knowledge Level: –

What to Bring: rope, a body

Solo or Partnered: any constellation

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

This class is geared towards those who are interested in learning how to incorporate bamboo into floor ties.

We’ll cover different types of rope attachments for the bamboo to the body. Exploration of body position and movement with bamboo attached, followed by demos of supportive, predicament, and challenging floor ties with bamboo as an integral component.

Details:

Format: hands-on workshop, demonstration

Minimum Knowledge Level: Knowledge of single-column and double-column ties.

What to Bring: At least 3 lengths of rope and 1-2 four-six foot (1.20m – 1.80m) lengths of bamboo (or bamboo equivalent) of you wish to tie along.

Solo or Partnered: any constellation if you watch, paired if you want to tie along

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

In this session, we delve into the world of Shibari and BDSM, exploring how to make these practices affordable and inclusive, particularly in regions with limited financial resources.

We’ll uncover innovative strategies for establishing and nurturing BDSM and Shibari communities that embrace everyone, regardless of their budget. Discover how to adapt your practice to the unique challenges and opportunities found in rural or less urbanized areas. We’ll encourage you to connect with your surroundings and cultural influences to enrich your Kink journey, using locally available materials to make it uniquely yours. This session is a must-attend for anyone seeking to enjoy Shibari and BDSM within the confines of a budget while celebrating the rich diversity of different regions and communities.

Details:

Format: discussion, demonstration. performance

Minimum Knowledge Level: Know about basic safety and consent framework.

What to Bring: if you like, bring your locally sources items and materials

Solo or Partnered: any constellation

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

Sometimes rope isn’t the appetizer it’s the main dish

This class offers you practical skills on how to simply and effectively incorporate sex toys into rope. Demonstrations include DIY strap-on harnesses, hands-free vibrators, how to incorporate anal hooks into positions and ties, butt plug panties – and crotch ropes for every body!

Happy victim in Sophia’s ropes: René de Sans

Details:

Format: demonstration

Minimum Knowledge Level: Single-column tie, some basic rope handling, and basic frictions (reverse tension)

What to Bring:  Rope 2-3 lengths, whichever toys you like to use! The more unique the better – dildos, butt plugs, vibrators, anal hooks, etc.

Solo or Partnered: any constellation

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

An approach for all skills levels in which the model is caught in the ropes while dressed.
The clothes merge with the ropes to become supports and tools such as floor work to semi-suspension.

Details:

Format: hands-on workshop

Minimum Knowledge Level: floor work: lark’s head, single column tie, tension, basic frictions / semi-suspension: tension line management

What to Bring: clothes (top/shorts/pants) ready to get tied up / floor work: 3-4 ropes / semi-suspension: 6-7 ropes

Solo or Partnered: any constellation for watching, partnered if you want to tie along

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

QUEEROPE 2024 is a 5-day virtual conference for mostly shibari/kinbaku/Japanese-inspired bondage that is exclusively for LGBTQIA+ people and womên.

We welcome all roles (rigger/tops, model/bottoms, switches, etc.), all knowledge levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced), and all styles to this gathering that aims to bring queer & female-identifying practitioners together to celebrate their love for rope and exchange knowledge and experiences.

Lineup Friday:

12 pm – 1.30 pm CET: Rope Flow (Sophia Rose)

1.45 pm – 3.45 pm CET: Rope & Photography (René de Sans with Sophia)

4 pm – 6 pm CET: Potato Sacks and Body Management (Ceci Ferox & René de Sans)

6.15 pm – 8.15 pm CET:  Quick Shot (NikoKBK & Raph)

8.30 pm – 10.30 pm CET:  Rope Moods (Caritia)

Day Pass:

50 Euros per day pass.

A day pass is valid for one person for the entire conference day and includes access to the recordings of the day’s classes for 30 days after the event.

For a full conference ticket, please go here.

FAQ:

How do you define “LGBTQIA+” & “womên”?

LGBTQIA+ describes the full spectrum of non-mainstream sexual orientation and/or gender identity meaning: lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, non-binary, genderqueer/fluid, queer, intersex, asexual, aromantic, and agender.

Womên describes people who identify themselves as female in their gender identity. People who fit this category can be part of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum or not. We created this category specifically to indicate that we also invite cisgender, heterosexual womên.

The word is our own creation and serves as a replacement for the word “womxn” which is now being (ab)used for transmisogynist statements. The ^ in womên represents a marker (similar to the “x” in womxn) that emphasizes that womênhood is an intersectional umbrella term that holds many different people and experiences and is not biologically predetermined.

I am not LGBTQIA+ and not a womên, can I still attend?

No, please respect that this particular event is not for you. There are lots of other events you can attend. But Queerope one is solely for people of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum & womên.

I cannot afford the ticket but would love to join. What do I do?

Send us a message via info@karada-house.de. If we have pay-it-forward tickets available we will make them available to you. If we don’t we will put you on a waiting list or see what else we can do. Either way, we will find a way.

What platform do you use for the virtual conference?

We need to use Zoom as it is the only platform available that is affordable and stable enough for bigger groups. Please make sure you can fulfill the requirements for Zoom from your side to have a satisfactory experience.  We will do our best to make the zoom calls safe by engaging all possible security features. You do not have to turn your camera on and you can use any name you like.

The times don’t always work for me / I cannot attend everything I want…

That is why we will make recordings available to you, so you can watch & re-watch them within 30 days.

If I share my computer with a person, is buying one ticket enough?

No. You are not paying for the computer access but for the knowledge that the facilitators and artists are distributing. Please respect that knowledge has a worth and should be compensated.

I am all alone at the moment and have no partner. Does it still make sense to participate?

Absolutely. There will be a variety of topics and skills and not all of them require a partner. You can learn a lot even just by listening and watching or trying things on yourself. We will also provide knowledge and possibilities for self-tying & suspension and other solo practices.

The idea is to balance the physical restriction with a warming stone massage. Or, to mirror possible calmness of the mind in shibari on the somatic level. I am not an expert in ritualistic stone massage but a big fan of combining massage and ropework in general.

This workshop invites participants into a deep relaxation session.

Details:

Format: warm-up session

Minimum Knowledge Level: A few harnesses for playful bed bondage.

What to Bring: 7-8 ropes, flat stones (it can be specific basalt stones but also other non-scratchy stones). Oil and hot water which can be heated up during the session.

Solo or Partnered: any constellation

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

Photography stands as one of Shibari’s most influential art forms, tracing its roots from the first black-and-white photographs in Japan’s Kitan Club magazine to the contemporary works of artists like Nobuyoshi Araki and Norio Sugiura. However, it also serves as one of the most deceptive mediums for depicting Shibari, often leading to misunderstandings and complications. Carefully selected perspectives create an illusion of flawlessness, turning painful body positions into serene, highly stylized elegance. Risky restraints, primarily intended for visual impact, sometimes find their way into actual tying sessions. Moreover, standardized body types become the norm, fostering the belief that adhering to an ideal physique is necessary for enjoying Shibari.

In the first segment of this class, René de Sans and Sophia Rose will critically examine photography’s role in Shibari, discussing various examples. Subsequently, they will lead participants through a lively and interactive photo session, where they become photographers themselves.

Details:

Format: hands-on workshop/demonstration

Minimum Knowledge Level:–

What to Bring: –

Solo or Partnered: any

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

This is a workshop on “passive” bottoming for all body shapes. We will figure out when to relax, when to support your own body, and when to help the person tying you. The intention of the workshop is to make potato sacking possible for everyone and to find pleasure in taking space.

Demo-rigger. René de Sans

Details:

Format: hands-on workshop/demonstration

Minimum Knowledge Level:  If you want to actively participate, you need to have some experience being in suspensions.

What to Bring: Rope if they would like to tie along, and participate with a partner.

Solo or Partnered: any constellation for watching, partnered if you want to tie along

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

Image by Välke Unelma

Details:

Format: hands-on workshop

Minimum Knowledge Level:  people tying:: TK as Gorgone’s or Naka’s style and confident with tension lines management, person getting tied:: be familiar with a suspended TK
(the practice also works with a front-hand harness)

What to Bring: 9 ropes / 4-5 symmetrical 0 or pear-shaped carabiners/swivel (optional)

Solo or Partnered: any constellation for watching, partnered if you want to tie along

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

Details:

Format: hands-on workshop/demonstration

Minimum Knowledge Level: single-column tie, tension/counter tension, and questions they may have.

What to Bring: 3 ropes minimum

Solo or Partnered: any constellation

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

QUEEROPE 2024 is a 5-day virtual conference for mostly shibari/kinbaku/Japanese-inspired bondage that is exclusively for LGBTQIA+ people and womên.

We welcome all roles (rigger/tops, model/bottoms, switches, etc.), all knowledge levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced), and all styles to this gathering that aims to bring queer & female-identifying practitioners together to celebrate their love for rope and exchange knowledge and experiences.

Lineup Saturday:

12 pm – 1.30 pm CET:  BIPOC Community Building Space with Kinky Colorful Conscious (Ivy Limieux) – BIPOC, only!

1.45 pm – 3.45 pm CET: Anapanasati Neo Ritual Performance (Yada Kaewburee)

4 pm – 6 pm CET:  TBA Web Shibari 3D Tying

6.15 pm – 8.15 pm CET:  Adapting Rope (Caritia)

8.30 pm – 10.30 pm CET:  Global Rope Jam (Sophia Rose & Ghost Acres)

Day Pass:

50 Euros per day pass.

A day pass is valid for one person for the entire conference day and includes access to the recordings of the day’s classes for 30 days after the event.

For a full conference ticket, please go here.

FAQ:

How do you define “LGBTQIA+” & “womên”?

LGBTQIA+ describes the full spectrum of non-mainstream sexual orientation and/or gender identity meaning: lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, non-binary, genderqueer/fluid, queer, intersex, asexual, aromantic, and agender.

Womên describes people who identify themselves as female in their gender identity. People who fit this category can be part of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum or not. We created this category specifically to indicate that we also invite cisgender, heterosexual womên.

The word is our own creation and serves as a replacement for the word “womxn” which is now being (ab)used for transmisogynist statements. The ^ in womên represents a marker (similar to the “x” in womxn) that emphasizes that womênhood is an intersectional umbrella term that holds many different people and experiences and is not biologically predetermined.

I am not LGBTQIA+ and not a womên, can I still attend?

No, please respect that this particular event is not for you. There are lots of other events you can attend. But Queerope one is solely for people of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum & womên.

I cannot afford the ticket but would love to join. What do I do?

Send us a message via info@karada-house.de. If we have pay-it-forward tickets available we will make them available to you. If we don’t we will put you on a waiting list or see what else we can do. Either way, we will find a way.

What platform do you use for the virtual conference?

We need to use Zoom as it is the only platform available that is affordable and stable enough for bigger groups. Please make sure you can fulfill the requirements for Zoom from your side to have a satisfactory experience.  We will do our best to make the zoom calls safe by engaging all possible security features. You do not have to turn your camera on and you can use any name you like.

The times don’t always work for me / I cannot attend everything I want…

That is why we will make recordings available to you, so you can watch & re-watch them within 30 days.

If I share my computer with a person, is buying one ticket enough?

No. You are not paying for the computer access but for the knowledge that the facilitators and artists are distributing. Please respect that knowledge has a worth and should be compensated.

I am all alone at the moment and have no partner. Does it still make sense to participate?

Absolutely. There will be a variety of topics and skills and not all of them require a partner. You can learn a lot even just by listening and watching or trying things on yourself. We will also provide knowledge and possibilities for self-tying & suspension and other solo practices.

Creating a space for Queer BIPOC attendees to meet, share and hold the specific container and led prompted discussions around community building, event production, and class formation from our unique perspectives as BIPOC kinksters.

Open to those who identify as Black, Indigenous, a person of color, or mixed race 

Details:

Format: warm-up session

Minimum Knowledge Level: –

What to Bring: –

Solo or Partnered: any constellation

Class recording: no

ANA = Inhale, PANA = exhale, SATI =Consciousness because metaphysics is present in daily life

Details:

Format: performance

Minimum Knowledge Level: –

What to Bring: –

Solo or Partnered: any constellation

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

In this demonstration, hua hua will be playing with 3-dimensional spaces to create a Shibari session. This style of Shibari is influenced by her studies with Hajime Kinoko. Adapting web Shibari to flow as a full Shibari session, hua hua will explain the technical aspects of building a web and also suggestions on how to use space, direction, and suspension lines to build a scene.

Details:

Format: lecture & demonstration

Minimum Knowledge Level:  none

What to Bring: –

Solo or Partnered: any constellation

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

Caritia continues to find rope rather ableist in nature, with many not considering how creating accommodations for differing bodies and abilities is a super fun practice. Let’s work together to discover ways to encourage more diversity in and with rope.

Details:

Format: workshop & demonstration

Minimum Knowledge Level: Participants need to know how to tie a single-column tie, a lark’s head, and tension/counter-tension

What to Bring: 3 ropes or more, a chair or objects they wish to include in a tie. Questions around an adaptation that they are struggling with.

Solo or Partnered: any constellation, if you want to tie along you need a partner

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

This session is us all just jamming together. The global rope jam will have a small intro by Sophia Rose and Ghost Acres will provide a live soundtrack based on the movement, flow, and energies you provide to him with your amazing sessions. Turn your cameras on and jam with the world!

Details:

Format: rope jam

Minimum Knowledge Level: –

What to Bring: –

Solo or Partnered: all constellations welcome

Class recording: no

QUEEROPE 2024 is a 5-day virtual conference for mostly shibari/kinbaku/Japanese-inspired bondage that is exclusively for LGBTQIA+ people and womên.

We welcome all roles (rigger/tops, model/bottoms, switches, etc.), all knowledge levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced), and all styles to this gathering that aims to bring queer & female-identifying practitioners together to celebrate their love for rope and exchange knowledge and experiences.

Lineup Sunday:

12 pm – 1.30 pm CET: Is Rope Therapy? (Violet Bights)

1.45 pm – 3.45 pm CET: Transitions. On the Floor! (Yada Kaewburee)

4 pm – 6 pm CET: Experimental Rope, Experimental Intimacy (Barkas & Addie)

6.15 pm – 8.15 pm CET: Flirting with Sexual Tension (Nana & roo)

8.30 pm – 10.30 pm CET:  A Funny Approach to Semenawa, a performance (Benoît Descordes and Noémie Knot_NiDi)

Day Pass:

50 Euros per day pass.

A day pass is valid for one person for the entire conference day and includes access to the recordings of the day’s classes for 30 days after the event.

For a full conference ticket, please go here.

FAQ:

How do you define “LGBTQIA+” & “womên”?

LGBTQIA+ describes the full spectrum of non-mainstream sexual orientation and/or gender identity meaning: lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, non-binary, genderqueer/fluid, queer, intersex, asexual, aromantic, and agender.

Womên describes people who identify themselves as female in their gender identity. People who fit this category can be part of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum or not. We created this category specifically to indicate that we also invite cisgender, heterosexual womên.

The word is our own creation and serves as a replacement for the word “womxn” which is now being (ab)used for transmisogynist statements. The ^ in womên represents a marker (similar to the “x” in womxn) that emphasizes that womênhood is an intersectional umbrella term that holds many different people and experiences and is not biologically predetermined.

I am not LGBTQIA+ and not a womên, can I still attend?

No, please respect that this particular event is not for you. There are lots of other events you can attend. But Queerope one is solely for people of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum & womên.

I cannot afford the ticket but would love to join. What do I do?

Send us a message via info@karada-house.de. If we have pay-it-forward tickets available we will make them available to you. If we don’t we will put you on a waiting list or see what else we can do. Either way, we will find a way.

What platform do you use for the virtual conference?

We need to use Zoom as it is the only platform available that is affordable and stable enough for bigger groups. Please make sure you can fulfill the requirements for Zoom from your side to have a satisfactory experience.  We will do our best to make the zoom calls safe by engaging all possible security features. You do not have to turn your camera on and you can use any name you like.

The times don’t always work for me / I cannot attend everything I want…

That is why we will make recordings available to you, so you can watch & re-watch them within 30 days.

If I share my computer with a person, is buying one ticket enough?

No. You are not paying for the computer access but for the knowledge that the facilitators and artists are distributing. Please respect that knowledge has a worth and should be compensated.

I am all alone at the moment and have no partner. Does it still make sense to participate?

Absolutely. There will be a variety of topics and skills and not all of them require a partner. You can learn a lot even just by listening and watching or trying things on yourself. We will also provide knowledge and possibilities for self-tying & suspension and other solo practices.

What’s the deal with Instagram influencers selling packages for trauma recovery through rope bondage sessions? Is it “okay” to call rope therapy? What’s the difference between therapy and therapeutic? Led by a licensed therapist and rope switch, Violet Bights, this evidence-based presentation and group discussion will explore all the current hot takes.

Details:

Format: warm-up session

Minimum Knowledge Level: –

What to Bring: –

Solo or Partnered: any constellation

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

This workshop will be looking at how to make tying transitions on the floor seamless and fluid. we will go through step by step breakdown of the floor transitions and sequence.

Details:

Format: workshop & demo

Minimum Knowledge Level: –

What to Bring: ropes

Solo or Partnered: any constellation

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

In this class, we will deconstruct the concept of intimacy and look for a new way of relating to each other with the help of ropes. Not the patterns and techniques are experimental but what they are used for is.

Details:

Format: discussion, lecture & demonstration

Minimum Knowledge Level: –

What to Bring: –

Solo or Partnered: any constellation

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

In the context of this workshop, sexual tension means approaching the eroticism of rope bondage without the expectation or goal of genital play or explicit sex. The content will focus on finding pleasure and sensuality in positions and touch, restriction and helplessness, and in looking and being looked at.

We will play with exposure, a bit of undressing, and some good old crotch rope. Other than that, genital play is not part of this workshop. This restriction serves two purposes: it creates a shared boundary for this collective setting, while also celebrating the non-explicit with the aim of freeing the imagination.

Details:

Format: hands-on workshop & demonstration

Minimum Knowledge Level: The workshop will focus on a few classical positions, easily tied on the floor. If you wish to include uplines in your tying, you should have some previous experience in floor-based semi-suspensions. To do exercises hands-on, you should participate with someone(s) who you can negotiate and explore erotic themes with, be vulnerable with, and be accountable with. You can always re-negotiate your boundaries and opt out of exercises if you need to. Switching roles is possible between exercises.

What to Bring: Those tying: ropes, a blindfold, and optional suspension gear. Those being tied: clothing that is right for you in terms of mood, comfort zone, and exploring sexual tension. Make sure to wear enough clothing that you are comfortable with being undressed a little.

Solo or Partnered: any constellation, partnered if you wanna tie along

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

Benoît and Noémie will perform a scene including their favorite ingredients: laugh and struggle.
A journey from a playful and dynamic harness building to a powerless and scary situation. With all of Benoît’s abilities to play with rhythms and energies to create surprise and apprehension.
For this queerope, we will experiment with music and video, to get the most out of the online setup we have to use.

Content Warning: Rope pressure on non-visible genitalia, heavy breathplay, neck rope.

Details:

Format: performance

Minimum Knowledge Level: –

What to Bring: –

Solo or Partnered: any constellation

Class recording: yes

This class will be recorded (only the facilitator, not the participants) and is available for ticket holders for 30 days after the event.

This after-care session follows the tradition of the former Queerope conferences. After 5 days full of workshops, discussions, performances we offer this space for after-care. Let’s talk about the things and emotions that came up for you. Let’s reflect on the conference. Let’s take this time to be together one last time before we go back to everyday life. Until the next Queerope! <3

Details:

Format: hang out.

Minimum Knowledge Level: the only thing you need to know is that you are awesome.

What to Bring: yourself

Solo or Partnered: all constellations welcome

Class recording: no! (what happens at the after care stays with the after care.