Facilitated by artist and ropeworker Luke George - ROPETIMES is a workshop in rope bondage and navigating intimacy, pleasure and consent
From beginner to the experienced, this workshop is open to anyone who wants to learn, practice, connect and play.
Rope is a sensitive and dynamic material. It can act like a conductor between bodies where energy, pleasure and power is exchanged. An art form and a form of play, rope bondage is a dynamic relational practice that involves a heightened sense of touch and sensitive mutual listening between the giver and the receiver, as they communicate their consent, trust, empathy and pleasure to each other. Discover what works for you and your partner/s.
What to expect
FOUNDATIONS
In the ROPETIMES workshops, Luke teaches foundation principles and techniques of rope bondage. You’ll learn the foundation knots and ties to get you started on your rope journey alongside a strong focus on touch, intimacy, communication, pleasure, safety and consent between you and your rope-partner - building sensation, trust and the dynamic connection between Rigger (Dom) and bunny (sub).
PARTICIPATING AND PARTNERS
With an emphasis on care and creating a safe and comfortable space for all participants, Luke invites people of all genders and gender-non-conforming, sexualities, ages (18+), cultural backgrounds, and interests to participate. Whilst Luke encourages participants to come with a rope-partner, it is not essential – please just let us know if you require a rope-partner when purchasing your ticket. Rope is provided for the workshop.
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DATE AND TIME
Sat 23rd - Sun 24th April
11:00am - 6:00pm each day
LOCATION
Temperance Hall
199 Napier Street
South Melbourne
DURATION
7 hours per day
(including lunch break)
ACCESSIBILITY
Wheelchair accessible
SCHEDULE AND BREAKDOWN
DAY 1
Morning:
- Introductions and intentions
- Protocols and safety
- Warm up: body, sensation and awareness
- Foundation knots: column ties and frictions
- Practice, play and exploration: self-tie, partner-tie
Afternoon:
- Touch and listening exercises: Consent, observation, communication and trust
- More knots, more rope: Connecting rope, locking rope, finishing ties.
- Practice, play and exploration: Partner-ties, improvisation, adding rope, binding, restraint, sensation, care and release.
- Reflection and discussion
DAY 2
Morning:
- Reflection and revision from Day 1
- Warm up: body, sensation and awareness
- Learn to tie the ankles and legs: cinches, ladder tie, frog tie/futomomo variations.
- Practice and play: self and partners
- Touch exercises: taking weight, giving weight, standing and floor, moving with each other's bodies, manoeuvring your bunny's body, pace, sensation, movement, stillness, breath.
Afternoon:
- Learn to tie the wrists, arms and chest (arms in front/behind, Takate Kote)
- Practice and play: self and partners
- Design a rope-scene together with your partner – desires, needs, boundaries and communication protocols
- Open play session: partner rope-scenes
- After care
- Reflection and discussion
Click the button to book or call Temperance Hall (03) 9645 9937
ACCESS AND SAFETY
- Your safety is our priority: all participants will be required to show proof of vaccination on arrival at Temperance Hall.
- The event will take place inside.
- The venue is wheelchair accessible
- Bathrooms are for all-genders and wheelchair accessible
- In conjunction with the course content, this workshop focuses on physical touch with others (under the motivation of respecting non-harassment)
- You will have the opportunity to state what interests you or not. You do not have to do anything you are not comfortable with.
- Sexual Contact is not expected (especially when unsolicited by others)
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR
An award winning and highly commissioned and presented artist and kink educator and performer, Luke George is a visual and performance artist and ropeworker. Based in Naarm (Melbourne), his work takes him across Australia, Asia, Europe and North America where he performs, installs, teaches and ties. Luke is passionate about sex positivity and how exploring pleasure can unshackle us from shame. With a particular focus on queer people, Luke creates safe environments for consenting adults to explore touch, intimacy and BDSM, based on a foundation of mutual respect. Luke believes that exploring intimacy with ourselves and with each other, is a radical and necessary action in the world today and that pleasure is good for you.
lukegeorge.net
IG/FB: @lukeandgeorge
Click the button to book or call Temperance Hall (03) 9645 9937
ROPETIMES is created and facilitated by Temperance Hall's Artistic Associate, Luke George, as part of the Care Tactics 2021-23 program of workshops, screenings, talks and artistic development. Find out more HERE.
Temperance Hall acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land in which we dance and create, the Bunurong Boon Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation, and pay our respect to Elders both past and present and, through them, to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.