We are starting the year with a brand new festival, to bring our community together, to have lots of fun and learning, to look forward into bodies and take sweetness in tortions, bendings, restrictions shutting the eyes and ears, to sense rope that is handled by lovers and friends. We are organising because we would like to hang out with people who are interested in the practice of rope bondage, with a perspective of connecting bodies, creating a conversation among each other by using the rope, and escalating the intimacy of the conversation with intentions. Our shared interest in sex, sexuality and sexuality beyond the binaries will take the shape of the festival.
There will be 3 workshops and 5 performances during the festival. The workshop givers and performers will be announced soon through our social media accounts.
The Amsterdam Mini Shibari festival is our attempt as a neighborhood venue to increase the visibility of LGBTQI+ programming in the Nieuw-West. We keep a certain number of community tickets for the neighbourhood queers so that they can come at discounted prices. Organising this event costs a lot, due to the fees of all facilitators, teachers and performers, models, and the cost of building the space suitable for this festival. Hence we are aware of the expensive “Amsterdam” ticket prices. If you can not afford it and want to be in the space, write to us, and we might try to find possibilities.->aysenur@lolalieven.nl
Program;
Program for the workshops
09:30 – 10:20 Doors Open
10:20 – 11:50 Workshop 1
12:00 – 13:30 Workshop 2
14:30 – 16:00 Workshop 3
16:00 – 18:00 Free Tying
Break
Program for the performances;
20:00 – 20:30 Doors open
20:30 – 23:00 Performances
24:00 – End of the event
Policy;
We do not tolerate racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, islamophobia, or sexism in the space of Lola Lieven. During the festival, there will be space holding people to reach if any discomfort happens. Please don’t wait and get us in time so we can handle it while you are still there, we can handle it as discreetly as possible according to your wishes.
We facilitate cross-cultural and transpersonal spaces. As a neighbourhood venue, we stand for our streets and neighbors. We are very aware of the gentrification in the area we are located in, and we address that in the multiple events and organizations we facilitate. We also give the space to the community to organise their events for free, for their visibility.
Things to keep in mind
Ropes will be provided during the festival; however, if you have your ropes, bring them. Two to three 8-metre ropes will be enough for the workshops. If you like to tie in the free tying, you can use our ropes as well as your ropes.
Coming without a partner is fine. You will be matched with someone else coming alone in the workshops and participants are encouraged to switch i.e. to tie and get tied.
Refund:
Tickets can only be reimbursed if cancelled no later than 24 hours before the start of the class and cannot be transferred to the next one because of logistical difficulties. Email aysenur@lolalieven.nl if you are experiencing difficulties with the refund.
Volunteers;
We will need 6 volunteers for the Shibari festival. Email us about volunteering at the festival, aysenur@lolalieven.nl
If you would like to receive updates about the Shibari classes, events and meet-ups we organize outside the Shibari festival, you can join the whatsapp group for our community.
https://chat.whatsapp.com/KrESIusVfmbKTVNFe7skfa