Ropetimes
Workshop Artist/Facilitator: Luke George
Workshop History:
Midsumma Festival, Abbotsford Convent Jan 2022
Gaytimes Festival 2018, 2020, 2022
Temperance Hall Nov 2019
Photography: J Davies
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, these workshops are 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 aesthetic 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.
From beginner to the experienced, each workshop varies in duration and amount of territory covered, every workshop is open to anyone who wants to learn, practice and play.
ROPETIMES Workshops:
XS - 1 hour
S - 3 hours
M - full day
L - 2 day immersion (weekend)
XL - 1 month series (once a week workshops)
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).
With an emphasis on care and creating a safe space and comfortable for all participants, Luke invites people of all genders and gender-non-conforming, sexualities, ages (18+), cultural backgrounds and interests to participate.
Come with a partner to rope with or meet someone at the workshop. It's encouraged for participants to come with a rope-partner, but not essential. If you need to be paired at the workshop, just let us know when you buy your ticket. Rope provided for the workshop.
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.
