“Creativity in Gote” International Workshop

Advanced – Kirigami – Special Gote – TK – Advanced – Kirigami – 22/23 Nov

With Kirigami & Tenshiko from Milano

The workshop

Workshop

• Gote is more than a shape.
• Gote is a topos in Japanese culture. Being “gote” -literally “hands behind”- means to be forestalled, deprived of initiative.
• In traditional Japanese games “gote” is the player who makes the second move, after “sente” has played.
• During this workshop we will not talk about the pattern of any specific gote.
• We will analyze the general structure of any tie securing the hands behind the back.
• We will learn to create and improvise different bindings for different bodies, different types of load (torsions, verticals, backbends…) and different contexts.
• During this workshop we will not talk about the pattern of any specific gote. We will analyze the general structure of any tie securing the hands behind the back. We will learn to create and improvise different bindings for different bodies, different types of load (torsions, verticals, backbends…) and different contexts.
• To do so it will be necessary to tie different people. All the participants, tops and bottoms, wll be required to swap partners during the class. Each swap must be agreed by all parties involved. The success of the workshop is important, but the physical and emotional well being of all the participants is obviously more important.
• Practitioners all over Europe are fascinated by the old school aesthetics of an unstructured gote. We will explore the possbilities and the risks associated with a less formal way of tying the arms, trying to maintain the priciples of traditional Japanese aesthetics in place.
• During this workshop we will not talk about the pattern of any specific gote. We will analyze the general structure of any tie securing the hands behind the back. We will learn to create and improvise different bindings for different bodies, different types of load (torsions, verticals, backbends…) and different contexts.
• To do so it will be necessary to tie different people. All the participants, tops and bottoms, wll be required to swap partners during the class. Each swap must be agreed by all parties involved. The success of the workshop is important, but the physical and emotional well being of all the participants is obviously more important.
• Practitioners all over Europe are fascinated by the old school aesthetics of an unstructured gote. We will explore the possbilities and the risks associated with a less formal way of tying the arms, trying to maintain the priciples of traditional Japanese aesthetics in place.

Requested

Rigger

• You must be able to make a  TK
• You must have some basic experience with suspensions
• You must have good communication and rope
• You must have good rope handling

Model

• Good communication with the rigger
• You have basic experience with suspensions
• Please wear easy-fitting clothes.

What to bring

• 8 to 10 jute ropes of about 8 m. If you do not have these you can purchase them on site. Please indicate this in advance.
• A large towel or mat to rig on. (e.g. 2 x 1 m or better still something bigger).
• Your energy

Teachers Kirigami & Tenshiko Milano

• Kirigami and Tenshiko are a couple both in ropes and in life.
  They have been teaching and performing in different European cities since 2012.
• In 2016 they opened School of Rope Milano, where they teach traditional bondage three times a week to local students and foreign visitors.
• Their rope is inspired by the most traditional Japanese style bondage, with an eclectic approach encompassing both private sessioning and photography.

Date & Venue

• From 13 to 19h Saturday
• From 11 to 17h Sunday
• Lennik (Just next to Brussels)
• Free parking next to the Corneum Dojo
• Floor heating & Airconditioning
• Water, tea, coffee and fruit are free of charge

Important

• Tickets are non-refundable (unless cancelled due to too few participants). However, we can find someone else interested in your ticket.
• Alcohol, drugs or narcotics are strictly prohibited.