Sex Education II: Play

With the lecture-performance Play, the artists venture into the field of sexual practices in urban slang also known as kink. Play is based on interviews with women who practice BDSM (bondage, discipline, domination, submission, sadism and masochism) and other unconventional practices, and whose sexual behaviour is either monogamous or non-monogamous. Such practices are still stigmatised in society as something perverse. While they are increasingly depicted in pop culture, their representation is almost always sloppy. Moreover, the very liminality of these practices actually increases the risk of abuse. It might therefore surprise many people to learn that practitioners actually emphasise self-care and care of others and focus on longer and deeper relationships, awareness of social roles, distance, ethical reflection, solidarity and creativity.