The Play Lab is a dedicated space for experimentation that exists on the edge of our understanding 

The Play Lab is a new platform at House of Play where we invite a select group of creators to step into the unknown through a series of shared lab experiments for a six-month period, all centred around one question.

It’s a space where the focus isn’t on achieving perfection—or having “a good time” for that matter. In fact, we’ve jokingly agreed that by the end of this first round of labbing, we should feel worse than we started and more confused than ever. Our goal is to learn, fail curiously, and push each other—and ourselves—to redefine what’s possible through conscious kink and a deeper commitment to presence and play.

We want artistic methodologies and tools that will shape and capture the process. Visual, spatial, auditory, and temporal elements will be active co-players in the lab. Through artful documentation, we aim to create works that make us shiver with their beauty and strangeness. We will share selected works with the broader public through publications and exhibitions, and in doing so expand people’s understanding of sexuality, play, and human connection.

The Play Lab is an integral part of the House of Play's mission to nurture more conscious sexuality.

Cycle #1: Get involved – share your ideas and join the experiment!

Phase 1: We want to get your inspiration! (3 July - 15 July)

To identify the first topic or question to explore, we want to gauge the pulse of the community. If you have an idea, question, or concept that you're passionate about exploring, now is the time to share it. This is your chance to shape the focus of the experiments.

Submit your experimental idea or question via our online form.

Phase 2: Open Call to participate (around 17 July - August 3)

Based on the input from all of you in the first phase, we will frame the first question to work on for the first 6-month cycle of Play Lab experiments.

With the core question for the first six months in place, we will open a call for 20-40 creators to join the experiments. Creators can assume various roles, such as observers, active participants, or experiment leads, and these roles may change across different lab sessions. We’re looking for a diverse mix of individuals; a retired spy; a shaman from the Amazon; a death metal musician, a vatican monk; a farmer from Slagelse; a NASA Scientist; someone great at digging holes, a wall street banker, a kindergarten teacher, nerdy kinksters and artists – just to name a few.

Phase 3: Labbing – Co-Creating the Experiments (September - December)

Once the group is selected based on diversity, genuine excitement for co-creation, bravery, experience, silliness and intention, everyone becomes a co-creator in the lab’s inaugural cycle. Together, we’ll kick off the experiments and plan for the sessions ahead. Here are the key dates:

September 29: Meet, greet, and dive into agreeing and disagreeing on experiments, with each person deciding on their role(s).

• October 11-12: Experiment #1

• November 3: Experiment #2

• November 22: Experiment #3

• December 8: Experiment #4

• December 20-21: Experiment #5

Dates will follow for the conclusion of Cycle #1 and the initiation of Cycle #2.

Greetings from the curator team: Anitta, Mads and Anso