A Guided Group BDSM Experience
Modern spirituality often seeks ascent, light, expansion, transcendence. But many mystical traditions insist on descent first.
Descent is humbling. It equalises. It strips away illusion.
In this workshop, collective suffering, consciously entered and carefully held, becomes a rehearsal of that descent. It challenges the idea that growth is comfortable, and instead invites us into intensity as a gateway to presence.
We take core elements of BDSM beyond one-to-one play, and explore them as a shared, collective experience. The focus is on suffering and surrender: slow, intentional pain using pressure, restriction, holding, and physical manipulation to activate the body and nervous system. By going slow and staying present inside sensation, we begin to notice what opens when resistance softens, along with the delightful erotic charge in exposure, trust, and being fully seen in states of intensity and vulnerability.
Through Playlab-inspired methods, we expand beyond individual dynamics and explore how power and submission can move through a group creating a field that is both facilitated and co-created. The Playlab is an ongoing experimental platform at House of Play using artistic methodologies and tools.
We work visually and compositionally, creating living BDSM tableaus by arranging and shaping bodies into collective images that explore:
witnessing and being witnessed
control and restriction
beauty and discomfort
dominance and surrender
Using materials such as vita wrap, ropes, fabric and projection we bind, hold, and structure bodies as flexible and accessible, collective forms of restraint and composition.
The DESCENT series invites participants into a two-part journey — moving from this structured ritual (DESCENT I - Ritual Submission on May 8th) into shared a group exploration (DESCENT II — Collective Suffering). You can buy the tickets together or apart.
WHAT WILL YOU EXPERIENCE
How to work with intensity in a way that opens rather than overwhelms
Navigate power dynamics as group play
Staying present and connected while in discomfort, exposure, or surrender
Sense and contribute to a shared collective field
Create new forms of play and physical compositions using the body as artistic material
WHO IS THIS FOR?
For those curious about:
taking their play to group settings with a stronger focus on storytelling and visual expression.
BDSM dynamics (dominance, submission, control, surrender)
conscious pain play
group-based exploration rather than private scenes
using the body as both sensory and artistic material
Advanced practitioners to newcomers. You don’t need experience, but you should feel open to exploring power, boundaries, and sensation in connection with others.
CAN I JOIN AS A BEGINNER?
To participate, we recommend that you have some prior experience with boundaries and consent, both your own and other’s.
You don’t need prior experience with BDSM, but please note the subjects we will be focusing on and that this is something you want to explore, including states of surrender and suffering.
You will be guided through consent, structure, and exercises step by step.
DO I NEED A PARTNER?
You can come alone, in pairs or as a group.
The exercises are often practical, physical, and hands-on. You’ll be invited to work with different people in various combinations throughout the workshop, giving you the chance to co-create in a fluid, collective experience.
DRESSCODE
Wear something comfortable that you can move around freely in.
We encourage you to dress in a way that makes you feel powerful, exposed, or expressive.
No street- or office wear.
WHAT TO BRING
Optional: items that support your expression (e.g. harness, restraints, textures)
Water bottle with a lid
TIMES
You can arrive from 18:30 to land in the space
The doors close and we start at 19:00. Please note, you can’t enter after this time.
We end at 23:00
TICKETS
360 kr for members
450 kr for non-members
Tickets are non-refundable.
We offer a 20% discount to students and low income. Discounts cannot be used on top of other discounts. Please reach out to info@houseofplay.dk
Be sure to read our cancellation policy and no-show fee here:
https://www.houseofplay.dk/terms-and-conditions
CODE OF CONDUCT
Before showing up to any of our activities, please make sure to read and follow the House of Play Code of Conduct:
https://www.houseofplay.dk/code-of-conduct
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Read more about our chili system here:
https://www.houseofplay.dk/chili-system
ABOUT THE FACILITATORS
Anso’s (she/her) current artistic work develops spaces where power, intimacy and desire can be explored with awareness and intention. She creates immersive formats where BDSM practice becomes both artistic material and relational inquiry.
Alongside this, her curatorial work operates across larger cultural frameworks, shaping international collaborations and platforms that examine how art and culture can influence perception, contribute to structural change, and foster connectedness in a fragmented world.
Jac Fabian (he/him) is an experienced rope bondage and kink practitioner who’s been teaching and facilitating for more than a decade. His focus is the meeting point of perversion, power dynamics, aesthetics, group facilitation and co-creation processes, artistic experimentation, and consciousness. Jac is the founder and director of House of Play. He has performed in Tokyo, at The Danish Royal Theatre and many other kink and art venues.