F*** this! A guided dissociation with ropes
Dissociation isn't necessarily bad. It can be helpful to deal with the world. In this narrated tying experience, we try to escape from the world together for a bit.
Details
- Date: June 29, 2026
- Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
- Format: Social, Special Event
- Who is this for: Queer and Friends
- Fee: $25 (Low barrier options available at the door)
- Doors open: 6 PM
- Duration: 2 hours
- Prerequisites: No prerequisites. A bit of tying knowledge great but not needed.
- Material to bring: Ropes if you have. We do have loaner ropes available
- For individuals or pairs: Solo, Pair, Group, All constellations welcome
Tickets
Tickets also available at the door. Low barrier options like PWYC and our Pay-It-Forward-Board available at the door. For assistance, please ask us via info@studio-allegory.com
About This Event
While a lot of thought and energy and practice and so on and so forth can be put into tying, we are also all facing challenges in our everyday lives that are less and less bearable. Ropes can also be used to forget about all that shit out there, all the fascism, the economy, the obliteration of human rights, the climate, and everything else that is bleak. It’s not a failure to just want to stop for just a moment.
In this guided dissociation, we will be building a palace in our minds and with our ropes. We will meander through gardens and participate in lustful banquets, we will fly over landscapes and meet with creatures who we might want to engage with or just watch from a distance.
In this journey, narrated and guided by Barkas, participants are invited to turn their brains off for a couple hours, take a rope and either on themselves or with someone else, just escape into a fantastic world.
Disclaimer: We acknowledge that dissociation can amount to a condition that causes sever pressure and suffering for individuals. This experience is NOT a mockery or a belittling of the mental health conditions associated with dissociation. We ask participants to listen to their own needs and boundaries and provide mental health first aid as well as a quiet area to retreat.
Facilitator
Georg Barkas
Georg Barkas is an intimacy educator, researcher, and rope bondage performer based in Vancouver, Canada. Their focus lies in the deconstruction of established norms and approaches to kink, intimacy, and sexuality. Their background in academics (physics, mathematics, history, and philosophy) is used to approach historically psychological aspects from different perspectives. Author of “Archaeology of personalities – a linguistic approach to erotic rope bondage”, as well as several articles in international magazines.
Fine Print
Accessibility
Studio Allegory is on the ground floor and there are no steps anywhere in the space. There is a single washroom for all with a handle bar and an air hand dryer. We have unscented soap, and we run an industrial air purifier automatically. Studio Allegory has a kitchen corner with a kettle and a coffee maker, as well as a mini fridge and a microwave. Studio Allegory also has a quiet room equipped with fidget toys, colouring books, blankets, noise cancelling earmuffs, and stuffed animals. Upon request we can provide closed captions for our workshops running on a screen. We have masks for a small donation.
Cancellation & Refund
If Studio Allegory has to cancel an event: We will either refund ticket holders or transfer tickets to similar events in the future, depending on the wishes of the ticket holder.
Cancellation by participants: Cancellation before 48h prior to the start of the event entitles the ticket holder to a full refund. Between 48h and the start of the workshop, we can provide a partial refund (50% minus payment processing fees) or transfer of the ticket to a similar event in the future.
No refund or transfer can be offered for no-shows or cancellation after the event has started.
Terms & Conditions
Please be aware that this event falls under our current terms and conditions.
Studio Rules
Please be aware that this event falls under our current studio rules.