Mechanical engineering for perverts
Let's build fucking machines together!
Details
- Date: July 5, 2026
- Time: 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Fee: $50 (Low barrier options available at the door)
- Doors open: 3.30 PM
- Duration: 4 hours
- Prerequisites: none
- Material to bring: Your own dildos (suction cup or vac-u-loc attachment mechanism)
- For individuals or pairs: Any constellation welcome
- Who is this for: Queer Only!
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
Not a workshop but a laboratory. Playful experimenting with all kinds of things and materials that could be put together into hand-made fucking machines. There will be motors, hand cranks, rods, connectors, joints, sliders, and tools for us all to make a functional machine together. And the best part: after making it, we need to see if it actually works.* Team work makes the dream work!
You don’t need to have any tools or skills, just curiosity. The machines that work will be available at the studio until the next lab.
*Please bring your own toy (suction cup or vac-u-loc attachment style toys) as well as a towel if you want to try.
Facilitator
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.