This is a temple for tantrikas and kinksters and everyone else.
This is a temple for all genders – also those that we haven’t yet been able to name.
This is a temple for consent.
This is a temple for sex and touch positivity.
This is a temple for all bodies.
This is a temple for all forms of sexuality – as long as they are based on consent.
This is an artistic play party.
Temple of Godx consists of arrival, shared tuning-in, free flow and shared ending.
In the beginning we tune in into embodiment and listening. At the same time we strengthen the tools needed for negotiation of consent and the ability to take care of your boundaries.
During the free flow you’re free to play as you best see fit in a multisensory space.
There is one person in the space taking care of general safety and taking case of the rules of safer space.
There is a separate room for changing clothes and an area for taking photos. Photo area is marked separate from the rest of the space.
A different professional artist also visits each temple. Their name and the description of their performance will be added to this description the latest one month before the temple.
Before the event you will get a message to your e-mail where we specify these instructions more.
Read it carefully.
You can also find a FAQ here.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR DRESS
This temple is a step away from the normal. Dress accordingly.
It can mean a temple whore, a BDSM dog or an inhabitant from a planet no one else has been yet. It can be lace or nothing. It doesn’t need to be mindblowing, but it’s allowed to be mindblowing.
Do not come dressed as normal.
TIMETABLE
We kindly ask you to arrive in the beginning (by 19.30) so we can make sure everyone shares the same information about safety. You can leave at any time, but we are asking you to stay until the end, because it strengthens the experience for everyone.
19 – 19.30 Opening the doors and arrival
19.30 – 20 Shared beginning and instructions about safety
20 – 21 Tuning-in
21 – 23.30 Free flow
23.30 – 24 Shared ending
TIME AND PLACE
Saturday 9. 11. 2024 at 19 – 24.00
Eskus – Performance Centre, studios 1, 2, 3, 4, lobby and conference room.
Puhdistamo (rakennus nro 6) 2. fl.
Official address: Kaasutehtaankatu 1/33, 00540 Helsinki.
TICKETS
45e
FACILITATOR
Samee Haapa (they/them) is a nonbinary actor FIA, dancer, live art maker, anthropologist and dj. Their first real encounter with BDSM and sex-positive culture was in xPlore in Berlin in 2007. They have produced, directed and performed in the field of performing arts for 20 years both in institutions and as a freelancer, both in Finland and abroad.
They have researched safety practices as part of their leadership training, have been in harassment contact person training and are currently educating themselves further in facilitating sex positive spaces at Karada House in Berlin.
They are currently making an artistic doctorate for Theatre Academy in the University of the Arts Helsinki with a focus on immersive and game performances. They are the artistic director of The Center for Everything.