The Poetics of the Collective 24-hour co-created live art ritual

Name: The Poetics of the Collective 24-hour co-created live art ritual
Start: 2026-03-14T12:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-03-15T12:00:00+01:00
Location: House of Play

Schedule

Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 12:00 pm to Sun, 15 Mar, 2026 at 12:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

House of Play | Copenhagen , SK

What happens when a group of people commits to being together for 24 hours to listen, slow down, and co-create collective experiences of poetic live art rituals around s3ggsuality and c!nc?
The Poetics of the Collective is a 24-hour live art ritual and living lab that explores the relationship between the individual and the collective through ceremonial gestures, s3ggsual expression, everyday actions, play, rest, and shared attention.
From noon to noon, we stay.
Meals, rest, cleaning, live music, sleep, play and s3ggsual expressions, and creative actions form the material of the experiment. The mundane becomes ceremonial.
The 24 hours move through distinct phases. We work with inspiration from live art, theatre, music, visual art, and facilitated group practices, where the moments that emerge between co-creators are the work. What we do, how we move, and how we take up space directly shape the collective field. A performative experience, that we built while it is being lived.
This event marks the final experiment of the first House of Play - Playlab cycle, where members have spent six months investigating how collective, s3ggs-inclusive spaces can be designed with care, ethics, pleasure, and poetic intention. With this 24-hour ritual, we open the room to a broader community inviting you to reflect, play, and co-create with us.
Ritual scenes may include explicit s3ggsual expression. Participants may choose to engage in intimacy or s3ggsual connection. You always participate within your own boundaries, and consent, care, and collective responsibility are foundational.
Trigger warning: As part of one ritual, small amounts of blood will be drawn live from consenting co-creators for an instrument that translates the collective body into sound. It is done by a professional with safety and care. You are free to leave the room at any time.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
This event is for people who:
Have prior experience with s3ggs-inclusive spaces
Are willing to take responsibility as an active co-creator in a shared, collective experiment
You do not need to be a performer or artist, and you are not expected to “put on a show.” Here, performing and participating through the phases of the 24 hours can be as simple as showing up with presence and awareness of how your actions shape the collective space through shared activities, rest, observation, or co-creating moments as they emerge.
If you are curious but uncertain about s3ggs-inclusive environments, strong collective dynamics, or extended-duration experiences, this may not be the right entry point.
CAN I JOIN AS A BEGINNER?
This event is not suitable as a first introduction to s3ggs-inclusive or House of Play spaces.
Participants are expected to have a basic understanding of:
- Consent-based interaction
- Personal boundaries and boundary communication
- Collective responsibility in shared spaces
DO I NEED A PARTNER?
You can come alone, in pairs, or as a group.
The explorations are often practical, physical, and hands-on, and you’ll be invited to work with different people in various constellations throughout the 24 hours.
We encourage openness to working with different bodies, genders, and energies — you are never expected to go outside your personal boundaries.
DRESSCODE
A dress code will be sent out to co-creators in advance of the event.
WHAT TO BRING
- Comfortable clothing for 24 hours (including something to sleep in)
- Sheets, duvet, duvet cover, pillow and pillow cover – some people will have to bring an inflatable madras
- A notebook and pen (everyone will have moments of individual reflection)
- Any personal items you need to feel safe and grounded for a 24 hour stay
- Your favourite c!ncy tools and toys
- An open mind and respect for collective space
- Food and shared materials will be provided.
TIMES
Start: March 14th at 12:00
End: March 15th at 12:00
⚠️ Doors close at 12:00 sharp. You cannot arrive after this time.
This is a continuous 24-hour ritual — late arrival or early departure is not possible. We expect participants to commit to stay during the entire experiment. If you know beforehand that you need to leave early, this is not for you. You are of course not expected to stay beyond your capacity, should you find out underway that you need to go.
TICKETS
All meals are included in the price.
Members: 1380 kr
Non-members: 1650 kr
Buy your ticket before February 23 using the code EarlyBirdPoetics and save 15%
Tickets are non-refundable.
Please read our cancellation policy and no-show fee here:
https://www.houseofplay.dk/terms-and-conditions
CODE OF CONDUCT
Before attending, please read and follow the House of Play Code of Conduct:
https://www.houseofplay.dk/code-of-conduct
This experience relies on trust, consent, care, and collective responsibility.
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This is a fully sex inclusive space and various forms of sensual/sexual/intimate expression may take place. Nudity allowed.
Read more about our chili system here:
https://www.houseofplay.dk/chili-system
ABOUT THE ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
The Poetics of the Collective marks the final experiment of the first House of Play Playlab cycle, initiated by Anso, Anitta, and Mads as artistic directors and co-created with the larger team of playlabbers: artists, musicians, kink practitioners, and facilitators. The full team and contributors will be announced closer to the event..
Mads (he/him), is an interactive artist and associate professor. His work focuses on how digital material can be used to explore and transform social interaction situated in everyday life. The work has been published internationally both as peer-reviewed research publications and as artworks at international museums, galleries, and festivals. In 2004, he co-founded illutron, a collaborative art studio that resides on a large-scale industrial barge in Copenhagen Harbor. In 2010, he co-founded Kinky Salon Copenhagen, a recurring event for exploring the intersection of art, sex-positivism, and expression. In 2024, he was part of the co-founding of House Of Play as a permanent platform for conscious sexuality exploration, etc.
Anso (she/her) is a visual artist and curator working with live art, sexuality, and collective experience. With a background in scenography and performance, she creates ritual-based and installational formats. In her curatorial work across global cultural contexts, she explores how art can shift understanding and drive change. Her practice moves between art, spirituality, politics, and play, asking how we might live with more honesty, connection, and courage in broken systems. She is less interested in producing objects than in producing shifts in relationships, awareness, and what feels possible.
Anitta (she/her) is a dancer and a rope enthusiast. She has a background in the theater world. She is an experienced facilitator that has been creating and facilitating different workshops, topics such as movement in ropes and shame.