About Xplore

Xplore is a three-day event on creative sexuality, BDSM, tantra, ritual and other body practices. Delve into new found pleasures by joining us.

Xplore offers more than 40 workshops and performances, bringing together a highly developed interest in the body and different aspects and variations of sexuality.

Xplore is hosted by international and local presenters, most of whom are professional artists, dancers, choreographers and/or scholars. This coming Easter there will be workshops with Hajime Kinoko, (one of the world's most dazzling Shibari artists), Tristan Taormino (best-selling author, sex educator and feminist pornographer) and Annetta Luce (dancer, choreographer extraordinaire). The festival culminates in all night Berlin-style party called "The Aristocracy of Desire".

Xplore presents workshops which will give you the chance to have new experiences, rather than only discussions or demonstrations. These experiences are as varied as sexuality itself. Some are therapeutic in nature, some emerge from aesthetic intentions, others are spiritual quests or searches for the borderline. Their common ground is playfulness, communication, creativity and expansion beyond traditional relationships. They represent a different sexual culture.

Above all, Xplore wishes to bring together those who think and love unconventionally. To share and to learn.

Welcome to our playground. 

JANET HARDY about Xplore11 Sydney

"I had a fabulous time. My workshops were attended by informed and interesting people, with a wonderful intersection of different sexual backgrounds, interests and orientations. I'd recommend this conference to anyone looking for an open-minded, diverse and hot sexual learning environment."

MIDORI about Xplore07

"A truly unique event, it put the "alternative" back into alternative sex...Xplore is unusual for its crossover demographics and interdisciplinary approach."

TRISTAN TAORMINO about Xplore04 (Village Voice, Aug 2004)

"Xplore04...It's a combination rarely seen in the United States...combine sex with spirit...So this cross-pollination of people and ideas piqued my interest right away...I was struck by how open, present and engaged the audience was...the people there fueled and inspired me. The entire experience was truly transformative."

"There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people." 

Vincent van Gogh