Gegen Dollhouse

PROTECT THE DOLLS.

We grew up in a plastic world. 
Cute. Poseable. Replaceable.

Brush the hair. Change the outfit. Smile on command.

We heard the song.
 We learned the script.
In a system that polices bodies, deletes identities, and punishes survival, we refuse to be reduced to decoration.

We refuse to be managed. 

We refuse to be quiet.

The doll has always been controlled.
 Dressed. 
Positioned. 
Sold. 
Disciplined. 
Desired and then discarded.

No more.

The doll is not an object. The doll is a position.
A constructed body that exposes the lie of “natural”. 
A hyper-visible body that refuses shame. 
A body that survives through invention.

Trans dolls. Femme dolls. Non-binary dolls. Muscle dolls. Disabled dolls. Synthetic dolls. Ageing dolls. Excess dolls. All the bodies that were told to tone it down, cover it up, make it smaller, make it normal.

Do not make it smaller.
Make it sharper.
 Make it louder.
 Make it impossible to ignore.

You wanted plastic?

We give you architecture.

You wanted fantasy?

We give you autonomy.

The Dollhouse is not a pink prison.

It is a political structure.
Inside it, glamour is armor.
Artificiality is strategy.

Exaggeration is resistance.

What looks delicate is disciplined power.

What looks decorative is deliberate.

Do not brush the dolls.

Do not try to own the dolls.

Do not test how “real” they are.
They are more real than the system that tried to contain them.

PROTECT THE DOLLS.
Not because they are fragile.
Because they are powerful.

/// 5 Floors
/// Free Cloakroom
/// Fruit Buffet
/// Swimming Pool
/// Queer Mama Awareness Team
/// Sidekicks - Harm Reduction Stand
/// Performance Arts
/// Official Photographers: Darren Black & Raf&Way
/// Fetish Corner:Bond Free Stand
/// Massage Corner: Nico Massage
/// Photo courtesy: Florian Hetz

/// TICKETS ///

/// BOX OFFICE TICKETS
are available for purchase at the door all night long.

/// SKIP LIST TICKETS
for faster access to the club using the guest-list entrance.

/// COMMUNITY SKIP LIST TICKETS
for those in financial difficulties, available exclusively through the link at the bottom of the event page (telegram link).

All RA tickets skip the queue. Please use the guest list entrance.

/// Online purchased tickets are not refundable.
/// Owning an e-ticket does not guarantee entry. If entry is denied, our door staff will process the refund on the spot. (RA refund policy applies)
/// Please calculate the time for the full process of getting into the club.
/// All ticket prices include complimentary wardrobe service.

/// DRESSCODE ///
Porcelain beauty, broken dolls, punk dolls, Barbie pink, smeared lipstick, running mascara, latex, lace, corsets, bows, ribbons, stockings, heels, collars, polished looks, plastic, twisted sweetness, damaged glamour, and silhouettes built for fantasy and attitude.
Come perfect, leave transformed. Or come undone, leave iconic.
Read carefully the concept and show us your fantasy.
No casual wear, a rigid selection will be put in place on this basis.

/// IMPORTANT ///
/// To protect each other's privacy, we discourage the use of image recording devices in all areas, we’ll have our photographers.
/// We want you and our other guests to feel comfortable, regardless of gender, race, religion, class, or sexual orientation.
/// Please make sure there is consent before approaching any physical contact. Gegen is not a place for nazis, racism, any kind of discrimination, sexual harassment, or any sort of violence.
/// If you should observe or experience an inappropriate situation, please don't hesitate to contact our reflective vest awareness team or any of the staff at the bars/coat check, guest service, or our door crew.
/// Those who do not comply with these rules will be invited to leave.

Photo courtesy: Florian Hetz
Model: IXA

Line-up: ALIBIR, Amphia, Barbad, Juliana Huxtable, Shadysnack, TEDESCO, Dj handbag, Immy, Majdolen, Posture, Jeneva, Khloe, Mama Yha Yha

Arrangör: Gegen