Gegen Skin

Skin is not a boundary. It is where bodies begin to speak.

It breathes, sweats, scars, stretches.
It remembers.
It absorbs sunlight, pigment, poison, shame, desire.

It tells stories before we speak.

Skin is the surface where identity is assigned, and refused.
 Where race is projected. Where gender is policed.
 Where beauty standards bruise and borders are drawn.
 And yet, skin remains ungovernable. It flakes, it regenerates, it cracks open to let something new leak through.

To live visibly in your skin, as trans, as racialized, as fat, disabled, scarred, marked, wrinkled, inked, is an act of resistance. 
To demand space for your skin to exist without justification, to touch and be touched without fear, is revolutionary.

Skin is political.


It holds the weight of gazes, stares, surveillance, but also softness, warmth, friction, breath.
It’s not neutral. It’s a manifesto in flesh. 
Your skin speaks before your mouth does, and it speaks louder on the dance floor, 
where sweat becomes communion and contact is code.

In a world that tries to sanitize, discipline, and commodify the body, GEGEN SKIN is a refusal.
 A refusal to be smoothed out, streamlined, or sterilized.
 Here, the dancefloor is where we molt. Where skins rub raw and real.
 Where flesh doesn’t behave, it pulses, presses, defies. 
Where the queer, the unruly, the untouchable become touch itself.
To show skin is not to reveal, it is to revolt.

This is where we meet.

GEGEN SKIN.
▄ 5 Floors
▄ Free Cloakroom
▄ Fruit Buffet
▄ Swimming Pool
▄ Queer Mama Awareness Team
▄ Sidekicks - Harm Reduction Stand
▄ Sexy Balconies
▄ Performance Arts
▄ Official Photographers: Darren Black & Raf&Way
▄ Stand: Fetish Corner by Lash Fetish Gear
▄ Massage corner: Massimo Lo Cascio
▄▄▄▄ 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).

▄ 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 ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
Bare, raw, naked, half-naked, latex, transparent, leather, sensual, revealing, oiled, textured, exposed, stretched, transgressive.
Skin speaks. Let yours be loud.
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.
Artwork: Florian Hetz
Graphics & logo: Enrico Bardin
Photographers: Darren Black / George Kanis