Event Description

This Halloween at Aphilia Studio we're presenting a special peep show edition of The Salon, with a new layout and format. On the last Friday of the scariest month you are invited to witness the charged and deep play between Tsubaki Syosei & Cherry Knot. 

Hidden behind a veil of translucent drapes, a sensual interaction will reveal itself. The performance will be in the round with an intimate surrounding audience. We will also have a live feed of the spectacle played around the studio. Yield to the hypnotic seduction and beauty of rope, through taboo observation of their wordless, partly obscured, performance. This will be your own personal Nawayugi (play rope) peep show of Tsubaki Syosei & Cherry Knot.

After the show, the studio will open into two distinct spaces. The tying area will be held for those who wish to indulge in the practice; a place to be absorbed by the weight, rhythm and theatre of rope. The social area will offer somewhere softer to sit, talk, watch, gather yourself, lose yourself slightly, and let the evening unfold with the lazy seriousness of a room that knows exactly what it is doing.

The Salon is neither a formal workshop nor a casual practice night. It is an intentional space where Kinbaku is paramount. A room of low light, soft focus, and sharp attention, where rope is not hurried, explained away, or flattened into technique, but is allowed to sit in the centre of the room like something rich, dark, and quietly irresistible. Guests are invited to arrive with curiosity, respect and a willingness to be affected by what they see and feel around them. Leave rigid definitions at the door. Hang up your coat and, where possible, your facade. 

Performer Bios Tsubaki Syosei & Cherry Knot

Through their Kinbaku, they unfold their own story upon a single futon. The narrative they create draws out lust, desire and perversion, the things they want to express but don’t always have words for.

Through rope, control and surrender, they descend into the underground world of Kinbaku – a little raw and touched by pornographic tones, revealing the desires that lie hidden within.

Together, they share an enchanting and illicit connection through Nawayugi (play rope).

Details

Aphilia Studio has been designed as an intimate and cosy refuge from the busyness of London, with soft lighting, padded flooring and a dedicated social area. The Salon will take place on October 30th, from 19:30 to 01:00, at Aphilia Studio, 566 Cable Street, London, E1W 3HB. Please wear something you feel comfortable in, bring your own rope where possible, and arrive ready to contribute to a space of radical tenderness, serious fun, quiet mischief and high possibility.