Kinbaku Live from Berlin

Ichi-go Ichi-e: treasuring the unrepeatable nature of a moment. We are a group of Berlin based artists who came together to show you the interpretation of traditional Kinbaku in a live stream session. Everything will happen in exactly the moment you witness. There will be no conserve, no recording. Impermanence!

We tie for real - supported by a musician who improvises, takes up the mood, has a dialogue with both the model and the rigger…

Rigging: Alexander (Nawa Ronin) MA

Alexander is a scientist and researcher, thinker and explorer and since a long time fascinated by Japanese history and culture: “Kinbaku is a journey for me, a path I walk with my partner and a few close people, people whom I trust to open up to. Kinbaku happens between two people, it is communication and emotion – and highly erotic. I am interested in playing with sensations to induce emotions: suffering, pain and pleasure … in beauty. When I tie then that’s definitely a challenge for the person in my ropes.”

www.discoverkinbaku.com 

Model: Natasha NawaTaNeko

Natasha is a somatic practitioner and Kinbaku model since 2014. In Kinbaku, she is looking for true emotions and authenticity and sees rope bondage as deeply intimate and erotic practice that has also a profound transformational potential: “I love rope for that it’s honest. Real. Tangible. With rope, you can learn to surrender, you can learn integrity. You can learn to be generous – and grateful. If you engage in a rope play – I mean really engage, with the full heart, it will inevitably transform you. I’m into a challenge of two people coming close, very close together, a challenge of exchanging a gift of a focused attention and connection, becoming vulnerable in showing themselves as they are and letting other see them.”

www.ropesomatics.com 

Flute: Saara Rei

Saara is a mathematician, dancer, and classical flautist of 23 years. Saara has as well been practicing rope bondage since 2014 and believes that it is a practice, along with music, in which the depths of the human condition can be expressed and explored: "The flute has always been a way for me to sing since I was young. I see every moment in which I play as an expression of my feelings in the form of sound. Improvisation is particularly precious as it serves as a way in which I can process the environment around me in a given moment and how it makes me feel. Rope bondage is a particular practice that brings forth intense feelings and expressions that are powerful for all those involved, including the witness. And the opportunity to be able to express what comes up in me while I see two people tying together through music is a beautiful experience I am looking forward to sharing."

www.saararei.com