TAMANDUA & BRIKI
Tamandua is a full time professional kinbaku artist and instructor – based in Berlin and internationally invited to teach his refined style of tormenting rope bondage.
“I have a passionately sadistic streak and a deep love for the aesthetic realm of kinbaku.
Often tying in a way which can be challenging both for the one tying and the one in the ropes, my shibari usually demands a lot of technical clarity when in the role of a teacher. Despite this I believe that it is still important to also manage to leave room for personal adjustment and creativity.
I view kinbaku as a thing of continuous exploration – where new doors open as your go deeper and further with a partner, over the course of a session or over the course of a long partnership. Sometimes though, the magic that defines kinbaku can be just that one alluring image that sticks with you, a moment suspended in time.
For me, the core of kinbaku lies in the meeting between the aesthetic expression and the emotional or erotic intention of the practice. And the more ones tying develop, the more seamlessly the parts can intermingle.”
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Briki: “I am a rope bottom and a rope switch with deep knowledge of the body, originated in yoga and my work as a contemporary dancer. For the last few years, I have been working in the borderlands between performance art and the rope community.
In the role of being tied, I long for sublime border states and the beauty of extremes. My passion for rope bondage centers around what is going on between me and my partner; in the exchange of power, and where the erotic and the aesthetic experience can meet. I am often drawn to the complexity of submission, objectification and suffering. I'm also interested in bottomhood, the practical knowledge developed in the one being tied and how to care for the body through life.”
UPCOMING EVENTS WITH TAMANDUA & BRIKI
PAST EVENTS WITH TAMANDUA & BRIKI
– get some impressions of Tamandua’s work below –
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