第五回 London Festival of the Art of Japanese Bondage（ロンドン緊縛美の祭典）2013年9月27日〜9月30日 http://japaneseropebondage.co.uk/
英国ロンドン・レジスタンスギャラリー(＋44 20 7729 9072)
９月２６日〜１０月６日まで英国ロンドンに行って来ます！４月のロシアに続き招待いただきました。９月２７日〜３０日イベント（２８日、２９日LIVE出演）１０月１日〜４日までWarkshop！４日間の講習会！参加者はヨーロッパのプロの緊縛師達だそうです！そんなプロの人達に何を教えたらいいか悩むところです！
※緊縛写真家 杉浦則夫先生も遊びに来るそうです！
The date of the next Festival is 27th-30th September 2013
The London Festival of the Art of Japanese Rope Bondage presents kinbaku (aka shibari/Japanese rope bondage) as an artistic inspiration, a performance art in its own right and as a means of erotic communication, whilst sharing knowledge about it and its cultural context in a way that is accessible to all. We present an unparalleled range of talent from around the world and the reputation of being the Japanese bondage event.. Numbers are very limited making this an exclusive and unique experience. It includes:
- Kinbaku inspired art, photography and design
- Presentations, classes and workshops by world renowned experts
- Music, movies and videos
- Performances and demonstrations
- Japanese food and drink
The main venue will be the Resistance Gallery. This is an unique, multi-functional, modern, 2,200sq ft arts, performance & gallery space in the creative heart of Bethnal Green, London E2. It provides art exhibition space, theatre, avant-garde gatherings, cabaret, photographic shoots, filming & video location, live music events, multi media installation experiences, workshops etc.
ARTISTS, PRESENTERS & CONTRIBUTORS
NAKA AKIRA AND IROHA SHIZUKI
I have collected a few random pieces on our star guest. This is what Master K has to say in his book, Beauty of Kinbaku:
“For those not familiar with the name Naka Akira, Naka sensei is considered one of the most accomplished of the younger professional bakushi (rope artists) currently working in Japan. Similar in stature to Mai Randa and Marai Masato, Naka Akira is also considered the only true deshi (disciple) of the great Nureki Chimuo. A master of traditional kinbaku techniques, he has worked for Art Video, Cinemagic and other well known video, film and book producers for many years. His exquisite DVD series “Nawaetsu” (“Rope Joy”) is generally regarded as one of the most beautiful and intense series of kinbaku art studies to be produced in recent times.
As famous as his kinbaku is Naka sensei’s full body tattoo, created by the master tattoo artist Horitoku. This beautiful piece of body art has made Naka Akira one of the most recognizable and famous bakushi in Japan today.”
Naka Akira and Iroha Shizuki
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Here are two from Maxime of Sang Bleu:
Rope Session
I’m in a good mood so I thought I’d start with a high-level wordplay. Anyway, browsing some Kinbaku-related discussions on Fetlife.com, I found the work of Naka Akira. I downloaded a couple of videos and to be honest, it is one of the most beautiful bondage I’ve seen. Far from the boring photo—graphic occidental approach, Naka Akira is always very close to looking messy which gives an uncanny realism to the scene, in spite of the obvious staging. And for some reason, a japanese bondage masters, although geeky remain credible while an occidental one usually looks like he should just go back to eating pizza and playing World of Warcraft.
Read more and see photos…
Naka Akira’s tattoos
Mr Naka Akira, (the kinbakushi already presented here and mentioned by Riccardo Wildtiesin his interview) happens to be tattooed in a traditional Japanese style. I was not able to find any information on this point. Hopefully I will get to interview him one day on the question…
Read more and see photos…
TICKET SALES
Festival tickets
Finally! Here is the ticket link: Book here!
Couples full festival weekend tickets are £200 and single full festival weekend tickets are £125. The venue is small and people travel from all over the world so expect a sell out as usual.
Naka Akira is our star guest and more from surprise ones from Japan. As always, we have performers from all around the world and some old favourites from previous years.
奈加あきら・Akira Naka from Vincent GUILBERT on Vimeo.
Naka Akira 4-day master class: 1st – 4th October
The 4-day course has sold our. Sorry, too late. I will ask Naka-san if he will also be doing private tuition.
NAKA AKIRA MASTER CLASS TICKETS ALMOST SOLD OUT!
There has been a fantastic amount of interest in Naka-san’s master class and the tickets have almost sold out in a matter of hours. There are now only two couples tickets left. See the Ticket Sales link on the nav bar above. Please note booking does not guarantee a place until confirmed as Google Checkout doesn’t monitor availability.
TIMETABLE
This page is constantly being updated, so please keep checking back. The schedule is not cast in stone and might be subject to change. We will be throwing in a few surprises. Like kinbaku, the Festival is organic. However it turns out, you can be sure that this will be the best event yet. Unlike festivals in the years previous to last where we have had one big show night, we will be spreading our top acts across all the evenings to make sure each is unmissable. You can see more about the participants on the Artists, presenters & contributors page.
We welcome your ideas, so please add your proposals via a comment on the Suggestions page.
Classes and presentations will include:
- ‘Naka ryu’ by Naka Akira
- ‘Speed & flow’ by Saki Kamijoo
- ‘One-rope tying’ by WykD_Dave & Clover
- ‘The art of untying’ by Jack & Zahara
- ‘Nerve injury’ by Monsieur P
- ‘Connective sadistic bondage’ by StrangeLove
- ‘Rope tension’ by Esinem & Nina
- ‘Rope tops & bottoms Q&A’
See News for summaries as they appear.
Friday 27, September
12:00 – 18:00: Workshops and presentations.
19:00-till late: Opening Night: Shows by some of our top performers, plus a kinbaku inspired exhibition . There will be work on display from world-renowned artists and photographers, videos and more.
Saturday, 28 September
10:00 – 18:00: Workshops and presentations.
19:00-till late: The art exhibition, kinbaku shows, socialising and bondage space.
Sunday 29, September
10:00 – 18:00: Workshops and presentations.
19:00-till late: The art exhibition, kinbaku shows, socialising and bondage space.
Monday 30, September
10:00 – 19:00 : Workshops, presentations and, Salon of kinbaku, Nawashi Murakawa’s life drawing class where you can sketch as the master creates traditionally themed shibari tableux. All materials supplied.
20:00-23:00 Grand closing ceremony? Who knows but we will end the Festival in an appropriate manner.
THE SURPRISE IN NAKA-SAN’S SUITCASE
Vincent, my English speaking intermediary with Naka-san, has been tantalising me with talk of a“surprise in his suitcase” for several days. I’ve been wracking my brains as to what it could be. Had Osada Steve finally yielded to my pleas to package Ageha up and mail her over? Was it an catering supply of the dreaded nattoh, over which we had had some banter? Vincent confirmed there might be some truth in my suspicion that it was only invented to be eaten by Samurai in full sight of their enemy before battle to unnerve them 
Frankly, I’d find that more terrifying that them eating the still beating hearts of their captives! However, I understand that nattoh is Japan’s equivalent to Marmite. You either love it or hate it. I digress…
So, back on track. Finally, Vincent revealed the secret today in the following email:
“Well Bruce, just got the “ok” from Naka san
There’s a man, around 70 years old, who works with Naka san very often…
A few days ago, this man asked to Naka san :
“Do you think I can go to London with you? I mean, I’ll pay for my trip. Some kind of a private trip.”
Then Naka san answered :
“Oh! Sensei! I think that would be a great idea! Maybe, Esinem san will be very surprised about that!”
So… do you know a man named Norio Sugiura? 
…seems that this year’s “London Festival of the Art of Japanese Bondage” will be quite an important event not to miss
Vincent”
As you might have guessed by our frequent references to said gentleman, Nina and I are massive fans of his photograph and hugely inspired by the kinbakushi he features. All I can say is “Wow! It will a great honour to have him as our guest.”
