
Georg Barkas

Georg Barkas is an intimacy educator, researcher, and rope bondage performer based in Vancouver, Canada. Their focus lies in the deconstruction of established norms and approaches to kink, intimacy, and sexuality. Their background in academics (physics, mathematics, history, and philosophy) is used to approach historically psychological aspects from different perspectives. Author of “Archaeology of personalities – a linguistic approach to erotic rope bondage”, as well as several articles in international magazines.
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Kink is Political – Welcomeness
Kink is Political is an online discussion with Addie Tahl, Georg Barkas, Andrea Rimon, and occasional special guests. Participants are invited to join a discussion during which we unite critique with an emphasis on the practical and day-to-day issues and challenges of kink, intimacy, and relationships. Focusing on concepts central to BDSM, leather, rope, and...
Kink is Political – Ambiguity
Kink is Political is an online discussion with Addie Tahl, Georg Barkas, Andrea Rimon, and occasional special guests. Participants are invited to join a discussion during which we unite critique with an emphasis on the practical and day-to-day issues and challenges of kink, intimacy, and relationships. Focusing on concepts central to BDSM, leather, rope, and...
It has been 10 years since the passing of Yukimura Haruki, who is still regarded as the main instance when it comes to tying on the floor. His style of tying, often called aibunawa or caressing rope, followed a very distinct approach to rope and the goal of a scene and his followers mostly adhere...
Kink is Political: Suffering
This Easter month, we’ll interrogate the Christian underpinnings of kink and BDSM aesthetics by turning towards the concept of “suffering.” We will read Emannuel Levinas’ essay “Useless Suffering” alongside discussions of seme in Japanese rope bondage. We’ll ask: what are the political implications of connecting beauty, meaning, and suffering? What would a tying, kink, or...
Ranboo, literally translated means stormy, overwhelming, wild. About 10 years ago, Barkas developed Ranboo as a way of rejecting a static and often seemingly boring practice of rope bondage. A wild dance while tying with each other is the result. Ranboo is characterized by a large amplitude of variation of distance, speed, and intensity, paired...







