… inspired by the beauty found in marginal spaces, subcultures, and liminal urban worlds
Alexander 
At the very end of this year’s visit to Japan, we had the privilege of attending an event organised by the legendary SM production company Dogma: SM Night 2024, thanks to Manami Okazaki, who made contact and got us press tickets. The event takes place twice a year and is meant as a photo event. … Read more
Interview by Saara ReiThe original interview was conducted in Spanish (below), and was translated for issue #16 of the KSB Magazine. “It is not fiction when I invent, it is not reality when I witness. I see in the darkness the extreme density of the image. Only the pure light blinds me.” – Pilar Aldea, pilaraldea.com Photographer: Elena … Read more
Interview by Saara ReiThe original interview was conducted in French (below), and was translated for issue #16 of the KSB Magazine. “Originally trained as a biologist, Olivier de Sagazan turned to painting and sculpting with the ever-present idea of questioning organic life. From his passion to give life to matter came the idea for him … Read more
Today in Arles, incidentally we walked into an exhibition about a hidden network, a society (!) of crossdressers in the USA in the 1960’s. These men had to hide their feminine identity in prudish America back then. They were married, had positions, jobs. They were lonely and felt outcast for the desires they had. Luckily they … Read more
13 rope lovers shared their confessions about why they tie, 11,012 of their words were distilled into this one image. Can these 50 expressions filtered by modern technology possibly portray an essence of our reasoning? Maybe more meaning can be found in the space between these words than in our round sentences? Is there a … Read more
Craftsmanship series interview by Natasha NawaTaNeko Sitting through so many rope classes, observing many teachers in their flow teaching basic and advanced stuff and many beginners struggling to tie their first knot, to form the partners’ body in some sort of appealing position, to find more or lease sensible solution to tie off the the … Read more
This is the English translation of the feature about TUA, a strange German queerdo who has retired from so-called normality and only does what he enjoys. The original article is published in German language in the issue number 14 of the magazine. I am so happy to be this way and thankful to be able to … Read more
As the sky grows dark and gray in the north of Europe, the Kinbaku Society of Berlin was happy to find themselves in Madrid at the end of November. Members from Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, Poland, and the Czech Republic basked in the sunlight of the warm windows of the Madrid Shibari Dojo, co-owned by … Read more
This is the English translation of the Interview with Pavel Bolf, swordsmith from Czech Republic. The original article is in Czech language ( čeština ) in the issue number 13 of the magazine. We keep asking questions and trying to grasp the meaning and the magic of traditional craftsmanship. This time, we spoke with Pavel Bolf … Read more