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.
As part of our kinky Thursday classes, we will try to explore the world of fantasies, desires, and dreams. We often use these words in our conversations about kink, intimacy, and sexuality but we rarely think about them in an in-depth way. At the heart of this exploration is the question, which fantasies and desires should or could be realized and which ones shouldn't or can't and why. If we…
The Takate Kote, short just TK, and its variations is one of the most tied structured patterns in the rope world. No matter if hands in the front or in the back, if you tie a stemless TK or one with a stem, whether you have Kannukis or not, the TK is for sure a tie that has led to countless arguments amongst those who tie it regularly as well as against those who refuse to tie it for this or that…
The Takate Kote, short just TK, and its variations is one of the most tied structured patterns in the rope world. No matter if hands in the front or in the back, if you tie a stemless TK or one with a stem, whether you have Kannukis or not, the TK is for sure a tie that has led to countless arguments amongst those who tie it regularly as well as against those who refuse to tie it for this or that…
Kink, and within it rope bondage, is often seen through one particular lens, that of eroticism, but what if we are looking for similarities in completely different fields?Higher mathematics doesn’t seem to have anything in common with rope bondage but only a quick look offers a vast variety of tools that can be embedded in the context of rope bondage. After all, tying rope onto someone is…
You've taken the Intro classes, you know your single column from your double, and you're ready for more — but jumping straight into "Ropes: All Levels" can feel like a big leap. This class is designed to meet you right in the middle. In this session, we slow things down and build the skills to help you become confident, capable rope players. You'll refine your techniques, explore simple…
You've taken the Intro classes, you know your single column from your double, and you're ready for more — but jumping straight into "Ropes: All Levels" can feel like a big leap. This class is designed to meet you right in the middle. In this session, we slow things down and build the skills to help you become confident, capable rope players. You'll refine your techniques, explore simple…
You've taken the Intro classes, you know your single column from your double, and you're ready for more — but jumping straight into "Ropes: All Levels" can feel like a big leap. This class is designed to meet you right in the middle. In this session, we slow things down and build the skills to help you become confident, capable rope players. You'll refine your techniques, explore simple…
You've taken the Intro classes, you know your single column from your double, and you're ready for more — but jumping straight into "Ropes: All Levels" can feel like a big leap. This class is designed to meet you right in the middle. In this session, we slow things down and build the skills to help you become confident, capable rope players. You'll refine your techniques, explore simple…
You've taken the Intro classes, you know your single column from your double, and you're ready for more — but jumping straight into "Ropes: All Levels" can feel like a big leap. This class is designed to meet you right in the middle. In this session, we slow things down and build the skills to help you become confident, capable rope players. You'll refine your techniques, explore simple…
You've taken the Intro classes, you know your single column from your double, and you're ready for more — but jumping straight into "Ropes: All Levels" can feel like a big leap. This class is designed to meet you right in the middle. In this session, we slow things down and build the skills to help you become confident, capable rope players. You'll refine your techniques, explore simple…
Every 4th Saturday of the month, Barkas invites advanced practitioners of Shibari/Kinbaku for a masterclass/clinic at Studio Allegory. Topics range from Ranboo Yukimura Ryu Suspension transitions specifics of rope and body handling and more. The specific topic of the clinic will be announced in the week before the clinic.