BondageFest Russia

BondageFest Russia, 2007–2008, is a Russian event in the bakushi / kinbaku ecosystem.

Active: 2007–2008

Era: 2000s

Early Moscow / Russian-language bondage arts festival held in 2007 and 2008. The first edition ran on March 3, 2007 at the club-restaurant Europe and Asia, with two podiums, demonstrations and a photo exhibition; its official programme lists Mihail_A from Minsk for shibari. The 2008 archive frames the second open all-Russian festival as a public binding-art event with masters from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, shibari / hojo-jutsu among the represented forms, master classes during breaks and a thematic photo exhibition. The event is a pre-RopeFest public trace for post-Soviet shibari / bondage exchange.

Sources

BondageFest 2007 official homepage catalogue record
BondageFest 2007 official programme catalogue record
MedPortal: BondageFest 2007 report catalogue record
DarkGrot: BDSM - BondageFest 2007 catalogue record
BondageFest LiveJournal: 2008 festival archive catalogue record

People associated with BondageFest Russia: Mihail Balabanchik.