Asiana
Asiana is a Dutch rigger.
Era: 2010s
RIGGER · TEACHER
Dutch rope artist, teacher, performer and event organizer from Amsterdam. Public biographies describe her encountering shibari images online in the late 1990s, first participating as a model and later becoming a rigger. She is founder and principal teacher of RopeLounge Amsterdam, where she has run regular classes and events since 2013; Prague Shibari Festival described her in 2019 as a well-known Dutch rigger who had been running RopeLounge for almost six years, and 2026 Hipsy course listings still place her as the RopeLounge teacher in Amsterdam. Official archives document selected EURIX presenter / performance / beginner-course appearances, Prague Shibari Festival 2019, RopeLinked and Onawa Asobi Antwerp 2020 activity. She collaborates with Door as the artistic couple Knot So / KnotSo and co-hosts the six-episode Rope Ramblings podcast. A 2025 Volkskrant Magazine interview provides current Dutch press context for her public profile.
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- Prague Shibari Festival 2019: Asiana and Door catalogue record
- RopeLounge Linktree catalogue record
- Instagram: Asiana / @eileen.ropelounge catalogue record
- Queer Kalender: Lola Lieven / Eileen aka Asiana profile text catalogue record
- Rope Ramblings by Asiana and Door catalogue record
- Apple Podcasts: Rope Ramblings catalogue record
- Rope Ramblings: On Nawashi Kanna and different styles of tying catalogue record
- IKSK Berlin: Kinbaku Intensive with Asiana and Door catalogue record
- Hipsy: Beginners Course Japanese Rope Bondage in Amsterdam catalogue record
- CAMERA JAPAN 2023: Japanese Rope Bondage catalogue record
- Knot Here Amsterdam: Kinbaku Night with Asiana & Door catalogue record
- Knot So: Rope bondage art catalogue record
- Instagram: KnotSo catalogue record
- De Parade 2023: KnotSo - Fragile catalogue record
- Theaterkrant: Queer Arts Festival 2024 catalogue record
- Compadex: Asianawa / RopeLounge / KnotSo catalogue record
- Volkskrant Magazine: Asiana interview catalogue record
- Prague Shibari Festival Autumn 2026: Asiana & Door catalogue record
- EURIX archive: 2010s performer records catalogue record
- Prague Shibari Festival 2019 presenters catalogue record
- Prague Shibari Festival 2019 schedule catalogue record
- Prague Shibari Festival 2019 performances catalogue record
- EURIX archive: 2020s teaching records catalogue record
- EURIX XXVIII / Spring 2026 programme roster catalogue record
- Onawa Asobi Europe 2020: Maestro BD & Marlene Chapel catalogue record
Influences (mutual or directional): Akechi Kanna.
Collaborators: Door.
Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: RopeLounge Amsterdam, Prague Shibari Fest 2020s, EURIX 2010s, Prague Shibari Fest 2010s, EURIX 2020s, Knot Here Amsterdam, Knot So, Onawa Asobi Europe.