Knot Really Dead
Knot Really Dead is an American rigger.
Era: 2020s
RIGGER · TEACHER · PERFORMER
Boston-based rope rigger, teacher and performer working as Knot Really Dead / Knotreallydead. Yugen Studio's public 2025 Performance Night listing says he began practicing bondage in 2018, has focused on semenawa since 2021, and performs with Specimen. He and Specimen regularly teach in Boston; their international teaching and performance context includes AthenShibari, Shizen Studio Barcelona and Yugen Studio, plus Yugen Studio Magazine and Tokyo photoshoot traces with Naka Akira and Sugiura Norio.
Reference links
Sources
- Yugen Studio: Performance Night with Knot Really Dead and Specimen catalogue record
- Yugen Studio Instagram: Performance Night with Knot Really Dead and Specimen catalogue record
- Yugen Studio Instagram: YSM #8 Knot Really Dead model credit catalogue record
- Yugen Studio Instagram: tagged Yugen SM print image with Knot Really Dead catalogue record
- Yugen Studio Instagram: YSM #7 Knotreallydead shooting credit catalogue record
- AthenShibari Instagram: Knot Really Dead and Specimen workshops catalogue record
- AthenShibari Instagram: weekend with Knot Really Dead and Specimen catalogue record
- Shizen Studio Barcelona Instagram: Knot Really Dead and Specimen weekend catalogue record
Collaborators: Specimen.
Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: AthenShibari, Shizen Studio Barcelona, Yugen Studio, Yugen Studio Magazine.