Chilean artist, performer and rope practitioner based in Barcelona. Her own site describes a background in theatre, painting, sculpture, jewelry design, gemmology, aerial circus and shibari; she entered Barcelona's shibari community in 2013, first as a model, then through self-suspension and a circus / Japanese-bondage performance practice. Her rope-art archive lists performances across Europe and the Americas, including Big Bag at EURIX Berlin, Onawa Asobi Europe with Rouse Renoir, Rome Bondage Week, Shibari Freak Camp, BOUND London, Folsom Street Fair and Anatomie Studio. Sala de Luz's profile identifies her as Paola, says she has taught self-tying and shibari since 2016, organizes Hitchin Bitches BCN, and opened Sala de Luz in 2022 to connect arts and sexuality. EURIX XXVI spring 2025 lists GLUWUR as a presenter.
An interactive genealogy of bakushi and kinbaku —
the Japanese rope traditions that grew from Edo-period hojōjutsu
through twentieth-century SM magazines into today's global
shibari scene.
People
343
Entities
269
Connections
1546
Eras
9
Each record is sourced from public material — Nawapedia,
ShibariStudy, festival rosters, interviews, archived studio
pages — and curated by a single researcher.
Beta — structure and interface are public;
data is still being expanded and corrected.
How to read it
Vertical position is time: the 1800s at the
top, the 2020s at the bottom. Cards are coloured by
school or lineage; lines between them carry
the relationship type:
deshi — direct apprenticeship
influence — peer study, mentorship
thinner colours — venue, magazine, production
card colour = school / lineage
Click a card to open its bio, antecedents and descendants.
Filters in the top bar narrow by era, entity type, or
relationship.
Caveats
Inclusion is selective: a person or studio appears only when
there's enough public evidence to anchor them meaningfully.
Missing birth years are deliberate — many practitioners don't
publicise them. Errors and gaps will exist; corrections
welcome at pussynawa@proton.me.