Shibari is art… or at least it can be. Sometimes Shibari is also in the service of art, like now in June 2021, when I was asked to help out with a shooting for a bachelor thesis at the Lucerne School of Art and Design.

For the bachelor thesis a person in a green morphsuit should be tied up in front of a green screen and photographed. Well… green in green, without facial expression, the body completely covered? I was skeptical at first, but after exchanging a few messages with the artist, I was convinced.

There are many possible associations invoked. A human being becomes a figure without identity through the suit. Gender, age, religion, ethnicity, all this becomes invisible and disappears.

The figure is also a projection surface and the gaze of the audience fills this void. The figure is tied up, thus doubly at the mercy of the audience… but at the same time it has actively placed itself in this position.

An interesting game between visibility and invisibility, helplessness and subjectivity. A great experience and I am very glad that I could be part of it!