Interviews
A curated archive of interviews with RopeMarks across magazines, books, websites and other media, alongside the wider collection of interview-related articles.
Featured Interviews
Massad 300, Jan-Feb 2020, Netherlands,
Milestone issue #300 of Massad has a 11 page(!) interview with yours truly. This issue also marks a [...]
VICE (NL), Jul. 2018, Netherlands
We've had the people of VICE (NL) magazine at RopeMarks HQ for an interview. It turned out to [...]
Sniper Magazine 340, Dec. 2007, Japan
Our stay in San Francisco did not go unnoticed. Reporters from the Japanese S&M Magazine Sniper were [...]
Sanwa SM Mania Club No.237, 2006, Japan
The Japanese SM Mania Club magazine (from Sanwa Publishing) interviewed RopeMarks during our stay in Japan. The [...]
Semenawa Interview
A three-part conversation about semenawa, its Japanese context, common misunderstandings, commercialization and the relationship between rigger and model.
Semenawa: what it is, and what it is not (part 1/3)
Tying or being tied semenawa-style is quite popular in today’s Japanese inspired rope scene. Semenawa is often understood [...]
Semenawa: what it is, and what it is not (part 2/3)
Tying or being tied semenawa-style is quite popular in today’s Japanese inspired rope scene. Semenawa is often understood [...]
Semenawa: what it is, and what it is not (part 3/3)
Tying or being tied semenawa-style is quite popular in today’s Japanese inspired rope scene. Semenawa is often understood [...]
Interview Archive
Interview Cuban art project, 2023
Interview Cuban art project: Kinbaku is, and most likely always will be, an underground activity, as mentioned in my previous answer, like punk, graffiti and what not. These activities are not generally accepted in society.
Art-X magazine, issue 01, May 2021, Germany | UK
The May 2021 issue (their #1) of Art-X magazine interviews RopeMarks and puts us on the cover. [...]
Darkside magazine, issue 22, Apr.2020, United Kingdom
The April 2020 issue of Darkside magazine has a very candid chat with RopeMarks. Models: Minou [...]
BeDeSeMe Magazine #62, Feb. 2020, Spain
A new 17(!) page interview with Spanish BeDeSeMe magazine. Direct link: Bedeseme #62. | [...]
Exotic Bondage, Feb 2020, Spain
A new 2020 interview with #1 Spanish bondage website, Exotic Bondage. Exotic Bondage |
RopeMarks is slowing down after 20+ very active years.
The year 2019 is the year that I have been doing my Japanese rope bondage activities as RopeMarks for 20 years. On April 1, 1999 (this is no joke) I officially formalized these activities under the name RopeMarks. April 1, 2019 was RopeMarks’ platinum anniversary!
Algemeen Dagblad Magazine, Sep., 2019, Netherlands: Sexperiments with Marith
I've had the pleasure to teach Marith Iedema the essentials of Japanese rope bondage for an article [...]
Darkside magazine, Issue 6, Jan. 2018, United Kingdom
The January 2018 issue of Darkside magazine has an additional interesting read, an 11 page interview and photo's [...]
