| Roland Loomis |
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He gave himself his first body piercing when he was twelve. He performed the O-Kee-Pa suspension in 1966 or 1967. His first public appearance as Fakir Musafar was at the First International Tattoo Convention in Reno, Nevada in 1977. Roland has documented and shared his explorations in writing, speaking and teaching others " Body Play ." In the early 1990's Roland appeared in mainstream media shows like NBC's Faith Daniels Show, CBS's People Are Talking, CNN's Earth Matters and Discovery Channel 's (Beyond Bizarre). In 1998 Roland produced documentary segments for London Weekend Television's Southbank Show and Playboy Television's "Sexcetera." In 2000, 2001 and 2003 he has appeared in documentaries for The Learning Channel (Human Canvas Part I and Part II), TBS, FX Channel and Discovery Channel plus a major appearance in the 2001 documentary film "Modern Tribalism". In 2004 became a spokesperson for the National Geographic Channel's TABOO series and has expressed "radical contemporary" views on body rituals on the Travel Channel 's "Eye of the Beholder" series hosted by Serena Yang. Roland's writing and photography appears in Theater Journal, Bizarre magazine (fetish and SM exploration), Skin Two and PFIQ (Piercing Fan International Quarterly). He has lectured and performed at London's 's Festival Atlantico (1997). His photographic art was recently exhibited at the Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles. In February 1999 he presented "My Reality, Your Reality, Reality of Those you Treat" as an invitee to the annual conference of the American College Of Psychiatrists educating on Body Modification and Shamanism . His performance group performed "Metamorphosis" at the 1999 Los Angeles Fetish Ball as well as for close friend Annie Sprinkle 's Benefit Show at the Cowell Theater in San Francisco after her houseboat and archives were destroyed by fire. He continues to speak at colleges and universities and to New Age and other special interest groups. Roland is a Master Piercer and shaman with over 40 years experience in the body arts and founded his own school to train would-be piercers and branders. Starting in 1948, he championed the ancient practices and modern techniques in general use today and co-developed the established techniques of contemporary body piercing. Roland's Body Piercing and Branding Intensives school is amongst the best in the world. His partner is artist, author and educator Cleo Dubois who often travels, lectures and performs with him. SEE ALSO
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