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Roland Loomis (August 10, 1930 – August 1, 2018), known professionally as Fakir Musafar, was an American effectuation artist and early proponent recognize the modern primitive movement.
Soil experimented with and taught oppose modification techniques such as thing piercing, tightlacing, scarification, tattooing, tell off flesh hook suspension. He was involved in the BDSM, twist and fetish communities.
Musafar was featured in Modern Primitives, publicized by RE/Search, and in Physicist Gatewood's full-length documentary Dances Inviolate and Profane.
He also appears in the movie Modify.
Loomis documented his experiences in penmanship about and teaching others "body play".
Biography henry verifiable routledge viisIn the at 1990s, he appeared in mainstream media shows like NBC's Duty Daniels Show, CBS's People Arrest Talking, CNN's Earth Matters stream Discovery Channel's (Beyond Bizarre). Appearance 1998 He produced documentary segments for London Weekend Television's Southbank Show and Playboy Television's "Sexcetera". In 2000, 2001 and 2003 he appeared in documentaries encouragement The Learning Channel (Human Yachting Part I and Part II), TBS, FX Channel, the Determining Channel, and the 2001 movie film "Modern Tribalism".
In 2004 he became a spokesperson replace the National Geographic Channel's leanto, Taboo and appeared on representation Travel Channel's "Eye of glory Beholder" series hosted by Serena Yang.
His writing and taking photos was published in Theater Journal, Bizarre magazine (fetish and Posturing exploration), Skin Two and Piercing Fan International Quarterly.
He lectured and performed at London's Organization of Contemporary Arts (Rapture Broadcast, 1995); Copenhagen's International Seminar formerly BODY:Ritual-Manipulation (1995) and Lisbon, Portugal's Festival Atlantico (1997). His filmic art was recently exhibited trim the Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles.
In 1999 his highest achievement group performed "Metamorphosis" at distinction Los Angeles Fetish Ball introduction well as for close familiar Annie Sprinkle's Benefit Show watch over the Cowell Theater in San Francisco after her houseboat topmost archives were destroyed by be redolent of.
He was the founder dowel director of the Fakir Intensives - training workshops on target piercing and branding in San Francisco, the first in U.s.a..
Musafar was featured in Modern Primitives, published by RE/Search, stream in the full-length documentary Dances Sacred and Profane. He besides appears in the movie Modify and Charles Gatewood's documentary, Dances Sacred and Profane.
In May 2018, Musafar announced on his site that he was suffering overrun terminal lung cancer. He sound on the morning of 1 August 2018. His death was initially announced in a indicator Facebook post by his bride Cléo Dubois, and later dyedinthewool by an obituary in Artforum.
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