Greatest Wall of All
2010-3-11
Roland hikes on top of the Great Wall in China, talks to locals and takes a scary dive downhill dangling on a rope. With music from his new CD “Show Me”.
Roland and BMW TV
2010-3-9
Roland just wrote a feature story on Tokyo for BMW Magazine.
Hiroshi Hara and Roland on Austrian TV
2010-1-29
Architect Hiroshi Hara and Roland talk on Austrian TV, why it would be important to have Japanese architects design multifunctional buildings in Raiding, the town where composer Franz Liszt was born. (German only)
Architecture of the Future
2009-11-20
Roland talked with 11 Japanese architects about the future. The result is on view at Artium in Fukuoka, Japan (Nov 28 – Jan 11, 2010).
What a ride!
2009-11-15
Raiding is a small village in Austria where composer Franz Liszt was born. Roland works on a project to bring Japanese architects to this rural environment.
Music video preview “Show Me”
2009-11-15
Roland’s new CD “Show Me” will be released December 14, 2009 featuring 16 new songs. The music video was filmed in Indonesia and Singapore.
Roland on Austrian TV
2009-11-11
Austria’s national TV station ORF recently broadcasted this segment on Roland together with Japanese architects Kengo Kuma and Sou Fujimoto.
20 Japanese Architects
2009-4-20
American art critic Edward Gomez reads from Roland’s new book, published in English and Chinese by Garden City Publishers in Taiwan.
Soho sorceress
2009-1-1
Airports, sculptures, jewelries: Artist Michele Oka Doner’s designs draw from the cosmos – macro and micro. Roland visits her studio in NY, which once served as a movie set for “Ghost”.WATCH VIDEO
Hoop the Happy-Maker
2008-12-25
When he drives, the world laughs. Artist Hoop takes Roland on a ride to New Jersey to see his work and collection with hundreds of drawings by celebrities such as Jimmy Hendrix, Sylvester Stallone and James Dean.WATCH VIDEO
Val Kilmer for governor
2008-12-1
The star of The Doors, Batman Returns and Saint might become governor of New Mexico in 2010. Kilmer talks to Roland about Shakespeare, US politics and Oliver Stone.
Kitsch or Koons
2008-10-25
Angst and happiness: Jeff Koons is considered the world’s most expensive contemporary male artist (followed by Damien Hirst). Roland talks to the showman in his New York studio.
Smarter than me
2008-10-28
When it comes to open a thoroughly packaged CD like my song collection “Galaxy”, this monkey has it all figured out.
Erik Trauner’s Danube Blues
2008-10-24
30 Years ago, Erik Trauner founded the Mojo Blues Band in Vienna (shortly after he had been drafted into the army — together with Roland). Today, Erik is Austria’s number one Blues composer and musician. JAPANESE SUBTITLES
Between bondage and Bolero
2008-9-3
Roland meets Japan’s scandalous photographer Nobuyoshi Araki who, nevertheless, just received Austria’s highest cultural award.
Don’t try this!
2008-9-2
A shaman at the Tibetan border explains to Roland a healing ritual. He licks a red-hot iron and doesn’t get burned.
Lady sings the blues
2008-9-1
Jazz singer Diane Witherspoon joins Roland on his new CD “Show Me” to be released December 14, 2010.
Rio Negro – Part 2
2008-8-9
Sounds from the gods: Roland and pianist Flavio Varani visit Brazil’s Desano Indians and listen to their music.
Hu-la-la!
2008-8-8
Roland talks to hula-hoop champion Marawa in Melbourne — ready to go for the Guinness world record.
In Memory of Jeffrey Metzner (1941-2008)
2008-7-18
Painter, art director and head of the motion graphics department at the School of Visual Art in NY – Jeffrey was versatile. In 2007 he talked with Roland about 9/11, his arrest for a book and his life with Sheila Metzner.
Volcano Worlds
2008-7-5
Crater chopper: Pilot Toru Habashita takes off with Roland (and no doors) in Nagasaki to explore Mount Unzen – Japan’s deadliest volcano. Roland’s report is featured in BMW Magazine and on BMW’s homepage.
Downbeats in Paris
2008-7-4
Luc Hery is the concert master of the French National Orchestra. He talks with Roland in Paris about stage fright, Nordic music and conductor Ricardo Muti’s downbeat.
Kyoto people
2008-7-1
For MINI International magazine, Roland produced an edition on people in Kyoto – like model Reiko Maki (photo left).
MEET THE ARCHITECT
Continuous series
Roland talks to contemporary architects.
INDONESIAN INVASION
7-part-series
Roland meets nine outstanding contemporary Indonesian artists. A catalogue with Roland’s interviews and photos was published by Sin Sin Fine Art in Hong Kong, April 2008.
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RIO NEGRO
6-part-series
Edvard Grieg, Indians and nature under pressure: Roland visits the Amazon forest with pianist Flavio Varani.
The No-Nonsense-Onsen
2008-2-27
Take a dip, but follow the rules: Roland visits Fujiya Ginzan, Japan’s ultimate minimalist hot spring resort designed by architect Kengo Kuma.
Jackson Hole
2007-9-28
Into the white abyss: latest from a series of short videos that Roland produces for BMW’s homepage. With music from Roland’s CD “Galaxy”.
www.bmw.com/bmwmagazine
Words & Visuals
2007-6-1
This booklet is a collaboration between Roland, designer Sin Sin, architect Kengo Kuma, explorer Wong How Man and photographer Matthieu Ricard. All proceeds go to the Karuna Asia Charity www.karuna-asia.org
Making of a Maiko
2007-5-28
Apprentice Geishas in Kyoto are called Maikos. Roland captures what lies underneath white make-up and golden kimonos.
Beautiful
2007-3-1
The exhibition at the Meridien Grand Pacific in Tokyo features Roland’s portraits of 33 women – among them artist Louise Bourgeois, photographer Annie Leibovitz and fashion designer Junko Koshino. March 2007