Bryan Lewis Saunders
| Bryan Lewis Saunders |
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| Birth name |
Bryan Lewis Saunders |
| Born |
February 6, 1969 (1969-02-06) (age 43)
Washington D.C., U.S. |
| Nationality |
American |
| Field |
Performance Art, Video, Spoken Word, Poet, Author, Draftsman |
| Training |
East Tennessee State University |
| Works |
Sex Drugs and Institutions, Sign It!, Near Death Experience, Daku |
Bryan Lewis Saunders (born 1969, in Washington, D.C.) is a performance artist, videographer, and performance poet widely known for his disturbing spoken word rants, tragic art performances and Stand up tragedy.[1] On March 30, 1995, Bryan began drawing at least one self-portrait every day for the rest of his life.[2] For 11 days in 2001, Bryan conducted an experiment in which he ingested or inhaled a different intoxicant everyday and created a self-portrait under the influence documenting the effects of his altered perception.[3] In January 2011, a selection of the drug induced self-portraits presented online went viral.[4] In 2003, Bryan began sleeping with a cassette recorder and documenting both his dreams and somniloquy which led to a wealth of source material for both audio releases and books. The transcriptions of his lengthy somniloquy led to what is known as the Stream of unconsciousness (narrative mode) method of writing.[5]
Discography (Incomplete)
- The Inner Demon Demos Vol. 1-3 (Stand-Up Tragedy Records 2006)
- Songs About Huffing (Teenage Whore Tapes 2008)
- Daku: Bryan Lewis Saunders and Z'EV (Outfall Channel 2009)
- Craigslist (Anti Everything Noise 2009)
- A/Mei/Sen: Bryan Lewis Saunders mit Kommissar Hjuler Und Frau (Scumbag Relations 2009)
- Der Muter Object Fur Die Hunde: Z'EV and Kommissar Hjuler Und Frau and Bryan Lewis Saunders (Blossoming Noise 2010)
- Near Death Experience (Erratum 2010)
- Bed Bugs 1-3 (Private Leisure Industries 2011)
Sleep Works
- N1-N4 Variations: Vocal Documentation From All Four Sleep Stages (Stand-Up Tragedy Records 2008)
- Animus Chora: Spirit Receptacle (Belsona Strategic 2009)
- Torso (Colin Johnco Records 2009)
- 87 Dreams Of A Sociopath: Bryan Lewis Saunders (Surrism-Phonoethics 2010)
- Le Bobcat: Bryan Lewis Saunders and Raymond Dijkstra (Fragment Factory 2010)
- Stream of Unconscious Vol. 1 with Hopi Torvald and Kommissar Hjuler und Frau (Stand-Up Tragedy Records 2011)
- Stream of Unconscious Vol. 2 with Razen and Classwar Karaoke Friends (Stand-Up Tragedy Records 2011)
- Stream of Unconscious Vol. 3 with Evil Moisture and Wehwalt (Stand-Up Tragedy Records 2011)
Videography
- I'm Not Dead-I'm Schizotypal (short) (2000)
- Where's Mao Now When You Need Him (2005)
- Sex, Drugs and Institutions (2007)
- Missing Child (2008)
- Sign It! (2008)
- Bed Bugs II (2008)
- Steve Mackay and the Radon Ensemble "Hidden Away" Live 2008 (2009)
- Slobberscope (2009)
- Near Death Experience (2010)
Bibliography
- Sex, Drugs and Institutions (2008)
- 87 Dreams of a Sociopath (2010)[6]
- The Reasons Why I Dream with Knives (2010)
- The Confessor (2011)
- Channel Zero (2011)
References
- ^ Palais de Tokyo. "Bryan Lewis Saunders." From Yodeling To Quantum Physics… (Vol.1). Paris: Palais de Tokyo & Archibooks, 2007. 182. Print. ISBN 2915639868
- ^ Pratt, Geoff & Gorman, Ty. "The Tragic Liberation of Bryan Lewis Saunders." Vision [Johnson City, TN] 15 Nov. 2007: 4. Print.
- ^ "Bryan Lewis Saunders Is Chasing The American Dream (By Taking A Lot Of Drugs)". Dinosaurcity.org, Canada. 17 Jan. 2011 Web.
- ^ "Getting Abilified With Bryan Saunders". [1], USA. 09 Feb. 2011 Web.
- ^ "Episode 5: Recent Sleep Works." Glossolalia. Resonance 104.4 FM, London. 17 May 2010. Radio.
- ^ Surrism-Phonoethics Released as lettRRism_0003 http://www.archive.org/details/lettrrism_0003
External links
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Saunders, Bryan Lewis |
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February 6, 1969 |
| Place of birth |
Washington D.C., U.S. |
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