Bryan Lewis Saunders
Bryan Lewis Saunders | |
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Draftsman | |
| Notable work | Under the Influence, Sensations, Sign It!, Near Death Experience, Daku, The Third Ear, Extreme Makeover (Fuck Mattress) Edition, Under the Influence of Torture |
Bryan Lewis Saunders (born 1969, in
performance poet, and self-portrait painter known for his disturbing spoken word rants, tragic art performances and stand-up tragedy.[1]
Career
On March 30, 1995, Saunders began drawing at least one self-portrait every day for the rest of his life.somniloquy which led to a wealth of source material for both audio releases and books. The transcriptions of his lengthy somniloquy are an example of the stream of unconsciousness method of writing.[6]
On March 30, 2015, on Saunder's 20 year anniversary of drawing a self-portrait a day, the feature-length documentary Art of Darkness was released worldwide on various on-demand platforms. The film by David Parker is an intimate profile that includes candid interviews with Saunders and highlights of the artist's life; from troubled childhood through his various art experiments including his infamous "drug series" of self-portraits.
In an interview he claimed to have sustained mild
brain damage as the result of his experimentation with drugs.[7]
Works
Discography (Incomplete)
- The Inner Demon Demos Vol. 1-3 (Stand-Up Tragedy Records 2006)
- Songs About Huffing (Teenage Whore Tapes 2008)
- Fur Die Hunde with Kommissar Hjuler und Frau (SHMF 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: Mama Baerand Bryan Lewis Saunders (Blossoming Noise 2010)
- Near Death Experience (Erratum 2010)
- Bed Bugs 1-3 (Private Leisure Industries 2011)
- ... from the world of burning red bugs with Kommissar Hjuler und Frau (Psych.KG 2017)
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 (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)
- Stream of Unconscious Vol. 4 with Love, Execution Style and Adam Bohman & Adrian Northover (Stand-Up Tragedy Records 2012)
- Stream of Unconscious Vol. 5 with Yoshihiro Kikuchi and Christopher Fleeger (Stand-Up Tragedy Records 2012)
- Stream of Unconscious Vol. 6 with Sinus Buds and Andy Ortmann (Stand-Up Tragedy Records 2013)
- Stream of Unconscious Vol. 7 with Joke Lanz and Dylan Nyoukis (Stand-Up Tragedy Records 2013)
- Stream of Unconscious Vol. 8 with Lee Gamble and Carl Michael von Hausswolff (Stand-Up Tragedy Records 2013)
- Stream of Unconscious Vol. 9 with Leif Elggren and John Moloney (Stand-Up Tragedy Records 2013)
- Stream of Unconscious Vol. 10 with Language of Light and Matt Reis (Stand-Up Tragedy Records 2013)
- Stream of Unconscious Vol. 11 with Offerings and Requiem (Stand-Up Tragedy Records 2013)
- Stream of Unconscious Vol. 12 with Hopek Quirin and Michael Esposito (Stand-Up Tragedy Records 2013)
- The Confessor (Stand-Up Tragedy Records 2013)
Videography
- I'm Not Dead-I'm Schizotypal (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)
- Bryan Lewis Saunders & James Hollenbaugh (2012)
Bibliography
- Sex, Drugs and Institutionz (2008)
- 87 Dreams of a Sociopath (2010)
- The Reasons Why I Dream with Knives (2010)
- Channel Zero (2011)
- The Confessor (2012)
- Protective Geometry with drawings by Ed Pinsent (2012)
- Authentic Soup Kitchen Menus (2013)
- Autoportraits Sous Drogues (2013)
- Gregor Mendel Mutations (2013)
- We Don't Need Another Doctor, We Can Run Our Own Tests (2014)
- La Troisième Oreille et Autres Textes (2014)
References
- ISBN 2-915639-86-8
- ^ 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 Archived 2018-06-27 at the Wayback Machine, Canada. 17 Jan. 2011 Web.
- ^ Eduard Escoffet. "Barcelona Poesia 2010" Spain: Barcelona Cultura, 2010. 32. Print.
- ^ "Getting Abilified With Bryan Saunders". "GETTING ABILIFIED WITH BRYAN SAUNDERS - Viceland Today". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-02-10., USA. 09 Feb. 2011 Web.
- ^ "Episode 5: Recent Sleep Works." Glossolalia. Resonance 104.4 FM, London. 17 May 2010. Radio.
- ^ Millington, Alison (2018-12-16). "An artist painted a self-portrait of himself on a different drug every day, and he ended up with brain damage". Insider. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
External links
- Official Website
- Discogs
- Erratum
- 2009 Interview
- Glossolalia Episode 5: Recent Sleep Works
- Dinosaurcity Interview
- Viceland Today Interview
- Jon Ronson, Bryan Saunders: portrait of the artist on crystal meth, The Guardian, 1 December 2012
- Art of Darkness documentary website
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