Bryan Lewis Saunders
saunders.standuptragedy@gmail.com
Born in Washington, DC 1969
Education
BFA degree. E.T.S.U. Johnson City, TN. 1998
Lecturing and Workshops
KHM – Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, Germany. Intervention. May/07
Bowery Poetry Club in NYC, NY. On Craft Lecture Series. Nov/07
Selected Festivals, Exhibitions and Multimedia Performances
"WHERE'S MAO NOW WHEN YOU NEED HIM ?"
Cranbrook Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI. Cranbrook Video Fest. May/05
Dayton Dirt Collective, Dayton, OH. March/09
"MISSING CHILD":
Hamblin Art Space in Johnson City Tennessee. Aug/06
"SEX, DRUGS AND INSTITUTIONS":
Trodler-Bar in Berlin, Germany. Fuel performance. May/07
KHM in Cologne, Germany. TV Studio Performance. May/07
Palais de Tokyo, Museum of Contemporary Art in Paris, France. Nov/07
Presence Capitale, Contemporary Art Museum in Bordeaux, France. Burn Out-Post Crash Festival Nov/07
Emmetrop in Bourges, France. Nov/07
Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. 4th of July Party in the Park. July/08
The Smell in Los Angeles, California. Cool in the Pool Day 1. July/08
Black Box Collective in Orlando, Florida. Quarterly Noise Report. Oct/08
Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA. Dec/09
Pageant: Soloveev Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Dec/09
"SIGN IT !":
Chez Seany Poo in Nashville, Tennessee. Mar/08
"BED BUGS II"
The Hideaway in Johnson City, Tennessee. Oct/08
New Music House in Tallahassee, Florida. Oct/08
"TALES FROM JAIL"
E.T.S.U. in Johnson City, Tennessee. Homecoming Poetry Jam. Oct/08
Videography
I'm Not Dead I'm Schizotypal. Video. Dec/00
Audra Buys A Piano. Video. Oct/04
Sex, Drugs and Institutions. DVD. 2008
Sign It ! (Live). DVD. March/08
Missing Child (Live). DVD. Apr/08
Bed Bugs II. DVD. Dec/08
Steve Mackay and the Radon Ensemble "Hidden Away" Live 2008. URCK Records Limited Series. Videography. DVD. 2009
Slobberscope. Video. Oct/09
Classwar Apperception Test, (With Nicole Bailey). Classwar Karaoke. Videography. 2009
Discography
Chaotic Underworld.: Noise Recordings Vol. 2. Appearance. Sept/05
Bryan Lewis Saunders: Inner Demon Demos Vol. 1-3. CD-R 2006
RSI Vol. 2. Uncarved. Appearance. CD-R Nov/06
Sage Francis: Human the Death Dance. Epitaph Records. Guest appearance. LP/CD May/07
Mr. Brain Sander: Songs About Huffing. Teenage Whore Tapes. CASSETTE 2008
Infolepsy Vol. 1 & 2: Guest Appearance. WRITINGS & CD-R May/08
Classwar Karaoke: Bodies the Instruments. Appearance. Aug/08
Classwar Karaoke: Burlesque Regress. Appearance. Nov/08
Mr. Brain Sander: Busting Open. Chaotic Underworld. CD-R Dec/08
Mr. Brain Sander: Craigslist. Anti Everything Noise. CASSETTE Jan/09
Classwar Karaoke: Goya Made Us Do It. Appearance. May/09
Lezet: Meld4. Appearance. July/09
Classwar Karaoke: Classwar Karaoke 0009. Appearance. Feb/10
Sleep Works
Bryan Lewis Saunders: N1-N4 Variations (Vocal documentation from all four sleep stages). Stand-up Tragedy Records. CD-R. June/08
Bryan Lewis Saunders: Animus Chora: Spirit Receptacle. Belsona Academy. Album/Podcast. Nov/09
Bryan Lewis Saunders: Torso. Colin Johnco Records. CD-R/Album/File Download. Dec/09
Bryan Lewis Saunders: 87 Dreams of a Sociopath. suRRism-Phonoethics. Album & Book/File Download. Jan/10
Bryan Lewis Saunders & Raymond Dijkstra: Le Bobcat. Fragment Factory. Cassette. Mar/10
Remixes and Collaborations
Alekar Dub Orchestra: Tribute to B.L. Saunders. Remixed in Berlin Dec/05
Bryan Lewis Saunders: “FÜR DIE HUNDE”. Interpretation of Kommissar Hjuler & Mama Baer’s - “Anticipation of the Generalized Other” (SHMF 019-20nach). CD-R May/08
Bryan Lewis Saunders, Kommissar Hjuler und Frau, Faust Adolf Hjuler: "A/MEI/SEN" (SHMF-166). CD-R June/08
John Duncan: “Subject in Question”. Remixed by John Duncan at O’Artoteca in Milan Italy. 2007
Z'EV & Bryan Lewis Saunders: "DAKU". Collaboration. Aug/08
Murmurists, "Beneath Is Translation: I Cannot Tell You Where I am Until I Love You". Vocals. Feb/09
Love Execution Style: Somniloquies. Sample/Audio Collage. July/09
Kommissar Hjuler Und Frau and Bryan Lewis Saunders: A/MEI/SEN. Scumbag Relations. CD-R. Dec/09
Bryan Lewis Saunders and Z'EV: "DER MUTER OBJEKT/FÜR DIE HUNDE" remix Kommissar Hjuler Und Frau's “Anticipation of the Generalized Other”. Blossoming Noise. Cassette. Dec/09
Bibliography
Sacrifice Zine. Bryan Lewis Saunders interviews Lydia Lunch. Oct/07
Sex, Drugs and Institutions. Bryan Lewis Saunders. SUT-7 & SUT-Press vol.1, 1st edition ltd. of 17. 2008
From Yodeling to Quantum Physics. Archibooks, Paris. Appearance. Mar/08
87 Dreams of a Sociopath. suRRism-Phonoethics & SUT-Press vol.2, 1st edition (free download). 01/10
The Reaons Why I Dream With Knives. Bryan Lewis Saunders. SUT-Press vol.3, 1st edition. 02/10
Press and Interviews
Interview. WLOS ABC 13 News. Ashville NC. Aug/06
Interview. The Bowl. April/07
The Tragic Liberation of Bryan Lewis Saunders. Vision. Nov/07
A Conversation with Mr. Brain Sander. Ghettoblaster. Issue 19, Page 20. 2008
Interview. WJHL CBS 11 News. Johnson City, TN. Oct/08
Article. East Tennessean. Volume 83, Issue 15, Page 1. Oct/08
Article. East Tennessean. Volume 83, Issue 35, Page 5-6. Feb/09
Interview. Rhythmplex. 04/26/09
Review. Wire. Issue 305, Page 57. July 2009
Review. Rock-A-Rolla. Issue 21. July/Aug 2009