 from L-R — Alexandra Velasco, Abby Echiverri, Elizabeth Gordon, Lorraine C, and Todd Brooks. Photo by Johanna Lenski THE PENDU ORGANIZATION Pendu has received praise from Signal To Noise, Vice Magazine, Village Voice, Arthur Magazine, New York Press, and others for our events, album releases, and website content. Read Interviews, Reviews, and Features on our PRESS page. STATEMENT OF INTENT: Pendu, Inc. is a nonprofit arts and culture organization. Our mission is to increase public awareness of culturally-significant work from visual artists, performers, and writers that are often marginalized and overlooked. We create a dialogue with the public through our magazine, record label, and webstore as well as through creative productions, art shows, workshops, and music events in various spaces throughout NYC. SHORT HISTORY: Pendu, Inc. was founded by Todd Brooks, a curator, visual artist, writer, performer, graphics designer, tarot reader. Pendu’s origins begin in 1997 with the creation of Disillusion Records which released only one CD, a various artists compilation called “The 49th Parallel” featuring 12 DIY HC bands; 6 from the US and 6 from Canada. In late 2000, Disillusion Records was renamed ‘Transition Media’ in conjunction with a vision for a website covering visual arts and music. In March 2005, Transition Media was re-christened officially as Pendu, Inc. A new website was launched in November 2005 and it has continued to grow ever since. In February 2009, Pendu filed paperwork to apply for nonprofit 501 (c)(3) status. In May 2010, Pendu Gallery opened with an inaugural show of the artwork of Jesse Gelaznik. OUR NONPROFIT 501(c)(3) STATUS Investor Opportunities $1000 – $5000 Donations are necessary to underwrite our administrative and operation expenses. We keep our expenses low but we still need $1000/wk to operate. Please contact us directly at info(at)pendu.org to learn more about the benefits of donating funds at this level. We look forward to hearing from you. DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE. Again, We Thank You. SUBMIT YOUR ARTWORK OR SOUNDS SUBMIT YOUR WRITINGS
To Learn More about the Occult Philosophy of the Pendu Organization … Read Our Ongoing Unfinished Collection of Key Texts here >>> ___________________________________ What comes before and opens doors… The Bouzingo . Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn . A.’.A.’. . Die Aktion (magazine) . Cabaret Voltaire of Zürich . Acéphale . Fluxus . International Movement for an Imaginist Bauhaus . Situationist International . Vienna Aktionists . Art Brut . The Dreamachine . CRASS . COUM Transmissions . TOPY . the NWW list . Neue Slowenische Kunst . IOT . Cultus Sabati . Come Org . Broken Flag . Nekrophile Rekords . Neurosis . Fort Thunder . Nihilist Spasm Band . Smegma . Caroliner . No-Neck Blues Band … Pythagoras . Diogenes . Pyrrho . Heraclitus . Giordano Bruno . Emanuel Swedenborg . Franz Mesmer . William Blake . Madame Blavatsky . Gérard de Nerval . Isidore Ducasse . Friedrich Nietzsche . Pascal Beverly Randolph . Austin Osman Spare . Georges Bataille . Max Stirner . Alfred Jarry . Henri Bergson . Tristan Tzara . Max Ernst . Aleister Crowley . Marcel Duchamp . Kurt Schwitters . André Breton . Aimé Césaire . Witkacy . László Moholy-Nagy . Bruno Schulz . Gertrude Stein . Mao Zedong . Stefan & Franciszka Themerson . Roberto Matta . Brion Gysin. Isidore Isou . John Cage . Buckminster Fuller . Allan Kaprow . George Maciunas . Dick Higgins . Raoul Vaneigem . Robert Rauschenberg . Sun Ra . Jean Dubuffet . Amiri Baraka . Anton Szandor LaVey . Albert Ayler . Mike Kelley . Sergei Parajanov . Alejandro Jodorowsky . Hakim Bey . Robert Anton Wilson . Carolee Schneemann . Genesis P-Orridge . Cosey Fanni Tutti . Chris Carter . Peter Christopherson . Jhon Balance . Kaoru Abe . Thurston Moore . Kenneth Anger . Masami Akita . Pushead . Steven Stapleton . David Tibet . Mayuko Hino . Andrew D. Chumbley . Twig Harper . Carly Ptak . John Olson . Nate Young . Aaron Dilloway … PENDU hails the Zetetiks, Heretiks, Ekcentriks, Mystiks and Frenetiks of the Past Present and Future… onward to 2012! |
Pendu, Inc.
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PENDU has had the pleasure to work with so many of our favorite artists including: Black Devil Disco Club, Wolf Eyes, Black Dice, Growing, Light Asylum, S4LEM, Gatekeeper, Xeno & Oaklander, Excepter, Led er Est, Prince Rama, YOU., White Ring, George Quartz, Tearist, Follower (ft. Bunny Rabbit), Blank Dogs, DJ Lauren Flax, NO BRA, White Car, Blissed Out, Effi Briest, Sabbath Assembly, Cruel Black Dove, Other Crimes, The Present Moment, Pearl Harbor, Passions, Medio Mutante, Night Gallery, DJ Veronica Vasicka, Pop 1280, Hex Breaker Quintet, No Fun Acid, GDFX, Ana Lola Roman, Laurel Halo, Hounds of Hate, Slava, Figure Study, CREEP (DJ set), Balaclavas, Neud Photo, DJ Venus X (Ghe2o Gothik), Robin C (XX JFG/Tri Angle Records), DJ Frankie Teardrop, Desert of Colors, DJ Gavin Russom, DJ Josh Werner, DJ Traxx, Indian Jewelry, Blondes, Fostercare, Madden, Hive Mind, Martial Canterel, Mirror Mirror, Omega Jarden, Neud Photo, The Gamut, SSPS, John Wiese, Religious To Damn, Love Like Deloreans, Living Days, Liturgy, Mike Wexler, Further Reductions, Total Abuse, Pygmy Shrews, Telecult Powers, Twin Stumps, Sightings, Talk Normal, Cult of Youth, Infinity Window, Zs, Freshkills, Taigaa!, Metalux, Vaz, Future Blondes, Bad Party, Hunters, York Factory Complaint, Bermuda Triangles, Begushkin, Christian Science Minotaur, Child Abuse, Grasshopper, Murdertronics, Team Robespierre, Family Treasures, TOMB / Panther Modern, Sewer Goddess, Putrefier, Opponents, Nymph, Dirty Churches, Birth, Teeth Mountain, Nonhorse, Stellar Om Source, and so many more still to come….
This ‘Inverted Cross & Triangle’ Symbol (left) used in all of our online and print materials originates from Alchemy. It is the symbol used by the alchemist to signify the MAGNUM OPUS or the “Completed Work”. It is related in shape to the figure in the “Hanged-Man” card of the Tarot (aka “Le Pendu” in French). 
