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.

THE PENDU ORGANIZATION
Action and Interaction.
Will and Imagination.
Eros and Thanatos.

SHORT HISTORY: Pendu, Inc. was founded by Todd Pendu Brooks, a curator, visual artist, writer, performer, graphics designer, tarot reader. Pendu’s origins begin in 1997 with the founding 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 as 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.

OUR NONPROFIT 501(c)(3) STATUS
Pendu, Inc. filed paperwork seeking 501(c)(3) status on January 26, 2009. On February 26, Pendu, Inc. was certified by the state of NY and were approved by the NYC Dept. of Education. We are waiting final approval from the IRS. All donations are tax-deductible and we will make receipts out for donations $20 and above. View our NYS Entity information here >>

WANT TO WORK WITH US? WE NEED YOU!
Happily, Pendu is growing and we need to expand our family. We are seeking a:
– Grantswriter
– Fundraising Manager
– Publicist/ Marketing Manager
– Dedicated Interns to work a minimum of 12 hrs/wk and report to home/office of Pendu, Inc. Must have a laptop and have great computer skills. Knowledgable in standard software such as Word, Excel, Photoshop, etc.
APPLY NOW… send a Letter of Interest and Resume to info(at)pendu.org. We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
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SUBMIT YOUR ARTWORK OR SOUNDS
We want to give unique individuals and collectives the chance to show their work. If you’d like to submit your art or sounds for consideration to be featured online, send an email to info(at)pendu.org with a few words about yourself and be sure to include a link to your website, myspace, or flickr account but please do not send attachments.

SUBMIT YOUR WRITINGS
Pendu Magazine welcomes submissions from writers of original poetry and prose as well writers who want to contribute articles, interviews, features, essays, editorials, and reviews dealing with the topics of adhocism, occultism, and eroticism/pornography. We’re looking for writers who offer a unique and experiential point of view. Send a short bio with a sample of your writing to info(at)pendu.org. We’re looking forward to hearing from you.
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This Symbol (left) used in all of our online and print materials originates from Alchemy. It is the symbol used by the alchemist to signfy 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).

To Learn More about the Occult Philosophy of the Pendu Organization … Read Our Ongoing Unfinished Collection of Key Texts here >>>

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What comes before and opens doors…
Syncretism . Eclecticism . Agorism/Mutualism . Localism . Primitivism . Nomadism . The Elliptical Path of Infinity . Ka . The Third Meaning . The Fourth Way . The Left-Hand Path . The Smaragdine Table & Hermeticism . Alchemy . Jainism . Numerology . Tarot . I Ching & Taoism . Gnosticism . Tantrism . Pataphysics . Arte Povera . Lettrism . Rhizome Theory . Temporary Autonomous Zones & Pirate Utopias . Chaos Magick . Coniunctio Oppositorum …

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 …

The Zetetics, Heretics, Eccentrics, Mystics and Frenetics of the Past Present and Future… onward to 2012!

Donate $30 to Pendu Org and to thank you, we’ll send you a PENDU T-shirt.
Be sure to request shirt size in email. (add $10 for shipping if outside US)

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STAFF:
• Todd Brooks aka Todd Pendu
—Exec. Dir./Curator/Editor (CV/Resume)
info(at)pendu.org

• Stephanie Gross
—Secy. to the Board
stephanie(at)pendu.org

WRITERS/ CONTENT CONTRIBUTORS
• Eli Welbourne

INTERNS:
• Abby Echiverri
• Eli Wald
• Laura Brown

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
• Todd Brooks
—Chair./Pres.
info(at)pendu.org

• Jesse Gelaznik
—V.P.
jesse(at)pendu.org

• Harrison Owen
harrison(at)pendu.org

• Carson Craig
carson(at)pendu.org

• Karl Woschitz
karl(at)pendu.org

BOARD OF ADVISORS:
• Maria Chavez

PATRONS:
Pendu Org would like to extend a sincere THANK YOU for the support by the individuals below who have contributed above $1000 to our programs.
• Anonymous – Palatka, FL
• Ursula Brown – Brooklyn, NY
• Tayler Shaw – Austin, TX
• Tyler Flatt – Brooklyn, NY
• Leslie Saunders – Brooklyn, NY