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Pendu Arts
P E N D U <> N Y C
The Pendu Organization runs an art gallery, publishes an online art+fashion+music magazine, releases records+tapes
on the imprint PENDU SOUND RECORDINGS, and puts on art+music events throughout NYC.




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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….

from L-R — Alexandra Velasco, Abby Echiverri, Elizabeth Gordon, Lorraine C, and Todd Brooks.
Photo by Johanna Lenski

THE PENDU ORGANIZATION
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"The Aesthetic of the Ecstatic"
.:. Action and Interaction .:.
.:. Will and Imagination .:.
.:. Eros and Thanatos .:.

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
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 >>
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Investor Opportunities
Pendu, Inc. is looking for partners in investment opportunities. If interested, please contact us: info(at)pendu.org.

$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.
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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, CLICK HERE to send an email 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 is searching for writers/bloggers who want to contribute articles, interviews, features, essays, editorials, and music reviews. Pendu’s focus leans toward new and unseen/unheard artists as well as themes of occultism and eroticism/porn in the arts. We’re looking for knowledgeable writers who offer a unique and experiential point of view. CLICK HERE to send a short bio with a sample of your writing. We’re looking forward to hearing from you.
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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).

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 …

PENDU hails the Zetetiks, Heretiks, Ekcentriks, Mystiks and Frenetiks of the Past Present and Future… onward to 2012!

Pendu, Inc.
190 Bedford Ave. #134
Brooklyn, NY 11211
347-984-1409

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STAFF:
• Todd Brooks
—Exec. Dir./Curator/Editor (CV/Resume)

• Stephanie Gross
—Secy. to the Board

WRITERS/ CONTENT CONTRIBUTORS
• Luke Carrell
• Laurel Halo
• Eli Welbourne

INTERNS:
Currently Working:
• seeking interns (08/11/10)

Past:
• Laura Brown
• Lorraine C
• Abby Echiverri
• Elizabeth Gordon
• Alexandra Velasco

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
• Todd Brooks – Chair./Pres.
• Jesse Gelaznik – V.P.
• Harrison Owen
• Carson Craig
• Karl Woschitz

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
• Tyler Flatt – Brooklyn, NY
• Johanna Lenski – Brooklyn, NY
• Leslie Saunders – Brooklyn, NY
• Darian Schramm – Brooklyn, NY