PRESS RELEASE
01.24.03


Relics & Reform Now!

Kendall Bruns Performs, Collaborates, Documents Results.

Cincinnati, OH - January 24, 2003 - Artist, Kendall Bruns will be taking over the top two floors at The Historic Southgate House, 24 East. 3rd St. Newport, KY, on Saturday, February 8th. In the third floor gallery he¹ll be presenting, Relics from his previous art performances and installations. Downstairs in the second floor parlour he¹ll be celebrating the release of Reform Now!, a new cd of Kendall Bruns music remixed by a diverse group of local and national musicians.

 

Relics is a collection that documents various performances and installations that Kendall has created over the last few years. His Bigfoot installation at the Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati in 2001 and his Spelling Bee at SSNOVA last September, are two examples of the kind of work that will be referenced in this show. The Southgate Gallery will display objects and documentation from these works. CD recordings of his A Mild and Crazy Guy performances will be available for the first time.

 

Kendall says, ³These performances and installations have been limited by the audiences they could reach. This is a great opportunity for me to introduce these works to a new audience and give them more context by showing them as a group.²

 

While the gallery will present an overview of Kendall¹s recent performances, the parlour will play host to the release of his Reform Now! cd. Kendall¹s been making music as a solo artist for eight years and decided it would be a good time to collaborate. He enlisted local musicians such as enduser, David Enright, Sonik and Kenya DuBois as well as national artists like Shapethrower and Dark Audio Project to deconstruct, rearrange and rebuild his songs into something new. The results will be available on cd at the show and many of the contributing musicians will be performing to celebrate the occasion.

 

The opening reception will begin at 7pm and the music starts at 9pm. Both events are free. Relics will be on display through February 28th.

 

 

About The Southgate House

 

The Southgate House is a bar and music venue and has been incredibly supportive of the local music scene. It has been called "one of the best places to hear live music for its intimate setting and cozy sound". The newly renovated third floor art gallery hosts some of the best local, regional, national and international art, ranging from works by local artists like Andrew Loughnane, Tom Mitts, Millicent Struab, and Kendall Bruns, to future shows including contemporary works from Great Britain and Germany. For more information about The Southgate House, please visit www.southgatehouse.com or send email to andrew_loughnane@insightbb.com.


About Kendall Bruns

Kendall Bruns is an artist in Cincinnati, Ohio, whose work has been
presented in national juried exhibitions and international publications,
preserved in the Rhizome.org art base, and displayed at numerous local
galleries and art venues. He earned a BFA at the Art Academy of Cincinnati
with an emphasis in sculpture. Kendall¹s active pursuit of the arts is
materialized through many forms of creative expression including music,
digital art, graphic design, sculpture and video.

For more information, please e-mail kendall@kendallbruns.com or visit
www.kendallbruns.com


Kendall Bruns
Artist
kendall@kendallbruns.com



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