Bruce Conner
Mabuhay Gardens
06 Oct. 2006 - 22 Nov. 2006
NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf
www.nrw-forum.de

foto: Roz Makes A Giant Step
Bruce Conner: Mabuhay Gardens, 1978 (c) Bruce Conner

Music was the way to express the feeling of Punk best. Bruce Conner catches the moments of rebellion, anarchy: Toni Basil, Devo, Negative Trend, ... in the artistic composition of the photographer, whose work is this year even shown at the Berlin Bienale.

Bruce Conner, born 1933 in McPherson, Kansas (USA), lives in San Francisco. In the 50ies he becomes renowned with sculptures made of found objects twisted with nylon. His short films are important works of the independent cinema after the second world war. Bruce Conner was one of the first who used for the soundtrack in his films pop music. With his video clips he was a pioneer for music videos.
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