Wilder once called himself a poet trapped inside a person’s body. He is also the originator of fauxbrow, a new American art and writing that combines newbrow and fauvism with an edgy, dreamlike wonder.
KC Wilder‘s work is often a little off-putting, centered on a loss of centrality itself, as witnessed in this passage from “#45: doggedly resolved”: chewing himself out, in a tailspin everyday … doting on a well-worn bag of bones inside a doghouse! sitting up on slipshod grates contemplating dog-eared rage, the many treats he’s been denied …
KC Wilder‘s writing evokes a pop-culture informed argot. Stylistically, his craft can be approximately characterized as Richard Brautigan meets ee cummings, with shades of
Henry Miller, Emily Dickinson and John Berryman.
KC Wilder‘s talents and undertakings in (and out of) the arts explore a wide area – author, artist, guitarist, web coder, video producer, free speech activist, photo producer, naturalist, and a prior U.S. AAU-national champion athlete. He has performed to tens of thousands with a 40-piece classical orchestra as a baritone soloist, and has toured throughout the states as a singer and session player. In the 90s he was widely known in the publishing and mail art worlds for producing a groundbreaking music zine as well as inumerable literary magazines, including noteworthy indy award-winners.
Light, buoyant and ethereal, but also wry and unmistakeable. Wilder’s art rock swims the seven seas and brings the listener with it. Some have recognized a trace of Jim Morrison in KC Wilder’s vocal stylings. If you could distill the essence of Ansel Adams and mix it up in a juicer with 1961-Greenwich-Village-era Dylan, you might get the same overall feel. A substantial hit of Ken Nordine and possibly a touch of the quirkiness of Italian director Fellini.
Wilder has availablea cutting edge album of humorous poetry on bewilderama records. A performer and composer as well as man of letters, Wilder plays guitar on some of these anthems in addition to performing humorous poetry in cahoots with the impressive Acme Rocket Quartet. Free clips are easily available from www.bewilderama.com and www.frankmedia.com.
