Ben Denham

Single Blade Feedback (Signal Flow), 2023

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Native grass, servo motor, microcontroller, C-stand, accelerometer, modular synthesizer, light projector, speakers, stereo sound.

Ben Denham grew up in the Blue Mountains and studied visual arts at the University of Western Sydney. He currently lives near the Cooks River, in Sydney’s inner west. These geographical locations are part of a series of performance video works in which Ben reflects on his relationship to where he lives. Another thread of his practice involves making machines to explore new ways of interfacing with the process of drawing and writing. He is currently working with synthesizers to create kinetic sculptural works, drawings and installations. He sees this as a form of expanded synthesis that can help us to understand the broader cultural significance of the synthesizer and its relationship to art, science and philosophy.