Ben Frost

Melbourne, Australia, 1980

Lives in Reykjavik Iceland

www.ethermachines.com

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, RELEASES AND WORKS FOR PERFORMANCE

CURRENT WORK:

2006
  • I Lay my ear to furious Latin. Public sound/sculpture installation
  • “Madrid Abierto”, Spain
  • Theory of Machines 5 new compositions for industrial machinery and guitars
  • Jarðskálftar Tónlist (Earthquake Music) Research and development of a real-time Earthquake based non-linear AV installation

Recent Work:

2006
  • Glow, Chunky Move Dance Company Score, Coreographed by Gideon Obarzanek and interactive System Design by Frieder Weiß
  • Singularity, Chunky Move Dance Company Score, Coreographed by Gideon Obarzanek
  • Holli Who? Íslenskí Dansflokkurín (Icelandic Dance Company) Score, Coreographed by Halla Ólafsdottír and concept by Halla Ólafsdottír and Ben Frost
  • Broken Window Theory.Bus Gallery, Melbourne Australia (Group exhibition) A Non-Linear Audio Installation
  • MOB part 1, North Melbourne Meat Market, Melbourne Australia A/V Installation, Surround sound and Multi-Screen Installation as part of Cicada
2005
  • Björk, Medúlla Desired Constellation Remix, One little Indian Label/Universal Music International
  • Pyroclastic. Centre for New Media Arts, Armenia. Sound work with Ai Yamamoto, Exploration of volcanic sound
  • Salt Milk. IASKA, Kellerberrin Western Australia. A/V installation in remote salt lake regions as part of Cicada

Past Work:

2004
  • Amensal, luminosity exhibition, (ANAT) Adelaide Australia. Large-scale interactive video projection/audio installation with Cicada
2003
  • Re_Squared, Prima Vera Festival, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Australia. Commissioned collaboration with video artists Cicada immersive audio-visual performance/installation
  • Sæluhúsið (Safe House), Ny˝listasafnið (The Living Arts Museum), Reykjavik Iceland. Commissioned live performance with Icelandic artist Valgeir Sigurðsson
  • Steel Wound, Commissioned new work for the Room40 label. Exploration of the guitar as environment, geography as instrument, created in isolated farmhouse

GROUP EXHIBITS

2004
  • Melatonin. “MAAP Festival” Singapore (Group exhibition) Curated by Lawrence English Sound Installation, in public transit tunnel, Exploration of sleep
2003
  • Melatonin. “Nextwave Festival”, Bus Galleries, Melbourne Australia (Group exhibition)
  • Audio Installation, exploration of sleep, R.E.M, and Psycho-Acoustics

EDUCATION

2005
  • RMIT University-Bachelor of Media Arts, with Distinction (Fine Arts-Sound/Composition)
  • (Under Dr Philip Samartzis and Composer Darrin Verhagen)
1999
  • North Adelaide School of Art-Advanced Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting, Sculpture) incomplete

SELECTED GRANTS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2005
  • Media Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts -New Work Grant. Support and development of the work Jarðskálftar (Earthquakes)
  • Music Board, Australia Council for the Arts -New Work Grant. Support and development of the work Theory of Machines
  • Native-Instruments, Germany. Artist Endorsement
  • Foundation For Young Australians-Fund for Individuals Grant. Artist residency at Greenhouse Studios Reykjavik, Iceland
2004
  • New Media Board, Australia Council for the Arts-Research and Development Grant . Research and development of new work in collaboration of Kirsten Bradley and Nick Ritar (Cicada)
2003
  • New Media Board, Australia Council For the Arts-International Pathways Grant . International tour of USA, UK, Europe in support of Steel Wound
  • City of Sydney Australia-Art and About program award. For the Artwork Re_Squared in collaboration of Kirsten Bradley and Nick Ritar (Cicada)
  • BBC Radio, Critics Choice, Top 10 experimental Releases 2003 For the work Steel Wound
2002
  • Ableton Software, Germany. Artist Endorsement

ASSOCIATIONS

2005
  • -Present Bedroom Community Label, Reykjavik Iceland
2003
  • -Present Room40 Label, Brisbane Australia
2002
  • -Present Cicada Arts Collective, Melbourne Australia