I’m an artist practicing in Naarm/Melbourne on Boon wurrung, Bunurong, and Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country. I produce writing, sculpture and sound art through my research into imbalances between notions of form and matter in forming practices. I’ve been writing about and producing spatial-sonic artworks for the last 15 years. These works focus on intersections of embodied listening with queer practices. I hold a BFA Honours (2010) and MFA (2012) from the Victorian College of the Arts; and a PhD from Monash University, Fine Art (2022).
I am often working collaboratively and collectively, such as in Tributaries (with Geoff Robinson, Saskia Schut, Ying-Lan Dann), and in Lèlè/乐乐 (with Yongping Ren). Recent solo works include: my first live EP Benthic Flutes (Live), Benthic Community Flutes Sketch 2 (Snapping and Sandy Ghost Shrimp, Swamp Scrub, Mussel) premiered at Grafton Regional Gallery; Little and Many Intensities and Beeswax Flutes 2 for Liquid Architecture; Leaves (Hope for Resonance) at Youkobo Art Space; Engaging the Interval at MADA Gallery; and, Benthic Community Flutes Sketch 1 (Sandy Ghost Shrimp) at Study Space, and as a finalist piece in the Darebin Art Prize.
email: benjaminwds[at]gmail.com
I am often working collaboratively and collectively, such as in Tributaries (with Geoff Robinson, Saskia Schut, Ying-Lan Dann), and in Lèlè/乐乐 (with Yongping Ren). Recent solo works include: my first live EP Benthic Flutes (Live), Benthic Community Flutes Sketch 2 (Snapping and Sandy Ghost Shrimp, Swamp Scrub, Mussel) premiered at Grafton Regional Gallery; Little and Many Intensities and Beeswax Flutes 2 for Liquid Architecture; Leaves (Hope for Resonance) at Youkobo Art Space; Engaging the Interval at MADA Gallery; and, Benthic Community Flutes Sketch 1 (Sandy Ghost Shrimp) at Study Space, and as a finalist piece in the Darebin Art Prize.
email: benjaminwds[at]gmail.com