Ben Shirken
Ben Shirken (a.k.a. Ex Wiish) is an artist and musician based in New York. His practice, often collaborative in nature, contemplates how our tools for understanding and containing the world fundamentally alter our relationship with it. Shirken’s work spans music, multi-channel installation, generative film, audiovisual performance, and dance. He is the founder of 29 Speedway, a record label, performance series, and multimedia studio focused on improvisational electronic music, sound installation, and experimental performance in nontraditional spaces. He also performs modular synthesizer in rough-jazz ensemble Nu Jazz.
Shirken’s performances, compositions, and collaborations have been presented at a range of institutions and festivals, including Pioneer Works, Cannes Immersive, WSA, BAM, New Museum, Rhizome, Sustain Release, Dripping Music & Arts Festival, NYC Winter Jazz Fest, Public Records, Cafe Oto, and Long Play Festival among others. He received his BFA in Recorded Music at NYU in 2019, and is currently enrolled as a candidate in the Sound Art M.F.A program at Columbia University School of the Arts.
Web: benshirken.com
29 Speedway: www.29s.world