This is an incomplete archive of Benjamin Forster’s projects.
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[ projects ]
architecture | drawing | movement
An ongoing collaboration between Benjamin Forster and contemporary dancer Rhiannon Newton, this project is a series of experiments investigating the relationships between architecture, drawing and movement. This project is currently in development.
the accumulation of sediment
A one day exhibition as part of CTRL-Z: Writing in the Age of New Media at the Fremantle Arts Centre. This body of work is a continuation and development of Benjamin Forster’s solo exhibition )(.
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The result of an extended residency through FACAIR, Fremantle Arts Centre’s Artist in Residency Programme, )( continues Forster’s critique of drawing, tracing the boundaries of logic, economy and the role of the artist in art making.
pica residency
Benjamin Forster was an artist in residence at Perth Institute of Contemporary Art from 6 July to 25 August 2010.
symbiotica residency
During 2010 Benjamin Forster undertook a six month residency at SymbioticA: The Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts at The University of Western Australia.
musk
Robbie Karmel, TJ Phillipson and Benjamin Forster provided a humorous assessment of Australian male identity, focussing on the discrepancy between image and reality. Exhibition ran 15:04:10 – 02:05:10.
rational 2010
Resulting from his residency at Canberra Contemporary Arts Space in 2009, Rational is Benjamin Forster’s first solo exhibition in the ACT. Exhibition ran from 25:03:10 to 04:04:10.
connected
Connected was a collaborative and playful project between Lucy Quinn, Bettina Hill and Benjamin Forster, where each work of art evolved into a growing string of others.
drawing machine
Fragments of Benjamin Forster’s Drawing Machine. The Drawing Machine is an investigation of drawing using a specific system-based methodology. It is an endless process that produces unique drawings.
last man to die
A selection of works by Last Man To Die, a cross artform collaboration between Hanna Cormick, Benjamin Forster and Charles Martin, founded in late 2008.