Portfolio: Adam Ben David
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“Look How We Wander”
Adam Ben David, Lougien Dawoudiah, November 19 - 24, 2024
MaxMSP, Arduino module, Quadraphonic installation - 64 minutes, 28 seconds (looped)
Iron handwheel, Olive wood, Plastic tarp, Pomegranate juice-dyed pine wood, Recycled tin & aluminium cans
Sculpture and Audio crafted by Adam Ben David, Visuals curated and composed by Lougien Dawoudiah
35 in x 29 in x 14 in
“shared labour of storytelling”, performance
November 22nd - 64 minutes, 28 seconds
audience participation
audiovisual component
“Rainforest IV at 50”
- a re-examination of David Tudor’s work, 50 years later
Robert Appleton, James Bailey, Adam Ben David, Anne Bourne, Laura Jean Cameron, Liam Cole, Dimitri Georgaras, Chris Hemer, Sarah Jihae Kaye, Matt Rogalsky, Amanda Tschanz, Renata van Vliet - July 13-22, 2023
Steel Rain Gauge Fitted With Transducer; Resonating soundscape composed from personal recordings (looped)
435 mm x 210 mm (hollow cylinder)
273 mm x 210 mm (cover)
“you look just like someone i knew in a past life”
Written and produced by Adam Ben David (“thenheturnedaround”)
Full-length recorded album - 11 tracks (36 minutes, 58 seconds)
Released on all major streaming platforms on April 5th, 2024
“for you, sarah”
Written by Adam Ben David
prose, February 2023
Selected Tracks:
track 1: charcoal.cries()!;
track 10: ,,&’’ (“commas & apostrophes”)
Album cover art, digital photo
Self-portrait by Adam Ben David
“BANDAGES”
Soundtrack and improvised performance by Adam Ben David (“thenheturnedaround”), Cinematography/direction by Michael Osei
Short film, miniDV - 2 minutes, 57 seconds
Released alongside “you look just like someone i knew in a past life”, April 5th, 2024
“caraway seeds”
Written by Adam Ben David
prose, September 2024
“did you punch a nazi today?”
Written by Adam Ben David
poem, July 2022
“Land Acknowledgement”
Adam Ben David, Jeffrey Leung, Mike Lukaszuk, Richard Hu, Matt Rogalsky, Amanda Tschanz - September 28, 2024
SP-555 Effects Live Input Processing, Saxophone, Synths, Audio-Reactive Visuals
Improvisational Performance - 10 minutes, 45 seconds
“3 Weeks”
Adam Ben David, Sarah Jihae Kaye
Creative Writing & Cyanotype Zine
Union Gallery: Digital Zine Collection (Permanent)
On display August 23 - September 30, 2024