The Music:
Ben Frost lives in Reykjavik, Iceland although he is a native Australian. He intense, very physical music has been performed at many international festivals including MUTEK in Montreal where electronic sounds were combined with wild, live guitars; for the contemporary dance productions by Chunky Monkey, the Icelandic Dance Company and the choreographers Erna Omarsdottir & Wayne McGregor. He is “one of the most interesting and groundbreaking producers in the world today”.
The Cinematography:
Trevor Tweenten is an American sculptor and cinematographer whose work “is based on a desire to create a personal mythology, sublimating experience into experiments in space, light and time.” He spends his time between New York City in the US and Marseille in France.
The Exhibition Curator:
Anna O’Sullivan is from Ireland and currently the Director and Chief Curator of the Butler Gallery, in Kilkenny Ireland, where she also manages the Butler Permanent Collection. She has worked with many internationally-renowned artists and artists’ estates to realize projects and exhibitions including Alice Neel, Eva Hesse, Lee Krasner, and Patti Smith, Hans Op de Beeck, Ian Burns, Louise Bourgeois, Werner Herzog, Tony O’Malley, Barry McGee, Jeanne Silverthorne and Eve Sussman as well as publishing several catalogues on Irish artists.
Moira Romano