Ben, Jalen and Sarah have a diverse past practice.
Sarah’s work covers audio walks, performance making and photography. One particular work of Sarah’s that is relevant to this application is Exhaustive rules for the end times. This work is constituted by 100 rules relevant to apocalyptic times, which form a set of instructions to the reader. It is presented on a solar charged kindle reader.
2019
Kindle text file, Kindle device, solar charger.
Photograph – Sarah Walker
Sarah has also created several audio experiences like Surface Creep
Ben’s previous work covers performance, critical fiction and participatory experience and can be seen here. One work relevant to this application is Algorithmic Misfits (which Jalen performed in). It was a roaming discussion series on internet privacy, which prompted heated debates between participants.
2016
Roaming performance.
Photograph – Zan Wimberley
Ben has also created several audio experiences like Walking.8
Sarah and Jalen assisted Ben with his solo work, Retreat, which also features close listening and connection with strangers.
Jalen’s participatory work has featured in many scratch nights, for instance, his practice of Circling embellishes the audience’s own stories, and weaves them into a repetitive and reflective framework.
Together, Ben, Jalen and Sarah worked on text block stack for the Melbourne Art Book Fair in March 2020. They developed the work over 2 months in a collaborative fashion where the score emerged through practice.
