Ben Vida
Ben Vida
Adjunct Associate Professor, Sonic Arts
Ben Vida is an artist and composer. Recent solo exhibitions include [Smile on.]... [Pause.]... [Smile off.] at Lisa Cooley Gallery, New York, and Slipping Control (West) at 356 S. Mission Road, Los Angeles. In fall 2016, Vida presented iterations of a new durational piece scored for choir and electronics titled Reducing the Tempo to Zero, at Centro Pecci in Prato, Italy, The Rossini Art Site in Briosco, Italy, and STUK in Leuven, Belgium. His work has been featured in Artforum, Modern Painters, The Paris Review, The New York Times, Art Review, Wire Magazine, The Creators Project, and WIRED Magazine, among others. His pieces have been presented widely in venues such as the Guggenheim, New York; The MCA, Chicago; The ICA, London; The Kitchen, New York; Performa Biennial, New York; EMPAC, Troy, New York; Leap Gallery, Berlin; Lampo, Chicago; Cricoteka Museum, Kraków, Poland; The Artist’s Institute, New York; the Sydney Opera House; LiveArtsWeeks at Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna; Borderline Festival, Athens, Greece; and the Royal Festival Hall as part of the Meltdown Festival in London. Vida has released records with numerous labels including Alku, PAN, Future Audio Graphics, and Kranky. His most recent LP, Damaged Particulates, was released on Shelter Press.
