Ben Houge
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Texts
- About Ben Houge’s “Winds of Kabul”
- Landscape with Water and Woodblocks, four channel real time sound installation, 2012
- Shanghai Traces, video & sound installation, dimensions variable, 2009-2010
- “Transportation Is Getting a New Look,” generative video, and digital prints on art paper, 85 x 48 cm, 2010
Exhibitions
- Learning from the Literati 3September 5th, 2012 - October 10th, 2012
- Forgotten PlacesNovember 26th, 2011 - January 7th, 2012
- Re-Visioning History May 22nd, 2010 - July 17th, 2010
- Make Over January 24th, 2009 - March 13th, 2009
1974
Born in York, Nebraska, USA
Lives and works in Boston, USA
Education
2004
Master of Music in Composition, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
1996
Bachelor of Arts in Music (Theory/Composition), St. OlafCollege, Northfield, Minnesota, USA
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2009
“29 Giraffes,” [the studio], Shanghai, China
Group Exhibitions
2010
“Revisioning History,” OV Gallery, Shanghai, China
“Make Over,” OV Gallery,Shanghai, China
2009
“Wu Wei,” Art+Shanghai Gallery, Shanghai, China
“Fat Art,” Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
“Under construction,” The Nut, Shanghai, China
2008
“100% Design: Breaking New Ground,” Shanghai, China
Shanghai International Creative Industry Week, Shanghai, China
Selected Performances
2009
“Alternative Expression,” Creek Art Center, Shanghai, China
“Shanghai International Electro-acoustic Music Week,” Shanghai Conservatory, Shanghai, China
“Antidote Electronic Music Festival,” Wang Chang Memorial Hall, Zhujiajiao, China
“Blender Digital Culture Festival,” South River Art Center, Shanghai, China
“Waterland Kwanyin,” 2 Kolegas, Beijing, China
“Brainwave Communication,” Yuyintang, Shanghai, China
“RESO 7,” Yuyintang, Shanghai, China
2008
“Shanghai eArts Festival,” Shanghai, China
“RESO 1,” Mecooon, Shanghai, China
2006
“2Pi Festival,” Hangzhou, China
“Lovely Shanghai Music,” Zendai Museum, Shanghai, China
“Symphonic Game Music Concert,” Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany
“NOIShanghai 6,” Yuyintang, Shanghai, China
“Infinite Scape,” Yuyintang, Shanghai, China
2005
“Sound Currents,” Harley’s, Shanghai, China
2004
“Ensemble Sorelle,” Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA
“Seattle School’s Grapefruits,” Capitol Hill Arts Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
“Seattle School’s Hung,” Consolidated Works, Seattle, Washington, USA
“Muziko Nova,” Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN, USA
“Seattle School’s Empty Orchestra,” On the Boards, Seattle, Washington, USA
2003
“SeattleSchool’s FKDP,” Polestar Music Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA
“Sound Currents,” Town Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA
“Sound Currents,” HTLC, Mercer Island, Washington, USA
