Ben Shirken (a.k.a. Ex Wiish, Beshken), is an artist, musician, recording engineer and curator living in Brooklyn, NYC and a graduate of the Clive Davis Institute of Record music at NYU Tisch. His work contemplates how our tools for understanding and containing the world fundamentally alter our relationship with it. He has created sound installations, video works, realtime AI tools, a/v performances, immersive scores and released solo records on labels such as Incienso, MATH, and 29 Speedway.

Shirken has performed in and composed music for spaces such as Pioneer Works, Cannes Immersive, WSA, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New Museum (Rhizome), Dripping Music And Arts Festival, NYC Winter Jazz Fest, Public Records, Cafe Oto, Trauma Bar, Station Gare Des Mines, Long Play Festival, Hyperreality Festival and Nowadays. He is also the founder of record label, performance series, and multimedia studio 29 Speedway. Featuring improvisational electronic music, multichannel sound installations and live multimedia performances in unorthodox locations, 29S has has hosted various New York and Europe-based experimental artists. He has worked on commercial projects for Red Bull, Sony, RCA, MTV, Mute, Ermenegildo Zegna, Benjamin Bratton's Antikythera, The Dare, Boiler Room, Future Classic, NNA Tapes, and Splice. 

Ben also produces for and plays modular synths in cult free jazz group Nu Jazz with Dan Orlowski of electronic hardcore staple Deli Girls, Jason Lindner of Bowie’s Blackstar Orchestra, and four other players in the NYC scene. He has dj'd often at The Lot Radio, Dublab and NTS,  his personal practice involving work with Max MSP, AI, and modular synths. He has occasionally transformed his work into extended universes; performances ranging from generative laser projections to motion capture dance pieces. His work has been featured in Art Basel, Document Journal, Resident Advisor, Dazed, Bandcamp, The Line Of Best Fit, Billboard, Office, and Artnet.
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