Benjamin Heller
Benjamin Heller is a cross-disciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Drawing from a diverse background in photography, sculpture, dance, and physical improvisation, his works are rooted in the movement of the body, and the creation of intimate sculptural environments invite touch as an entrance to a tactile and intuitive choreographic experience. The works are of human scale and can either be held or hold the body of the viewer, opening a space for discovery via the body, senses, and the imagination.
His photography, video and sculptural performance works have been shown at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, Brooklyn Museum, Wave Hill, New York Live Arts, ICP International Center of Photography, Hazan Projects, Robin Rice Gallery, IDIO Gallery, Eyebeam, and Honey Space in New York, as well as site-responsive environmental sculptures in Vermont, Virginia, and California. He was awarded the NYFA/NYSCA Fellowship in sculpture in 2020.
Balance | The Weight of Light
Location: Piano Field
Link to Digital Portion of Work: die-castphilly.org/interterrestrialstart
Location: Piano Field
Link to Digital Portion of Work: die-castphilly.org/interterrestrialstart
Departing from the familiar form of the see-saw, the intimate traces of the body carved in wood invite a choreography of distance and re-connection, and of how ones effort might offer another lightness and rest.
