Maple House Collective presents

As part of Ben Bennett's residency at Rhizome, he wanted to play with local musicians, specifically these two heavy hitters. Join us for what should be a very special collaboration. Plus Pony Moon (Jenny Moon Tucker and Pony Payroll Bones) from Baltimore turning up the transcendentalism. And, Rex Delafkaran, moving.

Ben Bennett/Luke Stewart/Jamal Moore
Pony Moon
Rex Delafkaran

Friday September 2
doors at 730, music at 8
$10 suggested

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Ben Bennett is an artist currently residing in Philadelphia. His practice ranges from being a world-class improvising percussionist to filming himself sitting and smiling for four hour intervals on a regular basis. He will be in residency at Rhizome from September 1 - 10.

"The crux of Bennett’s output is formed through his anomalous showmanship and in the resourceful nature of the instruments he tailors. If there is “value” to be found in his art, then these aspects surely make for a sensible starting point. Recycled objects and household items are transformed into contraptions assembled for a purpose unknown to the performer until the very moment he drags them before baffled onlookers, inserting them into an orifice or smashing them with an unrelated implement. Such instances of universal obscurity add to the queer web of noise that makes the resulting sound so riveting from the perspective of the audience." -Tiny Mixtapes

"It appears that he is psychically and physically communed with sound itself in a way that is unique in our modern electrified music world, and that gives him the ability to sonically both reflect and compete with the urban and industrial environment, even while standing in opposition to it." -Chuck Hoffman