Bristol School of Art, Media and Design, UWE Bristol
Kennel Lodge Road, Bristol BS3 2JT
Benjamin Prosser
Books, Drawings and Ephemera
27th February – 23rd March 2007
Born in 1974, Benjamin Prosser has been making books of poems and drawings since 1998 after being hit by a bout of serious depression. He set up his own imprint ‘the Coffin Press’ and self published seven volumes of prints and poems. The books displayed here along with his drawings and mixed media figurative pictures are the original manuscripts from which Benjamin edits for publishable work.
The written/drawn work finds parallels in his primitive and discordant music. His solo LP ‘Blues for Harpo’ was released in 2004 on the RIM label which specialises in the work of outsiders (drawing comparisons with early Daniel Johnston and Lou Barlow’s Sentridoh) whilst his band ‘the TAP collective’ released the single ‘Killing Flaw’ recalling the Thirteenth Floor Elevators, The Litter and Bo Diddley on the Fitzrovian Phonographic label last year to critical acclaim.
Benjamin’s artwork and music displays a wilful disregard for current tenets and trends of the art and music industries placing him in line with his equally unfashionable heroes.
www.myspace.com/the tapcollective
www.myspace.com/congregationband
www.myspace.com/benjaminprosser
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