Bennett Miller in Mount Barker

Written By Rosie Halsmith

Artist: Bennett Miller
Work in progress
Location: Mount Barker, Western Australia
Community partner: Mitchell House (formerly Plantagenet Arts Council)

About the artist:
Bennett Miller (b 1980) works across sculpture, installation, video and performance. In more recent years Miller's work has moved out of the gallery and into the public realm, through a series of live art performances for festivals and outdoor contexts. Between 2010 and 2012 Miller's popular Dachshund UN project was presented in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth (AUS), Birmingham (UK), Toronto and Montreal (CAN). In 2012 Miller was included in New12 at ACCA, Melbourne and was a resident at Australia Council's Greene St Studio in New York. From 2013-2017 Miller then presented five consecutive iterations of his fake Amish community BARNRAISER at Splendour in the Grass Festival in Northern NSW.

About the community partner:
Mitchell House (formerly Plantagenet Regional Art Council) is a community arts organisation including active pottery group, with access to kilns, painting and drawing group, quilting and embroidery. They run the Plantagenet Art Prize and participate in various regional exhibitions.

 

Learn about Bennett Millers’s process:

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Rural Utopias Residency: Bennett Miller in Pwakkenbak / Mount Barker, Final Update
Rural Utopias Residency: Bennett Miller in Pwakkenbak / Mount Barker, Final Update

Bennett Miller has been working with the community of Pwakkenbak / Mount Barker as part of Spaced’s Rural Utopias program. Here he shares an update.

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Rural Utopias Residency: Bennett Miller in Pwakkenbak / Mount Barker, Update 5
Rural Utopias Residency: Bennett Miller in Pwakkenbak / Mount Barker, Update 5

Bennett Miller has been working with the community of Pwakkenbak / Mount Barker as part of Spaced’s Rural Utopias program. Here he shares an update.

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Rural Utopias Residency: Bennett Miller in Mount Barker Stage 2 reflection #1
Rural Utopias Residency: Bennett Miller in Mount Barker Stage 2 reflection #1

Bennett Miller has been working with the community of Mount Barker as part of Spaced’s Rural Utopias program. Here he shares an update.

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Rural Utopias Residency: Bennett Miller in Mount Barker #3
Rural Utopias Residency: Bennett Miller in Mount Barker #3

Bennett Miller has been working with the community of Mount Barker as part of Spaced’s Rural Utopias program. Here he shares an update.

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Rural Utopias Residency: Bennett Miller in Mount Barker #2
Rural Utopias Residency: Bennett Miller in Mount Barker #2

Bennett Miller has been working with the community of Mount Barker as part of Spaced’s Rural Utopias program. Here he shares an update.

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Yabini Kickett and Bennett Miller announced as Groundwork artists at Fremantle Arts Centre
Yabini Kickett and Bennett Miller announced as Groundwork artists at Fremantle Arts Centre

With Fremantle Art Centre recently sharing their Groundwork artists, we are excited to see two names among the lineup from our own programming. Yabini Kickett and Bennett Miller have been part of our Know Thy Neighbour #3 and Rural Utopias residencies, respectively, and will continue to deliver work on these projects across the year.

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Rural Utopias Residency: Bennett Miller in Mount Barker #1
Rural Utopias Residency: Bennett Miller in Mount Barker #1

Bennett Miller is currently working with the community of Mount Barker. This residency forms part of one of Spaced’s current programs, Rural Utopias.

Here, Bennett shares an update from Mount Barker.

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