Biography
Open Music Archive is an artist collaboration between Eileen Simpson and Ben White (both b. 1977, Manchester, UK) who live and work in Manchester. Recent solo exhibitions include Victoria Gallery & Museum, Liverpool (2018); Hiroshima MoCA, Japan (2014); Association of Women Artists (VBKÖ), Vienna (2012). Recent group exhibitions include Modern Art Oxford (2016); 17th Biennale of Sydney (2010). Open Music Archive were included in British Art Show 8 (2015–17). They work at the intersection of art, music and information networks, and seek to challenge default mechanisms for the authorship, ownership and distribution of art. Their ongoing project Open Music Archive is an initiative to source, digitise and distribute out-of-copyright sound recordings and is a vehicle for collaborative projects exploring the material’s potential for reuse.
