David Chesworth

David Chesworth (born 1958, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom) is an Australian-based artist and composer. Known for his experimental, and at times minimalist music, he has worked in post-punk groups, contemporary ensembles, theatre, experimental opera. Performances include Band on a Can Marathon, Ars Electronica. Together with Sonia Leber, Chesworth has created a series of large scale installation artworks and video artworks. Exhibitions include Venice Biennale (2015), Sydney Biennale (2014).

David Chesworth's creative output includes music, sound art, video, installation and performance, often in collaboration with other artists. His compositions and installations have been featured in major festivals including Ars Electronica, Festival D'Automne de Paris, Edinburgh Festival, BAM's Next Wave Festival in New York, Bang on a Can Marathon, Sydney Biennale and the Venice Biennale. In 2012 he was artist in residence at the MONA Festival of Art and Music in Hobart which featured performances by the David Chesworth Ensemble and the showing of several of installation artworks made with collaborator Sonia Leber.

Chesworth's work explores ideas about site and the framing of events within broader cultural contexts. His simple musical surfaces often camouflage deeper explorations of relationships between performers, audiences and the artwork itself. His works often re-visit or re-imagine established cultural texts, both historical and within popular culture. His interest is in generating new meanings and perspectives on his source material.

Early in his career Chesworth coordinated the Clifton Hill Community Music Centre in Melbourne, a centre for experimental music, performance, film and video. He performed extensively during this time as a solo performer and with post-punk group Essendon Airport. He released several solo records including 50 Synthesizer Greats and Layer on Layer, and with the group Essendon Airport - Sonic Investigations of the Trivial and Palimpsest. All are now reissued on CD and vinyl.

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