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Jack Prest is a mid-career arts professional working as composer, mix/master/recording engineer and interdisciplinary artist. His practice incorporates electronic, avant-garde and ambient music, sound art, new media, video and performance.

He is a senior engineer at Studios 301, Australia’s most prestigious recording facility, with engineering credits including: Sony, Future Classic, Bruce Springsteen, The Preatures, Sampa the Great, Kool Keith, Flume, Urthboy, David Campbell, Delta Goodrum, Jonti, Santpoort, Anatole, Donatachi and Godtet.

The Risk of Hyperbole was his debut full-length performance work as lead artist and director, having created scores for numerous dance and theatre works previously.

These include Branch Nebula’s 2013 Helpmann Award winning Whelping Box and Nick Power’s Australian Dance Award nominated Between Tiny Cities, and MFI commission Two Crews.

Works for which he has composed have featured at: Sydney, Darwin, Bleach, Adelaide, Brisbane & Junction Festivals, Sydney Opera House, Dance Massive, APAM, Carriageworks, Next Wave, Festival, Queenstown Arts Festival, La Place & Compagnie par Terre (France), Freespace (Hong Kong), and over 20 venues in 10 countries visited by Between Tiny Cities.