Benjamin Gaulon Explained

Benjamin Gaulon
Birth Name:Benjamin Gaulon
Birth Place:Montereau-Fault-Yonne, Seine-et-Marne, France
Nationality:French
Field:interactive art, programming, generative art, digital art, net art, physical computing, net art, circuit bending, glitch art
Training:École Supérieure de Arts Décoratifs and Frank Mohr Institute
Works:Recyslism

Benjamin Gaulon (born 29 March 1979 in Montereau-Fault-Yonne, Seine-et-Marne, France) is a French artist whose work focuses on planned obsolescence, consumerism and disposable society. He has previously released work under the name "recyclism".

Biography

Benjamin Gaulon received a degree in Visual Communication from l'École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg and a MFA in Interactive Media & Environment from the Frank Mohr Institute. During his time at the Frank Mohr Institute, he developed several high-profile projects, including de Pong Game,[1] [2] the Recycling Entertainment System,[3] [4] The PrintBall[5] [6] [7] and Corrupt.[1]

After Graduating Gaulon started leading D.A.T.A (Dublin Art and Technology Association) and co-founded the Irish Museum of Contemporary Art (IMOCA) in 2007. Since 2005, in collaboration with Lourens Rozema, Gaulon is running workshops entitled the e-waste workshops, inviting participants to create art projects from recycled electronic waste.

Between 2006 and 2013, Gaulon taught several courses at the National College of Art and Design on topics such as visual programming, physical computing, new media art and digital art theory. Gaulon currently lives in Dublin with his wife and daughter.

Notable projects

Exhibitions

Selected exhibitions, screenings and performances include:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Contact coinop: Comment . Interview/Article by Brucker-Cohen, Jonah. Gizmodo Gallery: Benjamin Gaulon. Gizmodo (Mar 22, 2006) . Gizmodo.com . 22 March 2006 . 17 January 2012.
  2. Web site: CLEMENT, THIERY. "de Pong Game" Regarde (July, 2007) . Regarde.org . 17 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111104012810/http://www.regarde.org/blog/2007/07/03/game-design/de-pong-game/ . 4 November 2011.
  3. Web site: O'Shea, Chris. The Res. Pixelsumo August 2005 . Pixelsumo.com . 17 January 2012.
  4. Web site: Kirn, Peter. Create Digital Music. The Res: Multiplayer Mac Music with 6 NES Controllers (August 2005) . Createdigitalmusic.com . 3 August 2005 . 17 January 2012.
  5. Web site: O'Shea, Chris. Printball by Recyclism. Pixelsumo August 2005 . Pixelsumo.com . 17 January 2012.
  6. Zjawinski, Sonia. "Graffiti Hackers". Wired Magazine Issue 13.12, December 2005 . Wired . 4 January 2009 . 17 January 2012.
  7. Web site: ""PrintBall" Paintball Inkjet Printer" core77 July 2005 . Core77.com . 1 July 2005 . 17 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928142350/http://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/07/printball-paintball-inkjet-printer.html . 28 September 2011.
  8. Web site: Turbulence Spotlight 2004 . Turbulence.org . 17 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120118234659/http://www.turbulence.org/archives/04.html . 18 January 2012.
  9. http://neural.it/2006/07/corrupt-software-for-rotting-pictures/ – Ludovico, Alessandro. "Corrupt, software for rotting pictures"
  10. Web site: Menkman, Rosa. "From enchanting to the default cultivation of artifacts, From software art to generic manipulation. Sunshine in my throat, July 2009" . Rosa-menkman.blogspot.com . 22 July 2009 . 17 January 2012.
  11. Web site: Turbulence Spotlight 2010 . Turbulence.org . 21 October 2010 . 17 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120119000616/http://www.turbulence.org/archives/10.html . 19 January 2012.
  12. Web site: – 26 Feb/2008 . Canonico, Tony. "2.4 kHz, detourned surveillance". Neural Magazine. February 2008 . . 7 November 2017.
  13. http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/02/sniff_wireless_video_came.html Brucker-Cohen, Jonah. "Sniff wireless video cameras with 2.4Ghz". Makezine. February 2008
  14. Web site: Michael Lithgow . LITHGOW, MICHAEL. "Broadcasting the panopticon: Art project transforms wireless surveillance into public art". Art Threat. March 2008 . Artthreat.net . 3 March 2008 . 17 January 2012 . https://archive.today/20120707055715/http://artthreat.net/2008/03/broadcasting-the-panopticon-art-project-transforms-wireless-surveillance-into-public-art/ . 7 July 2012 . dead .
  15. Web site: reBlog. "FC#3 – Self-portraits by Benjamin Gaulon". Eyebeam. July 2010 . Eyebeam.org . 17 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120304180647/http://www.eyebeam.org/reblog/10-07-26/fc3-self-portraits-by-benjamin-gaulon . 4 March 2012.
  16. Web site: Visnjic, Filip. "5 Twitter Art Projects – Volume 3" Creative Applications, March 2010" . Creativeapplications.net . 13 January 2012 . 17 January 2012.
  17. Web site: Lechner, Marie. "Techno : recyclage à l'oeuvre" Libération, March 2011" . Ecrans.fr . 28 March 2011 . 17 January 2012.

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