Benjamin Gaulon

Benjamin Gaulon (born 1979) is an artist whose work focuses on planned obsolescence, consumerism and disposable society. He has previously released work under the name "recyclism".

Benjamin Gaulon
Benjamin Gaulon setting up de Pong Game
Born
Benjamin Gaulon

29 June 1979
Montereau-Fault-Yonne, Seine-et-Marne
NationalityFrench
EducationÉcole Supérieure de Arts Décoratifs and Frank Mohr Institute
Known forinteractive art, programming, generative art, digital art, net art, physical computing, net art, circuit bending, glitch art
Notable work
Recyslism
Websitewww.recyclism.com

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
  • Digitalrecycling: online community project.[8]
  • de Pong Game: augmented architecture interactive projection.[1][2]
  • The PrintBall: Graffiti Robot (with Géraud de Bizien)[5][6][7]
  • Corrupt: Online software.[9][10][11]
  • Recycling Entertainment System: interactive installation.[3][4]
  • 2.4 kHz Project: Wireless video surveillance hacking.[12][13][14][15]
  • Hard Drivin': Twitter controlled installation. (with Ivan Twohig and Brian Solon)[16]
  • ReFunct Media: Hardware Hacking Installation.[17]

Exhibitions

Selected exhibitions, screenings and performances include:

  • 2011, Resonate – Belgrade – Serbia
  • 2011, C4 Contemporary Art – Los Angeles – USA
  • 2011, Flux Factory – New York City – USA
  • 2011, R.I.P. – Recycling Pervasive Media, Intervening in Planned Obsolescence – Banff – Canada
  • 2011, New York Electronic Art Festival 2011 – Harvestworks – NYC – USA
  • 2011, Bent Festival 2011 – NYC – USA
  • 2011, Filtering Failure, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2010, BLK River Festival, Vienna, Austria
  • 2010, Les Grandes Traversées 2010, Royan, Soulac, Bordeaux, France
  • 2010, Arts Research: Publics and Purposes conference, GradCam, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
  • 2009, International Symposium on Electronic Art 2009, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
  • 2009, ISEA 2009, The LAB, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
  • 2008, Dublin Electronic Art Festival 2008, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
  • 2008, Square Eyes Festival, Arnhem, The Netherlands
  • 2008, TECHNOTHREADS, The Science Gallery, Trinity College. Dublin, Republic of Ireland
  • 2008, Lightwave08, The Science Gallery, Trinity College. Dublin, Republic of Ireland
  • 2007, Dublin Electronic Art Festival 2007, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
  • 2007, Cluster, Gallery la Chaufferie, École Supérieure des Art Décoratifs de Strasbourg, France
  • 2007, Come out and Play, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2007, Sous la Plage, Paris, France
  • 2006, SUPERFLUX, Gallery Roger Tator, Lyon, France
  • 2006, €10000 SHOW, W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2006, Art Rock, Inter-disciplinary Festival, St Brieuc, France
  • 2005, Ososphere Festival, Strasbourg, France
  • 2005, Axis Festival, Assen, The Netherlands
  • 2004, Cite Rap Festival N.6, St Brieuc, France
  • 2004, Festival Sonic Acts X Unsorted, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

References
  1. Contact coinop: Comment (22 March 2006). "Interview/Article by Brucker-Cohen, Jonah. Gizmodo Gallery: Benjamin Gaulon. Gizmodo (Mar 22, 2006)". Gizmodo.com. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  2. "CLEMENT, THIERY. "de Pong Game" Regarde (July, 2007)". Regarde.org. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  3. "O'Shea, Chris. The Res. Pixelsumo August 2005". Pixelsumo.com. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  4. "Kirn, Peter. Create Digital Music. The Res: Multiplayer Mac Music with 6 NES Controllers (August 2005)". Createdigitalmusic.com. 3 August 2005. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  5. "O'Shea, Chris. Printball by Recyclism. Pixelsumo August 2005". Pixelsumo.com. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  6. "Zjawinski, Sonia. "Graffiti Hackers". Wired Magazine Issue 13.12, December 2005". Wired. 4 January 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  7. """PrintBall" Paintball Inkjet Printer" core77 July 2005". Core77.com. 1 July 2005. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  8. "Turbulence Spotlight 2004". Turbulence.org. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  9. Ludovico, Alessandro. "Corrupt, software for rotting pictures." Neural (magazine), November 2017"
  10. "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. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  11. "Turbulence Spotlight 2010". Turbulence.org. 21 October 2010. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  12. – 26 Feb/2008. "Canonico, Tony. "2.4 kHz, detourned surveillance". Neural Magazine. February 2008". Neural.it. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  13. Brucker-Cohen, Jonah. "Sniff wireless video cameras with 2.4Ghz". Makezine. February 2008 Archived 25 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  14. Michael Lithgow (3 March 2008). "LITHGOW, MICHAEL. "Broadcasting the panopticon: Art project transforms wireless surveillance into public art". Art Threat. March 2008". Artthreat.net. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  15. "reBlog. "FC#3 – Self-portraits by Benjamin Gaulon". Eyebeam. July 2010". Eyebeam.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  16. "Visnjic, Filip. "5 Twitter Art Projects – Volume 3" Creative Applications, March 2010"". Creativeapplications.net. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  17. "Lechner, Marie. "Techno : recyclage à l'oeuvre" Libération, March 2011"". Ecrans.fr. 28 March 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
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