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Benjamin Gaulon is an artist whose work focuses on planned obsolescence

Planned obsolescence

Planned obsolescence or built-in obsolescence in industrial design is a policy of deliberately planning or designing a product with a limited useful life, so it will become obsolete or nonfunctional after a certain period of time...

, consumerism

Consumerism

Consumerism is a social and economic order that is based on the systematic creation and fostering of a desire to purchase goods and services in ever greater amounts. The term is often associated with criticisms of consumption starting with Thorstein Veblen...

and disposable society. He has previously released work under the name "recyclism".

Biography

Benjamin Gaulon received a degree in Visual Communication

Visual communication

Visual communication as the name suggests is communication through visual aid and is described as the conveyance of ideas and information in forms that can be read or looked upon...

from l'École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg and a MFA in Interactive Media & Environment from the Frank Mohr Institute

Frank Mohr Institute

Founded in 1996, the Frank Mohr Institute is the institute for Graduate Studies and Research in the Arts and Emerging Media of the Hanze University Groningen in the Netherlands. In cooperation with the University of Groningen, the institute accommodates three MFA courses: Painting, Interactive...

. During his time at the Frank Mohr Institute

Frank Mohr Institute

, he developed several high profile projects, including de Pong Game, the Recycling Entertainment System, The PrintBall and Corrupt.

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

Electronic waste

Electronic waste, e-waste, e-scrap, or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment describes discarded electrical or electronic devices. There is a lack of consensus as to whether the term should apply to resale, reuse, and refurbishing industries, or only to product that cannot be used for its...

.

Gaulon teaches several courses at the National College of Art and Design

National College of Art and Design

The National College of Art and Design is a national art and design school in Dublin, Ireland.-History:Situated on Thomas Street, the NCAD started as a private drawing school and has become a national institution educating over 1,500 day and evening students as artists, designers and art educators...

on topics such as visual programming, physical computing

Physical computing

Physical computing, in the broadest sense, means building interactive physical systems by the use of software and hardware that can sense and respond to the analog world. While this definition is broad enough to encompass things such as smart automotive traffic control systems or factory automation...

, new media art

New media art

New media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, computer robotics, and art as biotechnology...

and digital art

Digital art

Digital art is a general term for a range of artistic works and practices that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative and/or presentation process...

theory. His work can be found on recyclism.com Gaulon currently lives in Dublin with his wife and daughter.

Notable projects

Digitalrecycling: online community project.
de Pong Game: augmented architecture interactive projection.
The PrintBall: Graffiti Robot (with Géraud de Bizien)
Corrupt: Online software.
Recycling Entertainment System: interactive installation.
2.4Ghz Project: Wireless video surveillance hacking.
Hard Drivin': Twitter controlled installation. (with Ivan Twohig and Brian Solon)
ReFunct Media: Hardware Hacking Installation.

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 SonicActs X Unsorted, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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