Education
Benjamin Gaulon received a degree in Visual Communication from l"École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg and a Master of Fine Arts in Interactive Media & Environment from the Frank Mohr Institute.
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He has previously released work under the name "recyclism". During his time at the 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 Doctorate.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.
Gaulon teaches 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. 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.
2.4 kHz Project: Wireless video surveillance hacking.
Hard Drivin": Twitter controlled installation. (with Ivan Twohig and Brian Solon)
ReFunct Media: Hardware Hacking Installation. Selected exhibitions, screenings and performances include:
2011, Resonate – Belgrade – Serbia
2011, C4 Contemporary Art – Los Angeles – United States of America
2011, Flux Factory – New York City – United States of America
2011, Rest in Peace – Recycling Pervasive Media, Intervening in Planned Obsolescence – Banff – Canada
2011, New York Electronic Art Festival 2011 – Harvestworks – New York City – United States of America
2011, Bent Festival 2011 – New York City – United States of America
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, Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts 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, Street Brieuc, France
2005, Ososphere Festival, Strasbourg, France
2005, Axis Festival, Assen, The Netherlands
2004, Cite Rap Festival North.6, Street Brieuc, France
2004, Festival Sonic Acts X Unsorted, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
