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Benjamin Earl

wetenschap & techniek , sociaal-maatschappelijk , Experimenteel , Educatie , Digitale technologie , Digitaal , Design , Communicatie

I'm a British multi-disciplinary designer and artist. In my work I explore the digitalization of everyday life through the use of digital tools, found media, critical theory and historical studies. My work involves looking closely at how life is rendered in digital environments, such as depictions of nature on screen, mass group communication and the precise methods of synchronizing clocks around the world. The films, installations, websites and writing that I create are often assembled by a set of parameters that stem from the body of research I am giving form too. My visual work as been exhibited at Impakt Festival (Utrecht), Bureau Europa (Maastricht) and Fiber Festival (Amsterdam). I have a BA in Graphic Design from Falmouth University, UK and an MA in Non Linear Narrative from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague.

All These Open Windows but No Fresh Air - 'In All These Open Windows but No Fresh Air, Benjamin Earl explores the use of wilderness as a surface to manmade objects. Using Bliss as a backdrop, the photograph of a Californian Hill taken in 1996 by Charles O'Rear Earl investigates the relationship between the screen and the non-human environment. The image was sold to Microsoft for what is reported to be one of the highest amounts paid for a stock photo. The photo became the default wallpaper for one of Microsofts operating systems, Windows XP and has been sold over 500 million times. Today we look to our screens to get in touch with nature more than ever. From desktop backgrounds and virtual hikes to nature documentaries and therapeutic VR experiences. Whilst historically, wilderness was often feared and avoided, today the non-human environment is seen to be an antidote to humankind's urban-industrial complex. By looking into the historical depiction of nature beginning with Microsoft's Windows XP default background to stories of wilderness in the bible, this short film explores the cultural values we attach to non-human environments and why it is used as decoration to technology.'
Mushroom Radio - In 2018, Jack Bardwell and myself set up Mushroom Radio at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. Together we built a platform that would be used to amplify students extra-curricular activities as well as acting as a tool for students to use within their work. The radio ran weekly and included music shows, talk shows and broadcasted discussion about topics such as diversity, climate justice and the everyday life of students at the academy. In 2020, the school asked us if we would host a radio show during the graduation show. We took this opportunity to hand the radio over to current students who are now carry out the broadcast and making sure that students are still given a voice in the academy.

Good Times Bad Times - Community Radio

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Locatie: Extra Practice
In samenwerking met: Jack Bardwell, Kirsten Spruit

Good Times Bad Times is a community radio show based in Pension Almonde. Together with Jack Bardwell and Kirsten Spruit, I host shows whilst simultaneously facilitating and teaching others who live in Pension Almonde to use the radio for their own creative output. The radio broadcasts once a week on Wednesday from 2pm onwards and has been running since Art Rotterdam in February 2020.

https://goodtimesbadtimes.club/
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