Recyclism

Benjamin Gaulon has presented his work internationally at exhibitions, festivals and conferences in alternative, institutional or academic contexts for schools, museums, galleries or in public space. Including NeMe, National Art Museum of China, Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, Société, Mapping Festival, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Seconde Nature, Cityleaks Festival, Media Lab Prado, Gamerz Festival, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, ZKM, Piksel Festival, UMOCA, HeK Basel, Espace Gantner, Transmediale, RIXC, Furtherfield, Lichter Filmfest, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gaite Lyrique, Le jeu de Paume Paris, Science Gallery, ...


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Exhibitions - Festivals



Data Streams. Art, algorithms and artificial intelligence Until 13 March 2022. Curated by Chris Clarke and Anaïs Nony


Exposition : Escape, voyage au coeur des cultures numériques 2021 to 2023. French Institutes Worldwide


Reprogramming earth at NeMe November 2020. Curated by Daphne Dragona


Well Now WTF? at Silicon Valet April 2020. Curated by Faith Holland, Lorna Mills, and Wade Wallerstein


ReFunct Media @ Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts December 2019. In collaboration with MANA 吗呐 - China


Biennale des Arts Numérique Némo: Autonomie Zéro. Cité Internationale des Arts. Nov. to Dec. 2019. Curated by Gilles Alvarez + Dominique Moulon


Instruments Make Play October 2019. De Perifeer Deventer - The Netherlands


ENCOUNTERED ERROR September 2019. Curated by Manuel Abendroth and Els Vermang LAb[au]. Société d'électricité Brussels - Belgium


Mapping Festival May 2019 paradigm_shift #3 – broken home curated by Carmen Salas. Geneva - Switzerland 


Repair Acts Feb 2019. Arts and Humanities Research Council & University of the West of England - UK


Post-Nature. 2018 Taipei Biennial November 2018. Curated by ET@T + Taipei Fine Art Museum - Taiwan


Biennale de l’Image Tangible December 2018. Plateforme Paris - France


Surveillé·e·s September 2018. Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris - France


Acts of discruption January 2018. The Project Space London - UK


écriture(s) January to December 2017. Seconde Nature - Aix-en-Provence - France


Variations Media Art Fair November 2017. Cité internationale des arts. Paris - France


festival accès)s( Machines Sensibles October 2017. Bel Ordinaire. Pau - France


Cityleaks Festival September 2017. Cologne - Germany


Street Art & Urban Creativity Conference July 2017. Lisboa - Portugal


Ϟℙ∀ℳℳ▁ℙθш€ℜ May 2017. WINCHESTER SCHOOL OF ART WINCHESTER - UK


Ϟℙ∀ℳℳ▁ℙθш€ℜ August 2017. DEFIBRILLATOR GALLERY. TINY GARAGE CHICAGO - USA


Future Artist-Maker Labs June 2017. Media Lab Prado - Madrid - Spain


Future Artist-Maker Labs April 2017. FabLab Limreick - Republic of Ireland


Future Artist-Maker Labs March 2017. Nerve Centre Derry - Nothern Ireland


Ϟℙ∀ℳℳ▁ℙθш€ℜ ReFrag Festival March 2017. Parsons Paris - France


GAMERZ FESTIVAL D. GÉNÉRER November 2016. École Supérieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence - France


Nuit Blanche / Monde Souterrains October 2016. École 42 Paris - France


SOCIETE DE SERVICE April 2016. Plateforme Paris - France


Regeneration Movement: Rethinking Technology in the Digital Age March 2016. National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts - Taichung


GLOBALE: GLOBAL CONTROL AND CENSORSHIP July 2016. ZKM - Germany


Festilab Frankenstein Media December 2015. Avignon - France


PIKSEL 15: Get a life November 2015. Bergen - Norway


Solo Show: Corrupt.yourself November 2015. UMOCA Salt Lake City - United States


PLUNC Festival September 2015 Faculdade de Belas-Artes Lisbon - Portugal


ISEA 2015 August 2015. Vancouver - Canada


ARCHÉOLOGIE DES MEDIA June 2015. Seconde Nature Aix-en-Provence - France


L’art et le numérique en résonnance May 2015. Maison Populaire Montreuil - France


Critical Make - turning functionality April 2015. HeK Basel - Switzerland


THE NEW AESTHETIC? April 2015. Queensland University of Technology Brisbane - Australia


ReFrag:glitch Festival March 2015. Parsons Paris - France


More than “doing something on Twitter” November 2014. Berliner Festspiele - Germany


Orleanoide January 2015. Labo Media Orleans - France


Acces)s() Festival: Disnovation October 2014. Bel Ordinaire Pau - France


Variations Show off September 2014. Paris Media Art Fair - France


Art Hack Day Disnovate August 2014. Parsons Paris - France


Corrupt Yourself July 2014. Eurokeennes Festival Belfort - France


thingworld. International Triennial of New Media Art June 2014. National Art Museum of China - Beijing


Solow Show: Hack! Détournements April 2014. Espace Gantner - France


GIFted Exhibition April 2014. Darklight Festival Dublin - Ireland


Stuff no Stuff on Stuff January 2014. TriTriangle Chicago - USA


Transmediale Afterglow January 2014. Berlin - Germany


Tactical Glitch January 2014. Curated by Rosa Menkman & Nick Briz Milan - Italy


Nemo Festival / Alternatives Peer-topeer #2 December 2013. Maison Populaire Montreuil - France


Energize Festival November 2013. Groningen - Netherlands 


(s)low tech residency October 2013. PING Nantes - France


Trace Recordings - Surveillance and identity in the 21st century October 2013. UTS Gallery, University of Technology, Sydney - Australia


SAVE AS Art + Communication September 2013. RIXC Riga - Latvia 


555┼✭┌┬!πG.www:jonCates_(AKA Glitch Art with jonCates) September 2013. Neutral Ground Chicago - USA


Désert Numérique July 2013. Curated by RYBN Saint-Nazaire-le-Désert, France


REGGÂM Festival July 2013. Curated by DatAData Nabeul, Tunisia


Glitch Moment/ums July 2013. Curated by Rosa Menkman & Furtherfield London - UK


Le Copie Copains Club June 2013. Gaite Lyrique - Paris


Remaining Anonymous | Run Computer Run May 2013. RuaRed - Dublin


Hackez vos Murs - Residency May 2013. Gaite Lyrique Paris- France


Dirty New Media March 2013. Curated by Antonio Roberts. The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Birmingham - UK


Notacon 10 March 2013. Critical Artware Cleveland - USA


Lichter Filmfest March 2013. Frankfurt - Germany


GLI.TC/H 0P3NR3P0 March 2013. Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago - USA


Transmediale Festival BWPWAP Jamuary 2013. HKW Berlin - Germany


Thread Leader: GLI.TC/H Festival December 2012. Chicago - USA


Mal au Pixel #7 Network Hack December 2012. Gaite Lyrique - France


Erreur d'impression. Publier à l'ère du numérique October 2012. Curated by ALessandro Ludovico Le jeu de Paume Paris - France


Gamerz Festival October 2012. Fondation Vasarely - France


Bien Urbain Festival September 2012. Besançon - France


reSource 002 Transmedial Culture August 2012. Kunstraum Kreuzberg Berlin - Germany


Speedshow: Never going to GIF you up July 2012. Curated by Nora O Murchú Dublin - Ireland


Hack the City June 2012. Curated by Teresa Dillon Science Gallery Dublin - Ireland


Resurgences // Edition #3 June 2012. Plateforme Paris - France


Futur-en-Seine June 2012. Maison Populaire Montreuil - France


ReFunct Media v4.0 May 2012. LEAP Berlin - Germany


Experimental Media 2012 Exhibition D.O.L.L May 2012. Washington Project for the Arts - USA


AUX URNES, ET CAETERA April 2012. La Cantine Paris - France


PixelJam @Notacon April 2012. Cleveland - USA


Speed Show by TWEAK March 2012. Curated by Nora O Murchú Galway - Ireland


Resonate March 2012. Curated by Filip Visnjic Belgrade - Serbia


Salons numériques February 2012. Maison Populaire Montreuil - France


Streaming Festival December 2011. The Hague - The Netherlands


In Famous carousel : Destruction et réassemblage December 2011. Gaite Lyrique - Paris - France


Glitch Festival December 2011. Chicago - USA


Glitch Festival November 2011. Amsterdam - Netherlands


This Place Has No Atmosphere September 2011. Dublin - Ireland


DeFunct/ReFunct September 2011. RuaRed Dublin - Ireland


Invite or Reject August 2011. C4 Contemporary Art Los Angeles - USA


R.I.P Recycling Pervasive Media, Intervening in Planned Obsolescence July 2011. BANFF CENTRE OF THE ARTS - Canada


BabyCastle July 2011. NYC - USA


New York Electronic Art Festival June 2011. Harvestworks - NYC - USA


Bent Festival May 2011. 319 Scholes NYC - USA


Remix : Culture Hacking Narch 2011. Mindfield Festival - Ireland


PLAY #3 March 2011. Dublin - Ireland


Upgrade! / dev/art March 2011. Curated by RYBN Paris - France


BYOB Paris USER_FRIENDLY March 2011. Plateforme Paris - France


BYOB Dublin February 2011. IMOCA - Dublin - Ireland


Filtering Failure February 2011. Amsterdam - The Netherlands


Old Media, New Media will become old December 2010. La Générale Paris - France


Kunstraum am Schauplatz October 2010. Vienna - Austria


BLK River Festival x RUN VIE Festival October 2010. Vienna - Austria


Show Me Occupy Space October 2010. Limerick - Ireland


TWEAK Festival September 2010. Limerick - Ireland


Entrée Gallery. Bergen - Norway


Cortex Athletico - Les Grandes Traversées July 2010. Bordeaux - France


TEMPT + EyeWriter + PrintBall March 2010. Moxie Studio Dublin - Ireland


Hard Drivin’ March 2010. Exchange Dublin - Ireland


re:public / GradCam January 2010. TBG&S Dublin - Ireland


Space is the Place / ISEA September 2009. Ncad Gallery Dublin - Ireland


ReFunct 09 / ISEA 2009 August 2009. Irish Museum of Contemporary Art Dublin - Ireland


Force Majeure / ISEA August 2009. The LAB Dublin - Ireland


Change? January 2009. Project Arts Centre Dublin - Ireland


Art is Good For You! November 2008. ISEA 2009 Pre-Symposium Dublin - Ireland


Mission Creep: International Design Biennale November 2008. St Etienne - France


DEAF Festival. October 2008. Dublin - Ireland


Square Eyes festival 2008. Arnhem - Ireland


TECHNOTHREADS July 2008. Dublin - Ireland


Garden of Digital Lies April 2008. Dublin - Ireland


LIGHTWAVE 08 March 2008. Science Gallery Dublin - Ireland


CLUSTER October 2007. La chaufferie Strasbourg - France


Come out and Play festival September 2007. PICNIC '07 Amsterdam - The Netherlands


Sous la Plage festival 2007. Paris - France


HANSAFLUX 2007. Tallinn - Estonia


SuperFlux06 vs LightBox01 2007. Lyon - France


ISEA2006: Thirteenth International Symposium of Electronic Art 2006. San Jose - USA


€10 000 Show 2006. Curated by Constant Dullaart W139 Amsterdam - The Netherlands


Art Rock - Inter-disciplinary festival 2006. St Brieuc - France


’Two o’clock fallout' EV+a 2006. Limerick - Ireland


Festival NumériPop 2006. St Brieuc - France


Ososphere Festival 2005. Strasbourg - France


Axis Festival 2005. Assen - The Netherlands


Exhibition OI 2005. Gallery Sign Groningen - The Netherlands


Wrestling Baby Blast 2005. Strasbourg - France


The Res Last Crewsaders JamSession 2004. Frank Mohr Institute - Groningen - The Netherlands


Festival POP UP 2.10 - Holodeck 2004. Groningen - The Netherlands


Festival Cite Rap N.6 2004. St Brieuc - France


Festival SonicActs X Unsorted 2004. Amsterdam - The Netherlands


Mythologies Exhibition and Residencie 2004. KunstHuis SYB - The Netherlands


Online Exhibition No/Copy/Right 2004. Jerusalem


Spotlight Turbulence 2004. Turbulence USA


Éspece d’Interzone 2003. La Chaufferie - Strasbourg - France


Co-Creation of The Lab - Independent Contemporary Art Gallery 2003. Strasbourg - France


Co-Creation of CatchasCatchCan - Wrestling Magazine 2002. Strasbourg - France


Men’s True 2002. Strasbourg - France


La Fée Chantier - Street Performances 2001. Strasbourg - France





Lectures - Workshops



Recyclage à l’œuvre December 2021. Intitut Français Izmir - Turquie


DIWO September 2021. Nantes - France


REFUNCT MEDIA WORKSHOP Stereolux October 2020. Nantes - France


Beaux-Arts de Paris: Art et Environnement Numérique October 2020. Paris - France


From cradle-to-grave- Tech won’t save us September 2020. Zurich - Switzerland


Hardware Hacking and Recycling Strategies Workshop September 2020. ESAD Orléans - France


Online: Disobedient Electronics May 2020. MFA MADTECH Groningen - Netherlands


Colloque International: Ecologies Mobiles February 2020. Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris France


Disobedient Electronics February 2020. ENSCI Paris - France


Disobedient Electronics February 2020. Centrale Supélec Paris - France


From Cradle-to-Grave: Tech won't save us May 2019. Centrale Supélec Paris - France


From Cradle-to-Grave: Tech won't save us February 2019. ENSCI Paris - France


ReFunct Media Modular Workshop October 2018. Frank Mohr Institute Groningen - The Netherlands


Retail Poisoning September 2017. Cityleaks - Cologne - Germany


ReFunct Media Modular Workshop January 2017. Campus de Rouen de l'ESADHaR - France


Colloque État de l’art urbain, Oxymores III October 2016. Grande Halle de la Villette - Paris - France


Art & Activism 2016. La Sorbonne - Paris - France


Biennale de Lyon – La Salle de bains hors-les-murs 2016. Lyon - France


L’ère du Paléo-Digital – Art, archéologie des média, atlas 2015. BnF Paris - France


Commons LAB 2015. ENSBA Lyon - France


Festival MeltingCode 2015. Forum des Arts et de la Culture de Talence - France


PEER TO PEER [Journées Thématiques] 2014. Palais de Tokyo - Paris


A ROUND OF MONITORING 2014. Freiheit 9 Festival - Germany


Acces)s() Festival: Retail Poisoning 2014. Pau - France


Street Art & Politic 2013. Gaite Lyrique - Paris - France


Urban Hacking 2013. Gaite Lyrique - Paris - France


Graffiti et Musique 2013. Gaite Lyrique - Paris - France


E-Waste Workshop 15.0 2013. Groningen - Netherlands


E-Waste Workshop 14.0 2013. Nantes - France


Physical Computing Master Class 2013. Dublin - Ireland


Hack the Ocean with Sebastian Muellauer 2012. Recyclism Hacklab - Dublin - Ireland


E-Waste Workshop 13 2012. Transmediale Berlin - Germany


Recyclism Hacklab: Masterclass V 2012. Dublin - Ireland


Recyclism Hacklab: Mini E-Waste Workshop 2012. Dublin - Ireland


Recyclism Hacklab: Masterclass IV 2012. Dublin - Ireland


36 15 CIRCUIT BENDING [MINITEL HACKING] 2012. Berlin - Germany


Recyclism Hacklab: Masterclass III 2012. Dublin - Ireland


E-Waste workshop 12: Openhere Festival 2012. Dublin - Ireland


Zombie Media Panel: Openhere Festival 2012. Dublin - Ireland


Recyclism Hacklab: Masterclass II 2012. Dublin - Ireland


Recyclism Hacklab: Masterclass I 2012. Dublin - Ireland


Hardware Hacking: Maison Populaire 2012. Montreuil - France


Arduino/Drawdio: Maison Populaire 2012. Montreuil - France


E-Waste Workshop 11.0 2012. Musiques Volantes - Metz - France


Hardware Hacking: Gaite Lyrique 2011. Paris - France


Darklight Festival 2011. Dublin - Ireland


Interactive Media & Environment Master Class IV 2011. Moxie Studios Dublin - Ireland


Culture Night: Alliance Francaise 2011. Dublin - Ireland


Hackposium: Flux Factory 2011. NYC - USA


E-Waste Workshop 10.0 2011. BabyCastle NYC - USA


Hardware Hacking Workshop 2011. Moxie Studios - Dublin - Ireland


Interactive Media & Environment Master Class II 2011. Moxie Studios - Dublin - Ireland


E-Waste Workshop 9.0 2011. Goldsmiths University - London - UK


Interactive Media & Environment Master Class I 2011. Moxie Studios Dublin - Ireland


E-Waste Workshop 8.0: TWEAK Festival 2011. Limerick - Ireland


Hardware hacking and recycling strategies in an age of technological obsolescence 2011. ECO UNESCO - Dublin - Ireland


Hardware Hacking Workshop 4.0 2011. Science Gallery - Dublin - Ireland


Hardware Hacking Workshop 3.0 2010. Science Gallery - Dublin - Ireland


Recyclism @ DorkBot 2010. New York - USA


Recyclism @ ITP 2010. New York - USA


E-Waste Workshop 7.0 2010. Frank Mohr Instituut Groningen - The Netherlands


E-Waste Workshop 6.0: WHAT IF Orbital Debris Could be Recycled? 2010. Science Gallery Dublin - Ireland


Hardware Hacking Workshop - Darklight 2009. IMOCA Dublin - Ireland


Scrapyard Challenge meets E-Waste 5.0™ Workshop 2009. ISEA 2009 - IMOCA Dublin - Ireland


E-Waste 4.0™ Workshop 2009. École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs Strasbourg - France


E-Waste 3.0™ Workshop 2008. D.A.T.A - Dublin - Ireland


E-Waste 2.0™ Workshop 2008. École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs Strasbourg - France


ShowCase™ Workshop 2006. École Supérieure d’Arts Appliqués - Nevers - France


E-Waste 1.0™ Workshop 2005. Frank Mohr Institute Groningen - The Netherlands





Cultural Production



NØ SCHOOL NEVERS 2019. International Summer School Nevers - France


REFRAG Festival 2018: Cradle to Grave. Parsons Paris - France


REFRAG Festival 2017: Ϟℙ∀ℳℳ▁ℙθш€ℜ Parsons Paris - France


Design + Technology Masterclass 2013 - 2018. Parsons Paris - France


Art, Media & Technology Rendez-vous 2013 - 2018. Parsons Paris - France


REFRAG Festival 2016: Media Archaeology Parsons Paris / Gaite Lyrique - France


REFRAG Festival 2015: Glitch Festival. SAIC + Parsons Paris / Gaite Lyrique - France


Art Hack Day Disnovate 2014. Parsons Paris - France


Forays / Optimism by FIELD 2014. Parsons Paris - France


DATA Workshops 2 to 19 2007 - 2013. Science Gallery Dublin - Ireland


DATA Events 24 to 59 2007 - 2013. Dublin - Ireland


Openhere Festival 2012. Science Gallery Dublin - Ireland


DeFunct / ReFunct Symposium 2011. RuaRed Dublin - Ireland


BYOB DUBLIN 2011. IMOCA Dublin - Ireland


ReFunct 09 Symposium 2009. IMOCA Dublin - Ireland


A Temporary Measure 2008. Dublin - Ireland


Mission Creep 2008. International Design Biennale St Etienne - France




Honors - Awards



ARCADI Aide aux arts numériques 2019. MinitelSE Paris - France


Production Grant NØ SCHOOL NEVERS 2019. Agglomeration Ville de Nevers - France


Postscapes: Networked Art Award 2012. Denver - USA


Travel Grant Berlin 2012. Culture Ireland


Travel Grant Paris 2011. Culture Ireland


Travel Grant New York 2011. Imagine Ireland - Culture Ireland


Travel and Training Award in Visual Arts 2011. Arts Council Ireland


Data Corruption Software Subcategory 2010. >Critical Artware Notacon 7


Turbulence Spotlight 2010. NRPA - USA


Dublin Art Council Grant for DATA 2007 2008 2009. Dublin - Ireland


Culture Ireland Curatorial Grant for Mission Creep 2008. International Design Biennale St Etienne - France


Turbulence Spotlight 2004. NRPA - USA