2020
Paris
Benjamin Gaulon is an artist, researcher, educator and cultural producer. He has previously released work under the name "recyclism". His research focuses on the limits and failures of information and communication technologies; planned obsolescence, consumerism and disposable society; ownership and privacy; through the exploration of détournement, hacking and recycling. His projects can be softwares, installations, pieces of hardware, web based projects, interactive works, street art interventions and are, when applicable, open source.
He is currently director of NØ SCHOOL, a non profit organisation whose mission is to support and promote emerging art and design research and practices that address the social and environmental impacts of information and communication technologies, in France and beyond. Co-organiser of NØ SCHOOL NEVERS 2019. And he is the CEO of IoDT the Internet of Dead Things Institute.
He has been associate professor at Parsons Paris, where he was the program director of the MFA Design + Technology and the BFA Art, Media and Technology, program that he has developed and launched in 2013. Before that he was lecturer at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, associate researcher at CTVR / the telecommunications research centre at Trinity College and director of DATA (Dublin Art and Technology Association) in Dublin.
Since 2002
Artist at Recyclism
Since 2018
Direcor of NØ SCHOOL
Since 2018
CEO of The Internet of Dead Things Institute
2013 - 2018
Assitant Professor of Art, Media & Technology. Program director of the BFA Art, Media and Technology and MFA in Design and Technology at Parsons Paris
2012 - 2013
Associate Researcher at CTVR Dublin
2011 - 2018
Member of the Graffiti Research Lab France
2011 - 2013
Director of the Recyclism Hacklab Dublin
2007 - 2013
Director of the Dublin Art and Technology Association
2006 - 2013
Lecturer MFA & BFA of Media Art at NCAD Dublin
Reprogramming earth November 2020
Exhibition curated by Daphne Dragona
Well Now WTF? at Silicon Valet April 2020
Exhibition 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
Orleanoide January 2015
Labo Media Orleans - France
More than “doing something on Twitter” November 2014
Berliner Festspiele - Germany
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
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
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
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