click to zoom
Ben is teaching a semester long elective called Crafticize at RMIT Industrial Design. We explore conceptual and experimental design, and achieve our ideas through craft and handmaking techniques.
click to zoom
click to zoom
Fly! was a drop in workshop at ArtPlay as part of Little Big Shots 2010. Ben designed the set, costumes, props; and was a workshop leader.
Inspired by by Jan Von Holleben’s ’Dreams of Flying’ images, ArtPlay staff created a stop-motion animation of children ‘flying’ across magical landscapes using aerial photographs transformed with animation.
click to zoom
The Play Team is a workshop for adults on creative play. Three sessions will be held in September 2010 – see the website for details
click to zoom
Paper Plane Academy – Event Manager
July 31st, 2009 | Projects
JONESCHIJOFF asked Ben to help out with the inaugural Paper Plane Academy – an event for kids as part of the State of Design Festival. The Academy helps kids explore creative possibilities through the construction of the humble Paper Plane.
click to zoom
Urban Interior Occupation – Documentation – State of Design
July 20th, 2009 | Projects
Ben will document the work of the Urban Interior Design research group, in their exhibitions for State of Design Festival, 2009
click to zoom
Bald Bowls
May 3rd, 2009 | Featured, Objects/Product, Projects
Bald Bowls is an interactive process where bald men cast each other’s heads in plaster, then slip cast them to create bowls in the shape of their bald domes. The event grew from the therapeutic sessions of bald support groups and includes art therapy theories. By creating something together, bald men can connect with each other through a unique process, and have an artifact to show for it in the end, which represents their acceptance of balding.
click to zoom
Live House – Lights out
June 27th, 2010 | Projects
Ben shot and edited a video document of the LiveHouse Lights Out event. LiveHouse is an arts platform for creative inter-action of residents of the Carlton Housing Estate in Melbourne, and part of the Carlton Flats Arts Project. The LightsOut event involved ‘word, song, shadowplay, resident video stories, coffee ceremony, micro market stalls and you’
Photo: Rob Blackburn
click to zoom
Privacy Screen
June 21st, 2009 | Featured, Objects/Product, Projects
Privacy Screen was the final outcome of a semester looking how Human Computer Interaction can assist to communicate in public space.
The screen was a working prototype. The person using it stands at the centre and types a private message, which is then stored in a database for later recall and display. The screen represents a barrier between public and private space, and is suggestive of a stage for public/private performance.
click to zoom
World Sweet World – Magazine Articles
May 17th, 2009 | Projects
In 2009, Ben wrote 3 articles for World Sweet World, a sustainable DIY magazine based in New Zealand.