Providence Public Library's Digital Literacy Series Presents Artist Ben Fino-Radin
Art - Lecture/Discussion
Thursday, May 15, 2008
6:30 PM-7:30 PM
Providence Public Library, Central
Barnard Room, 3rd fl
150 Empire Street
Providence, RI 02903
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Artist Ben Fino-Radin morphs hobbyist culture and technology to create playful, thought-provoking installations, wearable items, and sculpture. He creates another dimension, a new culture, where psychedelic needlepoint hackers thrive and propagate their mystical symbolism. See more of his work at:
benjaminter.net
flickr.com/photos/bfinoradin
About Ben & his work
Ben's next show begins June 1st at the AS220 Project Space. Ben grew up in rural Ontario, NY surrounded by action figures, comic books, and an awesome family. The son of a former art educator, Ben has been creating art since childhood, attending Memorial Art gallery in Rochester, NY, and later, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. He moved to Providence upon graduating and has shown in the Current Gallery in Baltimore, the Kathleen Cullen Gallery in Chelsea, and the Stairwell Gallery in Providence. His work has recently received press on Rhizome.org and Extremecraft.
Ben's Artist Statement
The media I work in is traditionally found in hobbyist cultures. From needle arts to custom electronics and audio, it is all rooted in the open-source sharing communities such as knitting circles, crafts groups, do-it-yourself electronics kits and "how-to" homepages.
I manipulate crafts with the mentality of a hacker, freely appropriating, cutting, and pasting disparate elements to form new configurations and forms.
I use needlepoint as a vehicle for the realization of intangible digital ephemera; making icons, symbols and code palpable. The idea of three-dimensional digital ephemera is inherently fictitious and carries and element of fantasy. I am interested in the idea of a hidden dimension where common computing symbols are mystic objects. The environments I create with these objects are a space for the vernacular of two seemingly different cultures (crafts and computers) to rub up against each other and create a new culture/tribe with psychedelic/spiritual depth. At times, the reference to computer culture becomes heavily abstracted or disappears completely. In these moments the work deals more exclusively with the fictitious culture that is created.
Gallery Night Schedule & Exhibits
Cost: FREE
Suggested Audiences:
Elders, Adult, College, High School
E-mail:
lbundy@provlib.org
Last Modified: November 18, 2009 at 2:59 PM
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Providence Public Library's Digital Literacy Series Presents Artist Ben Fino-Radin
Art - Lecture/Discussion
Thursday, May 15, 2008
6:30 PM-7:30 PM
Providence Public Library, Central
Barnard Room, 3rd fl
150 Empire Street
Providence, RI 02903
Google Maps - MapQuest
Artist Ben Fino-Radin morphs hobbyist culture and technology to create playful, thought-provoking installations, wearable items, and sculpture. He creates another dimension, a new culture, where psychedelic needlepoint hackers thrive and propagate their mystical symbolism. See more of his work at:
Ben's next show begins June 1st at the AS220 Project Space. Ben grew up in rural Ontario, NY surrounded by action figures, comic books, and an awesome family. The son of a former art educator, Ben has been creating art since childhood, attending Memorial Art gallery in Rochester, NY, and later, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. He moved to Providence upon graduating and has shown in the Current Gallery in Baltimore, the Kathleen Cullen Gallery in Chelsea, and the Stairwell Gallery in Providence. His work has recently received press on Rhizome.org and Extremecraft.
benjaminter.net
flickr.com/photos/bfinoradin
About Ben & his work
Ben's Artist Statement
The media I work in is traditionally found in hobbyist cultures. From needle arts to custom electronics and audio, it is all rooted in the open-source sharing communities such as knitting circles, crafts groups, do-it-yourself electronics kits and "how-to" homepages.
I manipulate crafts with the mentality of a hacker, freely appropriating, cutting, and pasting disparate elements to form new configurations and forms.
I use needlepoint as a vehicle for the realization of intangible digital ephemera; making icons, symbols and code palpable. The idea of three-dimensional digital ephemera is inherently fictitious and carries and element of fantasy. I am interested in the idea of a hidden dimension where common computing symbols are mystic objects. The environments I create with these objects are a space for the vernacular of two seemingly different cultures (crafts and computers) to rub up against each other and create a new culture/tribe with psychedelic/spiritual depth. At times, the reference to computer culture becomes heavily abstracted or disappears completely. In these moments the work deals more exclusively with the fictitious culture that is created.
Cost: FREE
Suggested Audiences: Elders, Adult, College, High School
E-mail: lbundy@provlib.org
Last Modified: November 18, 2009 at 2:59 PM
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