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How to Make a Shakespeare Machine

After nearly five years, Shakespeare Machine is nearly finished! Here are some photos of the work in progress (below), and a short article about the work; we will post more media and details in the coming weeks. Shakespeare Machine will be a permanent artwork in the lobby of the Public Theater in New York City. [...]

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SHUFFLE at the New York Public Library

FuturePerfect and the New York Public Library present SHUFFLE by Elevator Repair Service, with Mark Hansen, and Ben Rubin New York Premiere The New York Public Library DeWitt Wallace Periodical Room Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018 Saturday, May 21, 1pm – 6pm Sunday, May 22, 1pm – 4pm Shuffle will be [...]

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BEACON at the National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia

Beacon (2010) is an light sculpture created by media artist Ben Rubin; its animated shapes are based on the unique visual structure of the pages of the Talmud.  It was commissioned by the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, where it was permanently installed in November, 2010. The Talmud is the central document of Jewish law, [...]

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The VECTORS show at Bryce Wolkowitz

14 January – 18 February, 2011 Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery 505 W24th Street (at 10th Ave), New York, NY 10011 The idea for Vectors began with my participation in Paul Virilio’s Stop-Eject exhibition in 2008.  Stop-Eject centered around the collapse of geographic and political space in the mobile, connected world, and Virilio wanted the artists to [...]

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Vectors opens Jan 14, 2010

VECTORS opens January 13, 2011

Feb 5, 2011:  New photos videos, and descriptions are HERE Preliminary press information and background is below: Ben Rubin VECTORS Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery 14 January – 18 February, 2011 505 W24th Street (at 10th Ave), New York, NY 10011 Opening Reception:  13 January, 6-8pm Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new [...]

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An Anecdotal History of Sound and Light

In the fall of 2010, I taught a graduate seminar at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program wove threads through the creative and scientific histories of sound and light.  The course blog is here. -BR

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Moveable Type in the New York Times Building

Moveable Type

Moveable Type, by New York artist Ben Rubin and U.C.L.A. associate professor Mark Hansen, is an artwork commissioned for the ground-floor lobby of The New York Times Building in New York City. It is a dynamic portrait of The Times. Statistical methods and natural-language processing algorithms are used to parse the daily output of the [...]

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Terre Natale, or Native Land, Stop Eject

Terre Natale, or Native Land, Stop Eject, was an exhibition organized by Raymond Depardon & Paul Virilio and originally shown at the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art in Paris. Part of Terre Natale, “Exits, Parts 1 & 2,” was created by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Laura Kurgan, Mark Hansen, and Ben Rubin. From the Cartier [...]

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