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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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Terre Natale Opening in Bilbao

Terre Natale, or Native Land, Stop Eject, the exhibition organized by Raymond Depardon & Paul Virilio and originally shown at the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art in Paris will now be on view at the new cultural center in Bilboa, the AlhondigaBilbao, from May 18 through August 1, 2010. EXIT – "Remittances, sending money home" [...]

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Radiolab Live

On April 14th hosts of the WNYC radio show Radiolab, Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, presented the first in a series of live evening Awe-maggedon events “designed to tickle the mind and surprise the eyes.” Jad and Robert invited Ben and Princeton University Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Iain Couzin to inaugurate the [...]

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Ben Rubin’s Dark Source in Artefact Festival

What is missing? Has it never been there or has it been removed? Does available information exist that is not looked at, read or used? The Artefact Festival, at the STUK Arts Center in Leuven, Belgium, ran from February 9-14, 2010 and featured Ben Rubin’s artwork, Dark Source, as part of its exploration into the [...]

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