Written by Benjamin CarpenterMay 14, 2012
I am very excited to announce that my recent string piece was accepted into the 2012 Beam Festival hosted by Brunel University, Uxbridge. The festival is dedicated to the physical nature and live performance of electronic music. From their web site – “ BEAM … Continue reading →
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Written by Benjamin CarpenterMay 9, 2012
Street art in India is very different from the its relatives in the US. During my recent trip through the sub-continent I saw lots of murals especially in the city of Varanasi. Some were new and fresh while others were quite … Continue reading →
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Written by Benjamin CarpenterMay 6, 2012
Here is a quick video of master carpenter, Norm Abram showing a tool box designed and built by a piano builder from Boston named Henry Studley. Studly’s level of skill is so high that I am intimidated just by … Continue reading →
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Written by Benjamin CarpenterMay 4, 2012
As you may already know, Daniel Yasmin and I had our proposal approved for funding by the Burning Man art dept this year. We submitted a design for an interactive, immersive sound sculpture that uses vibrating springs and visitor participation to create … Continue reading →
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Written by Benjamin CarpenterMay 4, 2012
The What: The Sub-Sonarium is an exploration of the psychology that surrounds the associations between sound and emotions. It is an immersive, kinetic, interactive sound sculpture that synthesizes uncontrollable forces in a controlled environment. Standing eighteen feet tall with an … Continue reading →
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Written by Benjamin CarpenterMay 4, 2012
Throughout my childhood, when the deaths of celebrities from my parents generation were reported, I was always fascinated by the sincere reactions and expressions of loss by my family members. I wondered what it might be like in the future … Continue reading →
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Written by Benjamin CarpenterMay 2, 2012
The Tech Hive Beta Blog posted this yesterday about the ArtGameLab currently on exhibit at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. My friend and collaborator Sudhu Twari and I, along with three others, answered a call from the SFMOMA to … Continue reading →
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Written by Benjamin CarpenterApril 25, 2012
Science Fiction has had an immeasurable influence on the work that I do and the person I am. Having been born in the 1970′s automatically makes me a member of a special group of people who got to experience Star … Continue reading →
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Written by Benjamin CarpenterApril 21, 2012
Sudhu Twari and I contributed a piece to this social / art experiment conducted by Erica Gangsei in the SFMOMA’s Education Dept. This is an archive of the Twitter conversation that took place during our ArtGameLab panel on 4/19/12. The panelists discussed … Continue reading →
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Written by Benjamin CarpenterApril 18, 2012
The European Union Times reports that Japan is in talks with Russia to evacuate a whole lot of people from the region surrounding Fukushima to the Kuril Islands. These islands lie off the northern coast of Japan and were snatched by the Russians after WW2. … Continue reading →
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Written by Benjamin CarpenterApril 14, 2012
Two huge interests of mine smash together in this video: Sound and space. The velocity and inertia of high-speed charged particles ejected from the Sun during a coronal mass ejection (CME) can be measured as they slam into spacecraft; the … Continue reading →
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Written by Benjamin CarpenterMarch 31, 2012
I was very happy to have read the acceptance letter from the Burning Man Art office a few days ago. It stated that they decided to fund my collaborative project with Daniel Yasmin this year. We will be building a … Continue reading →
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Written by Becca Henry PhotographyMarch 25, 2012
March 2012
The Exploratorium Blog http://tinkering.exploratorium.edu/five-ton-crane/
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Written by Becca Henry PhotographyMarch 22, 2012
November 2008 Featured on Dream A Little Dream Events Blogspot I was honored when the Kathryn at Dream a Little Dream Events emailed to tell me that my photos of Vanessa and Matt’s wedding had been chosen as one of [...]
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Written by Becca Henry PhotographyMarch 10, 2012
Control Four – New York – San Francisco Becca Henry Commercial Photography
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