Corrupt™ by Benjamin Gaulon
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Benjamin Gaulon : "The Rubbish is what is lost after using a material. It’s also a product without any value. It’s something that we don’t know how to use or what to do with, a resource that waits for a use or can’t be used because of a technological gap. The rubbish is connected to the idea of property, or to be more precise it’s an object without any owner, so when something is trashed it becomes public property.
A trashcan is full of material: information data that can be used or reworked into a finished form.
Issues like e-waste, obsolescence and disposable society have been the focus of my practice and theoretical research. Since 2005 I’ve been leading workshops and giving lectures in Europe about e-waste and hardware Hacking / Recycling. Workshops participants explore the potential of obsolete technologies in a creative way and find new strategies for e-waste recycling.
My research seek to establish an inter-disciplinary practice and collaborations by creating bridges between art, science and activism, and by doing so, shifting the boundaries between art, engineering and sustainable strategies."
