Benjamin Bacon

Benjamin Bacon is an Associate Professor of Media & Arts and Major Convener of Computation & Design. He is the co-director of the Duke-DKU Presence Lab and DTRM Lab. He is a lifetime research fellow at V2_Lab for the Unstable Media (NL) and the co-lead of the Art, Media, Cybernetics working group at the American Society of Cybernetics.

His practice explores computational methods and their relationship with society. These exploratory trajectories have been manifested in scholarship, computational media, machine art, sound, body hacking, and experimental uses of materials and mediums. His creations have taken the form of mechanical sculptures, machine-learning neural networks, networked systems, experimental interfaces, body hacking, and sound. His artistic methodology is rooted in the research process and is fundamentally experimental, often relying on direct interaction with materials. His conceptual approach is at times playful, critical, interpretive, and speculative.

His work has been exhibited at venues such as the Chelsea Museum, Gallery Ho, NAMOC, Millennium Museum, Plug-In Gallery, Art Laboratory Berlin, among others. The New York Times, Rizhome, Creators Project, LEAP Magazine, The Art Newspaper, Neural Magazine, CLOT Magazine, and others have profiled his work. His music has been collected and released through local and international labels.

Benjamin Bacon 是媒体与艺术副教授，同时担任计算与设计专业负责人。他是杜克-昆山感知实验室（Duke-DKU Presence Lab）和DTRM实验室的联合主任。他还是荷兰不稳定媒体实验室（V2_Lab for the Unstable Media）的终身研究员，并共同领导美国控制论学会（American Society of Cybernetics）的艺术、媒体与控制论工作组。

他的研究与实践主要探索计算方法及其与社会的关系。这些探索性研究在学术成果、计算媒体、机器艺术、声音艺术、身体改造（body hacking）以及材料和媒介的实验性应用中得以体现。他的创作形式包括机械雕塑、机器学习神经网络、网络系统、实验性界面、身体改造以及声音艺术。他的艺术方法深植于研究过程，并具有实验性的本质，经常依赖与材料的直接互动。他的概念化方法有时是富于游戏性的、批判性的、解释性的以及推测性的。

他的作品曾在切尔西博物馆（Chelsea Museum）、霍画廊（Gallery Ho）、中国国家博物馆（NAMOC）、世纪博物馆（Millennium Museum）、Plug-In画廊、柏林艺术实验室（Art Laboratory Berlin）等地展出。他的作品曾被《纽约时报》（The New York Times）、Rizhome、Creators Project、《LEAP艺术杂志》（LEAP Magazine）、《艺术报》（The Art Newspaper）、《神经杂志》（Neural Magazine）、《CLOT杂志》和其他媒体报道。他的音乐作品已通过本地及国际厂牌发行并被收藏。