ABOUT

Benjamin Vedrenne works on interactive installations, innovative video games, and various mixed media experiments that involve 3D visuals, electronics, robotics, and programming.
His works are characterized by bold visuals, bright colors, and engaging worlds and systems that question our relationship with machines and algorithms in playful and interactive setups.

A lot of his works are related to space and physics, playing at the intersection of art and science. Some others engage with a critique of technology and the queer identity. He calls for the hacking philosophy, the open-source initiatives, and the re-appropriation and diversion of the technological knowledge by everyone.

He graduated from French animation school Supinfocom in 2013 and has been working several years in the animation movie industry. He develops his own visual style over the years and starts building his own art projects. Nowadays, his works are showcased worldwide (first solo show in Berlin in 2018) and are present in many festivals like Biénnale Némo (Paris), Pictoplasma (Berlin), Siggraph Asia (China), Annecy Film Festival (France), Currents New Media (USA), Burning Man (USA), SAT Fest (Quebec), Voltaje (Colombia), and Athens Digital Art Festival (Greece) and have won several awards.

EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

Selected exhibitions and screening :

• PatchLab (Krakowie, Poland) - Digital art festival
• Voltaje (Bogota, Colombia) - Salón de arte y tecnología
• Athens Digital Arts Festival (Athens, Greece) - International digital art festival
• Biénnale NEMO (Le 104, Paris, France) - Paris Digital Art Biennal
• Burning Man [Honoraria Artist] (Black Rock City, NV, USA)
• Currents New Media (Santa Fe, NM, USA) - New media art festival
• Pictoplasma (Berlin, Germany) - solo show & talk
• A maze. (Berlin, Germany) - Playful media festival
• SAT Fest (Montréal, Canada) - Immersive film festival
• Siggraph Asia (Shenzen, China) - Technology and media festival
• Annecy Animation Film Festival (Annecy, France) - International animation film festival

You can see the full list of the events where I presented my work.

AWARDS

• Use of Innovative Production Technology Award - 12th FullDome Festival (Jena, Germany)
• Best movie Award - Immersphere Festival (Brasilia, Brasil)
• Best laser compo - Cookie Demoparty (Montreuil, France)
• Silver Award for Best Short Animated Picture - Cyber Sousa Festival (Tiamen, China)
• Audience Award for best animation movie - Sequence Court-Métrage (Toulouse, France)

GIF JAM

I am one of the co-founder and organiser of the GIF JAM events. For one day, 20 artists are invited to share a studio to create animated GIFs. On the evening, the animations are publicly projected and mixed together, while DJs make the party begin. The evening party usually include video games showcase, art installations, crazy video mapping and other goodies.
See more on this video or our facebook page.