Benjamin Grosser

Benjamin Grosser creates interactive experiences, machines, and systems that explore the cultural, social, and political implications of software. His works have been exhibited at Eyebeam in New York, The White Building in London, the Media Art Biennale in Wroclaw, the Digital Arts Festival in Athens, FILE in São Paulo, the Telecom Italia Future Center in Venice, and Museum Ludwig in Cologne. Grosser’s artworks have been featured in Wired, The Atlantic, The Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, Creative Applications Network, Neural, Rhizome, Hyperallergic, Al Jazeera, Corriere della Sera, El País, and Der Spiegel. The Huffington Post said of his Interactive Robotic Painting Machine that “Grosser may have unknowingly birthed the apocalypse”. The Chicago Tribune called him the “unrivaled king of ominous gibberish”. Slate referred to his work as “creative civil disobedience in the digital age”. His recognitions include First Prize in VIDA 16, an international award recognizing works investigating art and artificial life, a Net Art Grant and Commission from Rhizome, and the Expanded Media Award for Network Culture from the Stuttgarter Filmwinter. Grosser is an Assistant Professor of New Media in the School of Art + Design and a Faculty Affiliate in Critical Technology Studies at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, both at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

Exhibitions

Past

Editions

Press

Facebook Demetricator (Demo)

by Benjamin Grosser

Web browser extension that hides Facebook metrics.
2012

Facebook Demetricator

by Benjamin Grosser

Web browser extension that hides Facebook metrics.
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Screenshot of before and after Demetrication of notification metrics
2012-aujourd’hui

Facebook Demetricator

by Benjamin Grosser

Web browser extension that hides Facebook metrics.
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Screenshot of before and after Demetrication of friend metrics
2012-aujourd’hui

Facebook Demetricator

by Benjamin Grosser

Web browser extension that hides Facebook metrics.
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Screenshot of before and after Demetrication of like/share/comment metrics
2012-aujourd’hui

ScareMail (logo)

by Benjamin Grosser

ScareMail is a web browser extension that makes email “scary” in order to disrupt NSA surveillance.
2013

ScareMail

by Benjamin Grosser

ScareMail is a web browser extension that makes email “scary” in order to disrupt NSA surveillance.
Web browser extension
2013

ScareMail (demo)

by Benjamin Grosser

ScareMail is a web browser extension that makes email “scary” in order to disrupt NSA surveillance.
2013

Tracing You

by Benjamin Grosser

A website's best attempt to see the world from its visitors' viewpoints.
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Website / computational surveillance system
2015

Computers Watching Movies
Still frame from Inception

by Benjamin Grosser

High-definition video with stereo audio
5 copies
15'
2013

Computers Watching Movies
Still frame from Annie Hall

by Benjamin Grosser

5 copies
15'
2013

Computers Watching Movies
Still frame from American Beauty

by Benjamin Grosser

High-definition video with stereo audio
5 copies
15'
2013

Computers Watching Movies
Still frame from 2001: A Space Odyssey

by Benjamin Grosser

High-definition video with stereo audio
5 copies
15'
2013

Third Person

by Benjamin Grosser

installation for two autonomous interactive systems
Computers, cameras, displays, and custom software
2012

Third Person

by Benjamin Grosser

Installation for two autonomous interactive systems
Computers, cameras, displays, and custom software
2012

Third Person

by Benjamin Grosser

Installation for two autonomous interactive systems
Computers, cameras, displays, and custom software
2012