All the Uhuras

Inkjet, lapis and silvertone wash, bamboo paper, paste. Dimensions for each are H x L (68 cm x 86.5 cm).

2014


Two prints, composed of 288 cropped images of Uhura from the television show Star Trek. Each frame of the first season is analyzed with facial recognition software, and found Uhura faces are either inscribed with tattoo-like circles representing individual facial detection algorithms, or scaled, cropped, and center-aligned via sophisticated image-processing routines. To offset the explicitly computed nature of this work, the images are aligned on broken grids, and floated on an organic background of silvertone metallic or lapis mineral pigments. With Emily York.

Asama OG


Variable size. Portfolio of 63 prints using direct gravure, debossing, and aquatint. Kochi gampi chine-collé on Somerset paper. Four stone statue photogravure composition plates, one drift plate, one emboss plate. Each individual print is 510 x 660mm (20 x 26in). With Ianne Kjorli.

2013


Deconstructed zen garden. Variable-size grid of viewer-selected transnational iconography, featuring multiple printing techniques and visual composition strategies from London, Tokyo, and San Francisco.

The Anniversary Project

artwork by Benjamin De Kosnik

A Future Technique

artwork by Benjamin De Kosnik

Cali Contrails


Inkjet on Kochi gampi and pulp paper, wood, magnetic metal rods, cuts, magnets.
Dimensions of Future Technique, H x L x W (51″ x 39″ x 4″) (129 x 97 cm).
Dimensions of Cali Contrails, H x L x W (51″ x 39″ x 4″) (129 x 97 cm).

2013


Two installation pieces to honor events that are 2, 10, 50 and 100 years old. Two horizontal pieces, each with accompanying vertical ensigns. Each piece contains at least one unique mark indicating an anniversary year. There are one, two, ten, fifty, or hundred year anniversary year marks to choose from. Some of the pieces contain multiple marks: a joint hundred-and-fifty year anniversary. A combined ten-, fifty-, and hundred-year anniversary. A massed cloud of ten-year anniversaries. A broken grid of two year marks.

The hundred-year anniversary of John Cage’s birth. The fifty-year anniversary of the favorite dojo opening. A ten-year wedding anniversary. Two-year anniversary of Tohoku tsunami, the two-year anniversary of the Syrian uprising. A child’s first birthday.


Being In the (Art) World

artwork by Benjamin De Kosnik

artwork by Benjamin De Kosnik

artwork by Benjamin De Kosnik


Portfolio of three prints. Inkjet, internet, wine, folds. Dimensions H x L (13″ x 19″)

2013


Variable-size works on paper and internet probing artist identity and personality. Self-description using hyper-linked terms from the on-line Art and Architecture Thesaurus from the Getty Research Institute, links to artist web sites, and lists from Wikipedia.