Benjamin Fox

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Filmmaker, Animator and Artist

Region:

Greater London

Email address:

misterbenjaminfox@gmail.com

URLs:

• http://vimeo.com/clutterfox
• http://benjaminfox.majorwhite.com

A keen wanderer, Ben enjoys walking the Thames foreshore and scavenging materials for his work. Focusing on the tactile qualities of the material world and our interaction with it, the animation, imagery and sculpture he creates seek to emote a heightened textural sensibility, alchemical manifestations ruled by uncanny feelings and buried desires. His day job working with ethnographic collections at a national museum helps to inform and inspire these creations.

In the past year Ben has shown work at the National Maritime Museum, Parasol Unit gallery and Hong Kong Contemporary Art Fair. His films have been screened at festivals around the world, from India and Siberia to Argentina and USA. In 2012 the film That Healing Feeling won at Toronto Urban Film Festival, while another was shortlisted for the Depict! award at Encounters Festival.

He lives and works in Hackney.

2013
Experimental Film Festival Portland, USA
Hong Kong Contemporary 13, China
Thames21 Photography Exhibition, National Maritime Museum, UK
CologneOFF, India

2012
FIVA 12, Argentina
GIRAF Animation Festival, Canada
XI Kansk Film Festival, Russia
Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival, UK
Toronto Urban Film Festival, Canada
Animated Abstractions, Latitude Festival, UK
Kraktofil +, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Video Art Festival Miden, Greece
animateCologne, Germany
Animated Drawings, Parasol Unit, UK
Deathtripping Festival, UK