https://benjamin-paul.com Benjamin Paul Mon, 20 Oct 2025 06:48:06 +0000 https://benjamin-paul.com en https://benjamin-paul.com/Ticketing-Page-DRAFT Tue, 30 Sep 2025 23:55:32 +0000 Benjamin Paul https://benjamin-paul.com/Ticketing-Page-DRAFT &nbsp; &nbsp; Tix on sale:&nbsp;Friday 3rd October https://benjamin-paul.com/Home-Page Sat, 27 Sep 2025 05:38:28 +0000 Benjamin Paul https://benjamin-paul.com/Home-Page &nbsp;<img width="1921" height="1016" width_o="1921" height_o="1016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/065f1797b5e2fcc413ca2e3824dc4f7c446503ef0e09211f5faa979793da2935/WP_Logo.jpg" data-mid="238824296" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/065f1797b5e2fcc413ca2e3824dc4f7c446503ef0e09211f5faa979793da2935/WP_Logo.jpg" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;About The Project&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Films: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The Making (2025)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Ceremony (2025) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;More Work by Benjamin Paul <img width="2048" height="1366" width_o="2048" height_o="1366" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f9067a47e3a6b07ff5126b53502a45d361b38d776744be567d24584a28df590/Tyson-Portrait-JH.jpg" data-mid="238823802" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3f9067a47e3a6b07ff5126b53502a45d361b38d776744be567d24584a28df590/Tyson-Portrait-JH.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1366" width_o="2048" height_o="1366" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bacf41401955923e24d7cad15acdb8346923bb20022f15d4e248fb6e7077d454/Development-photo-1-RH.jpg" data-mid="238823858" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bacf41401955923e24d7cad15acdb8346923bb20022f15d4e248fb6e7077d454/Development-photo-1-RH.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1366" width_o="2048" height_o="1366" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/92b24556e97638401a5483f829b1934c2df7f480168a384c760f57f42a81c435/Concept-Dev-with-Credit.jpg" data-mid="238823861" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/92b24556e97638401a5483f829b1934c2df7f480168a384c760f57f42a81c435/Concept-Dev-with-Credit.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1366" width_o="2048" height_o="1366" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d0a009006aa2f5e9667d4da5991d4f2bbbcfee95e8e31e62967c90692e5c29f/Cultural-Photo-2-RH.jpg" data-mid="238824020" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d0a009006aa2f5e9667d4da5991d4f2bbbcfee95e8e31e62967c90692e5c29f/Cultural-Photo-2-RH.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1366" width_o="2048" height_o="1366" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f9b535fda745585384005a41105c1e2b0b702ab138111d9c0bcbaac7d9b8723/Cultural-Photo-RH.jpg" data-mid="238824005" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f9b535fda745585384005a41105c1e2b0b702ab138111d9c0bcbaac7d9b8723/Cultural-Photo-RH.jpg" /> Commodores transformed into a bathhouse, built and led by Aboriginal youth. Tyres scream, hot metal dripping; wrecked cars breathe heat into visions of care and transformation. We bathe, torn open, soft, with Country.On unceded Mumirimina Country, a car graveyard is reimagined as a public bathhouse. Falcons and Commodores, once icons of speed and combustion, become saunas, steam pools, and hot rooms. This is a youth-led and built space; engines to water, metal to breath, wreckage to ritual. Step inside, and you are held by a ceremony led by First Nations youth, artists, Country and community.---Developed over 8 months, artist Benjamin Paul, together with a team of First Nation facilitators, has worked with 28 First Nations students at Montrose Bay High to transform car wrecks into functional bathing structures, saunas, spas and steam rooms.In partnership with Karadi Aboriginal Corporation, students have explored stories of palawa culture and Country through the theme of water as a cleansing force, a connector, and a carrier of knowledge. Together, they’ve imagined futures beyond fossil fuels, designing new spaces and practices that center care, cultural strength, and respect for Country <img width="868" height="1868" width_o="868" height_o="1868" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9739ae31cd7d42bc555155828d8e2ca06b1d27d3e3eb62fc7281171a8328b390/Screenshot-2025-10-21-at-8.03.07AM.png" data-mid="239614366" border="0" data-scale="64" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/868/i/9739ae31cd7d42bc555155828d8e2ca06b1d27d3e3eb62fc7281171a8328b390/Screenshot-2025-10-21-at-8.03.07AM.png" /> LEAD ARTISTBenjamin PaulFACILITATORSJudy HunterLinton BurgessRenee BrowningRob BraslinWills McKayJamie Langdon CULTURAL CONSULTANTTheresa Sainty - Milangkani projectsVIDEOGRAPHYJoseph Shrimpton - Flare ProductionsRebecca ThomsonPHOTOGRAPHYRosie HastieJesse Hunniford GRAPHIC DESIGNSprinks WorldPRODUCERSSophie Ambler - Kitsch EventsAlison Quilliam - Montrose Bay High SchoolTim Nicholas - Montrose Bay High School STUDENTS Workshop Team:Connor BrownBonita VasquezElla DownhamKhynan LangdonLayla FowleMalachi RobinsonOliver LathamPyper RobertsonTalei PeteroTyson NewtonWyatt Rainey Design TeamAlyssa LaurenceBriley CrossinDale LangdonHailie-Jade JacksonKarli StreetsMyles McElhennyRuby CaswellRyda MetzenthinShontay DevineTeya BairaTrey Woolley SPECIAL THANKS TO:Alex LastOHM ProjectsCaitlin Fargher - Good Grief https://benjamin-paul.com/Biography Tue, 05 Nov 2024 05:50:51 +0000 Benjamin Paul https://benjamin-paul.com/Biography &nbsp; &nbsp;Biography <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/beb2e446c8d8484b107179f14ac3218b952d5091944ac3e07c467af97ba59f38/0H1A3953.jpg" data-mid="238718139" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/beb2e446c8d8484b107179f14ac3218b952d5091944ac3e07c467af97ba59f38/0H1A3953.jpg" /> hello@benjamin-paul.com ︎ Instagram Benjamin Paul is a participatory artist, and industrial designer working at the intersection of public art, material reuse, and communal ceremony. His practice centres on transforming salvaged materials and shared labour into spaces for care, cultural reconnection, and speculative repair. Grounded in a background in Industrial Design, Ben creates tactile, collaborative experiences, turning wrecked cars into hot pools, old systems into new rituals, and group processes into public architecture. His major work The Future of Toys has toured widely across Australia, involving over 250 participants and 18 collaborators to explore imagination, agency, and repair after disaster. Internationally, Ben has developed experimental bathing festivals at Floating University Berlin, prototyped inflatable architecture with Popticum Berlin, and co-designed sustainable infrastructure in Indonesia and Fiji. In 2023, he presented works at the Inflatable Architecture Festival (Berlin) and Die Stadt als Leere Kulisse Artist Lab (Halle, Germany). https://benjamin-paul.com/waynapuni-pools Sat, 27 Sep 2025 08:22:43 +0000 Benjamin Paul https://benjamin-paul.com/waynapuni-pools &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;waynapuni pools <img width="2048" height="1366" width_o="2048" height_o="1366" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/623bc5a5052d7b65e0084f19f70bbeec904136748eeed06fa6638719fbbbf201/Tyson-Portrait-JH.jpg" data-mid="238826704" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/623bc5a5052d7b65e0084f19f70bbeec904136748eeed06fa6638719fbbbf201/Tyson-Portrait-JH.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1366" width_o="2048" height_o="1366" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/74c39f0963daeea32ccf69a555f26ec232d6d839f98f2c3d0a2c94e560d1c47a/Development-photo-1-RH.jpg" data-mid="238752493" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/74c39f0963daeea32ccf69a555f26ec232d6d839f98f2c3d0a2c94e560d1c47a/Development-photo-1-RH.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1366" width_o="2048" height_o="1366" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ded8cad33b3e94cd5c03101d9fc7a3011374b562fdc2de3651b4cdb819ccb687/Concept-Dev-with-Credit.jpg" data-mid="238752489" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ded8cad33b3e94cd5c03101d9fc7a3011374b562fdc2de3651b4cdb819ccb687/Concept-Dev-with-Credit.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1366" width_o="2048" height_o="1366" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/905dc67cbc2210477e41df341fa75e82a67f372560bca2ba14b04fc488789887/Cultural-Photo-2-RH.jpg" data-mid="238826705" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/905dc67cbc2210477e41df341fa75e82a67f372560bca2ba14b04fc488789887/Cultural-Photo-2-RH.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1366" width_o="2048" height_o="1366" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/74e19d977bfd64150e83c5d814d4feacccbdbd491c5238d57265bfb4df516ce5/Cultural-Photo-3-RH.jpg" data-mid="238826791" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/74e19d977bfd64150e83c5d814d4feacccbdbd491c5238d57265bfb4df516ce5/Cultural-Photo-3-RH.jpg" /> Films: - The Making Of (2025) - The Ceremony (2025) Commodores transformed into a bathhouse, built and led by Aboriginal youth. Tyres scream, hot metal dripping; wrecked cars breathe heat into visions of care and transformation. We bathe, torn open, soft, with Country. On unceded Mumirimina Country, a car graveyard is reimagined as a public bathhouse. Falcons and Commodores, once icons of speed and combustion, become saunas, steam pools, and hot rooms. This is a youth-led and built space; engines to water, metal to breath, wreckage to ritual. Step inside, and you are held by a ceremony led by First Nations youth, artists, Country and community. --- Developed over 8 months, artist Benjamin Paul, together with a team of First Nation facilitators, has worked with 28 First Nations students at Montrose Bay High to transform car wrecks into functional bathing structures, saunas, spas and steam rooms. In partnership with Karadi Aboriginal Corporation, students have explored stories of palawa culture and Country through the theme of water as a cleansing force, a connector, and a carrier of knowledge. Together, they’ve imagined futures beyond fossil fuels, designing new spaces and practices that center care, cultural strength, and respect for Country. LEAD ARTISTBenjamin PaulFACILITATORSJudy HunterLinton BurgessRenee BrowningRob BraslinWills McKay Jamie Langdon CULTURAL CONSULTANTTheresa Sainty - Milangkani projectsVIDEOGRAPHYJoseph Shrimpton - Flare ProductionsRebecca ThomsonPHOTOGRAPHYRosie HastieJesse Hunniford GRAPHIC DESIGNSprinks WorldPRODUCERSSophie Ambler - Kitsch EventsAlison Quilliam - Montrose Bay High SchoolTim Nicholas - Montrose Bay High School STUDENTS Workshop Team:Connor Brown Bonita Vasquez Ella Downham Khynan Langdon Layla Fowle Malachi RobinsonOliver LathamPyper RobertsonTalei PeteroTyson NewtonWyatt Rainey Design TeamAlyssa Laurence Briley Crossin Dale Langdon Hailie-Jade Jackson Karli Streets Myles McElhenny Ruby Caswell Ryda Metzenthin Shontay Devine Teya Baira Trey Woolley SPECIAL THANKS TO: Alex Last OHM Projects Caitlin Fargher - Good Grief &nbsp;&nbsp; Produced by: Kitsch Events <img width="468" height="454" width_o="468" height_o="454" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/290f5c0d073348c489ee75461358610aeb1c7e9f93573648b469861ce73b3108/Kitsch-Events.png" data-mid="238750944" border="0" data-scale="22" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/468/i/290f5c0d073348c489ee75461358610aeb1c7e9f93573648b469861ce73b3108/Kitsch-Events.png" /> In partnership with:<img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d412dd7c3ed9b1109b303e942425208d8080f73195f5e779da1b7e96cbb4d4f8/Karadi-Logo.png" data-mid="238728798" border="0" data-scale="68" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d412dd7c3ed9b1109b303e942425208d8080f73195f5e779da1b7e96cbb4d4f8/Karadi-Logo.png" /><img width="468" height="454" width_o="468" height_o="454" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf33ac5a4b5e076eb0c32f356fa3cad89a83c5f2c55523788fdb77eb0a4ac71f/milangkani.png" data-mid="238750935" border="0" data-scale="23" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/468/i/cf33ac5a4b5e076eb0c32f356fa3cad89a83c5f2c55523788fdb77eb0a4ac71f/milangkani.png" /> <img width="827" height="417" width_o="827" height_o="417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/11c7f0cf7fb311ce312c4cabc9dd4beeeac53e129700da6709fab1f17d289690/201743142_190112613114492_5505962651915176020_n-1.png" data-mid="238750940" border="0" data-scale="29" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/827/i/11c7f0cf7fb311ce312c4cabc9dd4beeeac53e129700da6709fab1f17d289690/201743142_190112613114492_5505962651915176020_n-1.png" /> <img width="945" height="135" width_o="945" height_o="135" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4cfe6bb27390eb609c656aab4717427eff3a0eabc50fd6d3ddf943979dd963f1/Artboard-1.png" data-mid="238750943" border="0" data-scale="64" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/945/i/4cfe6bb27390eb609c656aab4717427eff3a0eabc50fd6d3ddf943979dd963f1/Artboard-1.png" /> Supported by: <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e429cbe0cc7ea69aeb8de18b0672ed1ac25d6a857018384e7e8701f3bbf8fbeb/tasgov-logo-vert-1080.png" data-mid="238727206" border="0" data-scale="23" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e429cbe0cc7ea69aeb8de18b0672ed1ac25d6a857018384e7e8701f3bbf8fbeb/tasgov-logo-vert-1080.png" /> <img width="534" height="272" width_o="534" height_o="272" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/512d8cf7f09650b58b53adc7df30ba647321a629b5eab30591ec38d399d5c835/Creative-Australia-logo.png" data-mid="238727207" border="0" data-scale="67" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/534/i/512d8cf7f09650b58b53adc7df30ba647321a629b5eab30591ec38d399d5c835/Creative-Australia-logo.png" /> Special thanks: <img width="824" height="824" width_o="824" height_o="824" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76f3f8267deffee1f7cea7d57d4c88c7f4734225dcba07409de919f9fa3c7bee/254070623_1822062771299484_8952970538068139086_n.jpg" data-mid="239614257" border="0" data-scale="23" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/824/i/76f3f8267deffee1f7cea7d57d4c88c7f4734225dcba07409de919f9fa3c7bee/254070623_1822062771299484_8952970538068139086_n.jpg" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="1216" height="456" width_o="1216" height_o="456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/87e841be465baab455fa6bd584a1fd02fac96fede80a06a7dbfeee9f35d8a635/IMG_1442.png" data-mid="239614133" border="0" data-scale="63" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/87e841be465baab455fa6bd584a1fd02fac96fede80a06a7dbfeee9f35d8a635/IMG_1442.png" /> https://benjamin-paul.com/waynapuni-pools-The-Making-2025 Mon, 20 Oct 2025 06:48:06 +0000 Benjamin Paul https://benjamin-paul.com/waynapuni-pools-The-Making-2025 waynapuni pools: The Making (2025) Videography: Flare Productions Interviewer: Rebecca Thomson Producer: Sophie Ambler Graphics: Sprinks World Music: MBHS students under the guidance of Alex Last waynapuni pools (2025) was created over nine months on Muwinina Country with Aboriginal students at Montrose Bay High, in partnership with Karadi Aboriginal Corporation. The project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. In addition, the project has been supported by Arts Tasmania, City of Clarence, Kitsch Events and Milangkani Projects. https://benjamin-paul.com/Experimental-Bathing Tue, 05 Nov 2024 05:51:22 +0000 Benjamin Paul https://benjamin-paul.com/Experimental-Bathing &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Experimental Bathing <img width="7877" height="5254" width_o="7877" height_o="5254" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2c2244bd5bcf0ae5478e83a4898825668667da8621de95fc4d97c4895cd4a26/Bens_sauna-246.jpg" data-mid="244836538" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f2c2244bd5bcf0ae5478e83a4898825668667da8621de95fc4d97c4895cd4a26/Bens_sauna-246.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="994" width_o="1500" height_o="994" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e5fa1b192f5d76d372628f967b0ef1e2c7e61b886f61c1c9f0400312856735f1/saunafestival_2022_vicky_lowres-56.png" data-mid="221199126" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e5fa1b192f5d76d372628f967b0ef1e2c7e61b886f61c1c9f0400312856735f1/saunafestival_2022_vicky_lowres-56.png" /> <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/209490ca94d50826d578d406b54979d8b1a35138c031d7397abe3367a3bc8359/Bens_sauna-272.jpg" data-mid="244836539" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/209490ca94d50826d578d406b54979d8b1a35138c031d7397abe3367a3bc8359/Bens_sauna-272.jpg" /> Bathing in its numerous forms has cultural origins in many cultures across the world. As we come into intimacy with water and heat, our nervous systems relax, we shed layers of tension, drop into new forms of awareness, of each other, and the place around us. As a settler I see an opportunity to explore how these psycho-physical experiences of bathing could be used to cultivate a collective tenderness and openness to deconstruct colonial patterns of thinking and relating to the land. The experimental aspects of the work are both in the materiality of the infrastructure and the emergent co-creation of contemporary rituals of relaxation, collective care and attunement to place. Guiding Questions: How might a forum of convivial and embodied group experiences allow for the unsettling of colonial place relations? How might we reconfigure settler place relations to support new reciprocal and custodial exchange? What temporary bathing infrastructures might support the emergence of these conversations? What is the relevance of the research outcomes to the wider community? &nbsp; &nbsp;Funded by: &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e429cbe0cc7ea69aeb8de18b0672ed1ac25d6a857018384e7e8701f3bbf8fbeb/tasgov-logo-vert-1080.png" data-mid="221199132" border="0" data-scale="24" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e429cbe0cc7ea69aeb8de18b0672ed1ac25d6a857018384e7e8701f3bbf8fbeb/tasgov-logo-vert-1080.png" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="1500" height="1067" width_o="1500" height_o="1067" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/46006552738f55a5529980a11c183c5fb21b5821b6ece0aa7fc98fc7b1f18e87/constancecontrast.png" data-mid="238718159" border="0" data-scale="26" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/46006552738f55a5529980a11c183c5fb21b5821b6ece0aa7fc98fc7b1f18e87/constancecontrast.png" /> &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="534" height="272" width_o="534" height_o="272" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/512d8cf7f09650b58b53adc7df30ba647321a629b5eab30591ec38d399d5c835/Creative-Australia-logo.png" data-mid="221199133" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/534/i/512d8cf7f09650b58b53adc7df30ba647321a629b5eab30591ec38d399d5c835/Creative-Australia-logo.png" /> https://benjamin-paul.com/Future-of-Toys Sat, 13 May 2023 05:06:25 +0000 Benjamin Paul https://benjamin-paul.com/Future-of-Toys &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Future of Toys <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e44fe2fa92013498eef36c9fc5b131b8ac18fafd00bf6d7ee1a233152bde6cea/0H1A3998.jpg" data-mid="178626601" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e44fe2fa92013498eef36c9fc5b131b8ac18fafd00bf6d7ee1a233152bde6cea/0H1A3998.jpg" /> <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a563e6666ee7ad7baf2dd81f4222fc72d8fe6304c216fc0f9e00f6098189f17c/0H1A3723.jpg" data-mid="178626716" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a563e6666ee7ad7baf2dd81f4222fc72d8fe6304c216fc0f9e00f6098189f17c/0H1A3723.jpg" /> <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c78553baacf40f11507abba07f6a1336f10c5e953bd3017f1744032eae4b6c2/0H1A3642.jpg" data-mid="178626899" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c78553baacf40f11507abba07f6a1336f10c5e953bd3017f1744032eae4b6c2/0H1A3642.jpg" /> <img width="4480" height="6720" width_o="4480" height_o="6720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/78735551f33660caa61afacbf7b097163175d293b6091329a5256ed4be857d9c/0H1A3548.jpg" data-mid="178626907" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/78735551f33660caa61afacbf7b097163175d293b6091329a5256ed4be857d9c/0H1A3548.jpg" /> Good Grief, Hobart ‘24 Cementa Wayout Artspace, Kandos ‘23 DreamBIG ‘23 Lismore Regional Gallery ‘23 Theatre Royal Tas. ‘23 ArtPlay ‘22 Melbourne Knowledge Week ‘21’ ArtPlay New Ideas Lab ‘19&nbsp;&nbsp;Toys are used by everybody to understand and explore the world around us, and to practice and rehearse ways of moving through our lives. Often, these toys are given to us. Sometimes we like them, sometimes we really like them. We might sleep with them, talk to them or throw them around, but usually we grow out of them. What happens then? People in Australia produce over 1 tonne of waste per person per year (that's around the weight of a small car).The Future of Toys explores ways we can turn our old toys into new things. Reflecting on our lives, our communities and our futures, we design a new invention that responds to what we need today.Through this work, we think about the waste our communities are producing, and learn ways of being resourceful by turning this waste into valuable resources. We think about what human skills and qualities might make the world around us a better place, and invent something that brings this into reality.With the help of artists and designers, young participants use emerging recycling technologies and design methodologies to bring to life their ideas. Through this work we hope to support young people to feel a sense of agency when facing their futures. &nbsp;&nbsp; O https://benjamin-paul.com/Recycling-Machines-1 Sat, 13 May 2023 05:11:49 +0000 Benjamin Paul https://benjamin-paul.com/Recycling-Machines-1 Recyling Machines <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d39d147d38c6f5ffa9ac63960dd5fff6a66ae13bea4311a3ef8fda3934912e83/FoT-Theatre-Royal-Exhibition-3.jpg" data-mid="180759122" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d39d147d38c6f5ffa9ac63960dd5fff6a66ae13bea4311a3ef8fda3934912e83/FoT-Theatre-Royal-Exhibition-3.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c4f399c7ff787ef122816f5783202bb1dedc2f589b057f3715d1e5fc7a22b591/FoT-Theatre-Royal-Exhibition-1.jpg" data-mid="180759119" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c4f399c7ff787ef122816f5783202bb1dedc2f589b057f3715d1e5fc7a22b591/FoT-Theatre-Royal-Exhibition-1.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b78ca470813d7d0e38bc6755eb2d386f41a80e29f930d29777d7df96bc86d8b3/FoT-Theatre-Royal-Exhibition-4.jpg" data-mid="180759123" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b78ca470813d7d0e38bc6755eb2d386f41a80e29f930d29777d7df96bc86d8b3/FoT-Theatre-Royal-Exhibition-4.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/17347c346ff103fa51a11642f885e5ba904bdf3732762d6d4dade47ef20f3ded/FoT-Theatre-Royal-Exhibition-2.jpg" data-mid="180759121" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/17347c346ff103fa51a11642f885e5ba904bdf3732762d6d4dade47ef20f3ded/FoT-Theatre-Royal-Exhibition-2.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53ef1c28e9f90d3092d4ab02b9443a748cc398628c272b2ede663005611183f9/FoT-Theatre-Royal-Exhibition-5.jpg" data-mid="180759124" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/53ef1c28e9f90d3092d4ab02b9443a748cc398628c272b2ede663005611183f9/FoT-Theatre-Royal-Exhibition-5.jpg" /> &nbsp;2023 A selection of plastic recycling machines including a shredder and an extruder, designed to recycle and repurpose plastic waste.&nbsp; These machines are based on open source designs by Precious Plastic. Some modifications were made to improve shredding capacity and the flow of plastic through the extrusion barrel, alongwith the fabrication of deconstructable mobile steel frames.&nbsp; https://benjamin-paul.com/Badetal Tue, 25 Jul 2023 06:14:31 +0000 Benjamin Paul https://benjamin-paul.com/Badetal Badetal&nbsp; <img width="1500" height="994" width_o="1500" height_o="994" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5fa2854fad9493b9f3bd7d420a15870eac4d30a368f383f8f2d699e9b16e5f10/saunafestival_2022_vicky_lowres-13.jpg" data-mid="185999121" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5fa2854fad9493b9f3bd7d420a15870eac4d30a368f383f8f2d699e9b16e5f10/saunafestival_2022_vicky_lowres-13.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="994" width_o="1500" height_o="994" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5b25b7fc42163daad7c8b46811bf0cf27260640c8c4290c9c87775bfb2ac693/saunafestival_2022_vicky_lowres-05.jpg" data-mid="185999104" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d5b25b7fc42163daad7c8b46811bf0cf27260640c8c4290c9c87775bfb2ac693/saunafestival_2022_vicky_lowres-05.jpg" /> November 2022 A festival of experimental bathing, collaboratively designed with a collective of other artists and architects in Berlin including Popticum, held at floating university. 6 experimental saunas, firebath onsens, various bars and arts programming all built for the weekend. Pictures by&nbsp;Franzie Kachl https://benjamin-paul.com/Power-Trip Sat, 13 May 2023 05:11:50 +0000 Benjamin Paul https://benjamin-paul.com/Power-Trip Power Trip <img width="2418" height="1768" width_o="2418" height_o="1768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2a3f4861f4f43fc47f92e36ab172971d42206b829a858404e16e175f6f1696b/Screen-Shot-2023-05-15-at-7.16.54-pm.png" data-mid="180758310" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f2a3f4861f4f43fc47f92e36ab172971d42206b829a858404e16e175f6f1696b/Screen-Shot-2023-05-15-at-7.16.54-pm.png" /> In development Power Trip askes young people to explore the concept of power and reflect on how it shapes their lives and the world around us. Systems of governance are failing to represent the hopes and dreams of the next generation, leaving those with little power or influence in decision-making processes to bear the brunt of environmental collapse. The consequences of inaction shape our narratives of the future. This work is an experiment in understanding what might happen if the power dynamic is flipped. Working from this field of investigation, participants aged 7-12y.o. gather in a series of workshops to disrupt the power dynamic and explore the implications of Artificial Intelligence on our future. Using emerging technologies of ‘Deepfake AI’ each participant impersonates a person in power. A speech addressing the world through the eyes and mouths of those who hold the privilege of influence.