Benjamin Gerdes 

Artist and researcher

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Ghost Platform: Generating the “Complex Image” of Data, Labour, and Logistics


Artistic research project funded by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, 2022-2025) 
Hosted by the Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm.
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Det är ju alltid ett jättejobb att hålla ihop ett kollektiv / Glass Port


GIBCA 2021, Göteborg
Images credit: Henrik Zeilter / graphic recording of screening event by Layla van der Oord

Projects in collaboration with Swedish Dockworkers’ Union.
Video works “Glass Port” (5 mins), “Det är ju alltid ett jättejobb att hålla ihop ett kollektiv” (43min).
Shown in Gothenburg International Biennial of Contemporary Art (GIBCA), curated by Lisa Rosendahl.
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If time unfolds as change then space unfolds as interaction (after Doreen Massey) 


Collaboration with Amy Boulton, 2022
Images credit: Badou Jobe

Public commission with Amy Boulton, map prints and temporary wall installation at Haga Västlänken construction site, Göteborg. Produced as part of Kronotopia public art curatorial project (Skogen, Statens Konstråd, Göteborgs Konst).
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