Visual artist digital art, curator and French theorist
Maurice Benayoun (MoBen) is a conceptual new media artist who works between Paris and Hong Kong. A French pioneer of new media art, his work has been a constant attempt to redefine artistic practice and the place of the artist in society. Through VR, AR, AI and urban media art, MoBen explores the limits of the promises of advanced media, unveiling their societal impact beyond their technological and aesthetic potential.
His works exhibited and rewarded around the world
Creating subtle yet dramatic interactive works, he has been exhibited at major international museums, biennials and festivals in over 30 countries around the world. MoBen has received nearly 30 awards, including 4 Ars Electronica prizes (including the coveted Golden Nica). Since 2012 Mauricen Benayoun is professor of creative media at City University of Hong Kong. (www.moben.art)
From Longino to Kant, from rhetoric to the fine arts, the history of thought often refers to the «sublime» as the supreme form of aesthetic production.