Ben Cooper

Group Innovation Director M&C Saatchi Sydney. Co-Creator O Six Hundred Kayak. Proud father. Loving husband. British.

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Damien Hirsts ‘For the Love of God’

Published June 8, 2007

Damien Hirsts latest piece ‘for the love of god’ is for sale at £50 million! and they say offers in excess have already been made. Apparently it takes your breath away and like most

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“Hello, world!”

Published February 15, 2007

a_v_code.jpg Originally uploaded by sns2006. A real installation for the virtual globe of the software Google Earth. A Semacode measuring 160 x 160 meters was mown into a wheat field near the town of Ilmenau in

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Carsten Höller’s Slides, Tate Modern

Published October 16, 2006

Originally uploaded by in.vino.veritas. Brilliant. The Tate Modern’s turbine room plays host to Carsten Höller’s gigantic slides. I cant wait to visit on my next homage to the UK, rest assured I’ll be documenting this

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Atomic: full of love, full of wonder by Nike Savvas

Published August 20, 2006

Atomic: full of love, full of wonder Originally uploaded by benhamin. Essential viewing, the ‘Adventures with Form in Space’ exhibition at The Gallery of NSW (Sydney). Not all pieces get as much attention as this one…

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Goggles – Google Map Flight Sim

Published August 18, 2006

This is brilliant. Goggles is flight simulator using Google Maps. Wish we’d thought of this, such a simple and engaging use of maps… the whole studio here in Sydney is likely to not do

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Check these illustrations

Published July 2, 2006

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Banksy in Bristol + Tourists!

Published July 2, 2006

Banksy Tourists! Originally uploaded by iyers. New Banksy work in

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Banksy back in Bristol

Published July 2, 2006

The latest apparently Originally uploaded by Snood. This is on the side of a sexual health clinic, according to the

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MiniGraff – Kerb raft (zoom)

Published June 29, 2006

Kerb raft – zoom Originally uploaded by benhamin. Here it is, imagine discovering this little piece of magic as you wonder down the

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MiniGraff – Butterflies

Published June 29, 2006

Butterflies Originally uploaded by MiniGraff. So MiniGraff just made me a friend on flickr. I’ve loved the work of this Sydney Graffiti artist fom the first moment I stumbled upon an intricate ‘kerb stencil’ of a

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Gormley in da house

Published June 18, 2006

Gormley in da house Originally uploaded by benhamin. Its the 15th Biennale of Sydney, which consists of 85 artists & collaborators from 44 countries / 57 cities and held in 16 venues… Went and saw the

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Quote on the reverse of TIMESHIFT

Published June 5, 2006

I stumbled upon the Ars Electronica TIMESHIFT book (from the 2004 festival) in a store on Saturday, loved this quote… so here it is. “I’ll throw the damned rearview mirror out the damned window because

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We Feel Fine is an exploration of human emotion

Published June 2, 2006

The interface of WeFeelFine.org has some subtle references to the Sony Ad with the balls, but thankfully is nothing to do with it. In fact maybe I shouldn’t of even said that… but it

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Boards of Canada – dayvan cowboy video

Published May 17, 2006

I’m listening to this track almost every morning at the moment. I’ve never seen a BOC video before, and in some ways I didn’t want to (there has always been visuals in my mind,

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Cybersonica 06 – Highlights Video

Published May 16, 2006

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