Ben Cooper

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

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Mr Whitty Sings Christmas ‘LIVE’ at HOST

Published December 19, 2007

All this week (17-21 December) we have Mr Whitty, the jazz songster, stationed in our reception. Through the magic of the ‘interweb’ you can dedicate a song to a friend and he’ll sing

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RH3

Published July 27, 2007

New work from us (aka HOST) for New Line Cinema’s Rush Hour 3, its a Trailer Translator… go

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The Urban Spirit in MySpace, and yours

Published July 18, 2007

Finally we’re live! the time it takes to develop within MySpace is quite astonishing… baring in mind the speed at which the online social world moves. We’ve been working on Lion Nathan’s McKenna Bourbon

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Host causing Double-Trouble

Published October 23, 2006

We’ve just launched a ‘viral’ (I hate that word), for McKenna Bourbon. Recipients of the piece think their friend has called into Nova 106.9 (thats in Brisbane) and has miraculously answered a rather tricky

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Cybersonica 06 – Highlights Video

Published May 16, 2006

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Code Flinging Warriors

Published March 24, 2006

1. Two web artists (net.legends) will face-off in a ring to alter a web page – the cyber-ring — live. The resulting changes will be seen by the public on a screen and by

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Take Note – Handwriting without using your hand

Published February 27, 2006

This is our first major project as Engage, Host’s new interactive arm. The site is for Staedtler. It connects on and offline through the written word. Inviting site visitors to say something, whether

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Web2MemeMap – Results of “What is Web 2.0”

Published February 14, 2006

Web2MemeMap Originally uploaded by Tim O’Reilly. Result of a “What is Web 2.0?” brainstorming session at FOO Camp 2005. Meme maps adapted from business model maps developed by Beam

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Web2.0 – extended mindcloudmap

Published February 14, 2006

Web2.0 – extended mindcloudmap Originally uploaded by kosmar. This is fantastic, make sure you click through to the actual flickr page as you can explore links to Web 2.0 sites through the picture. Many thanks to

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Minority Report – Touchscreen Interface Style

Published February 14, 2006

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Erwin Wurm exhibits me

Published January 24, 2006

Went and saw the Erwin Wurm: Glue Your Brain exhibition at the MCA Sydney on Saturday morning, with my good friend Melissa. Not only did we laugh and contemplate the humour and

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Lynx Alphabet Girls

Published December 21, 2005

Received a slightly different Christmas card to day. Two rather sexy girls proceeded to spell out my name and a Christmas message in lots of interesting positions. No doubt this is flying around the

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Greyworlds Urban Sketches

Published December 21, 2005

“Greyworld’s Urban Sketches installation (click gallery/new media) is an interactive work that makes the space and its inhabitants both the subject of the work and its authors. A hidden camera records the space and its

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24 HOUR COUNT

Published December 15, 2005

The 24 Hour Count is a multi-media blog band made up of Colorado artists Mark Amerika, Rick Silva, and Nathaniel Wojtalik. For this 24 hour online blog performance, the artists will use a variety

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Interactive physical 3D display

Published December 15, 2005

Spherical objects are floating in space like molecules of an atom. Like threedimensional pixels they altogether shape a larger superior form. They represent threedimensional digital data sets in a dynamic display sculpture composed of

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