Lucky Benson
Lucky Benson is an American experimental filmmaker who works for The New York Times as a visual editor. Their work includes co-directing The Filmballad of Mamadada (2013).
Life and career
Lucky Benson was born in Philadelphia.[citation needed] They earned a BFA from Cooper Union in New York City and an MFA from Lund University (Malmö Art Academy) in Sweden.[1][2][3]
In 2013, with Cassandra Guan, Benson co-directed The Filmballad of Mamadada, an experimental biopic on the artist Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven.[4]
Their work in progress Buttery Coldness, an exploration of pick-up culture, was presented in 2016 at the Room & Board salon in New York City.[2] In 2019, an exhibition of video works by Benson at Baruch College in New York City under the title Lily Benson: Future Mechanism Replacement included Buttery Coldness together with A Tour of the Self Cleaning House, Feelings, and New Stratas. All seek to re-vision past events and characters from a feminist perspective.[1] In 2019, their work in progress Fantasy.jpeg was shown at Spectral Lines in Ridgewood, Queens together with work by Kim Hoeckele in the gallery's inaugural exhibition, Digital Déjà Vu.[3]
With the Danish artist Helene Nymann, Benson co-founded Cinema COBRA, which presents experimental film in unconventional settings.[5][6]
Benson worked for The New York Times as an art curator and then in social media. In 2020, they became a visual editor.[7]
Films
- The Filmballad of Mamadada (2013; co-director)[4]
- A Tour of the Self Cleaning House (2015)[1][8]
- Feelings[1]
- Buttery Coldness[1][2]
- New Stratas[1]
- Fantasy.jpeg[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "New Media Artspace at Baruch College Presents Lily Benson: Future Mechanism Replacement". CUNY Newswire. February 14, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Lily Benson: Buttery Coldness". Room & Board. 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Digital Déjà Vu — Kim Hoeckele and Lily Benson". Spectral Lines. January 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "The Filmballad of Mamadada". Mamadada.info. Archived from the original on June 12, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Series: Cinema COBRA". Screen Slate. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
- ↑ "Alumni - Cinema C.O.B.R.A." Malmö Art Academy. February 17, 2017.
- ↑ "Lucky Benson Named Visual Editor, Audience" (press release). The New York Times Company. June 9, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ↑ "A Tour of the Self Cleaning House (shorts)". CPH:DOX. Retrieved February 17, 2016.[permanent dead link]
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