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Lucky Benson

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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[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  1. 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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Lily Benson: Buttery Coldness". Room & Board. 2016.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Digital Déjà Vu — Kim Hoeckele and Lily Benson". Spectral Lines. January 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "The Filmballad of Mamadada". Mamadada.info. Archived from the original on June 12, 2021. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  5. "Series: Cinema COBRA". Screen Slate. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  6. "Alumni - Cinema C.O.B.R.A." Malmö Art Academy. February 17, 2017.
  7. "Lucky Benson Named Visual Editor, Audience" (press release). The New York Times Company. June 9, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
  8. "A Tour of the Self Cleaning House (shorts)". CPH:DOX. Retrieved February 17, 2016.

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