Benj Gerdes
Benj GERDES is an artist and activist who frequently works in collaboration with others, including as a member of the 16 Beaver Group. His work focuses on the affective and social consequences of economic and state regimes, utilizing historical research and reenactment, dialogue, and participatory or aleatory formalizations. He currently teaches in the Department of Cinema, State University of New York at Binghamton, and as a faculty member in video at The Cooper Union School of Art.
Filmography
(all short, selection) On the Passage of Millions of People Through a Not Brief Enough Period of Time (2004 co-dir), Terms of Service: When We Pretend, We’re in Control (2005), Because There Are So Many (2007 co-dir), Democratic Looking (2008), Strike Anywhere (2009 co-dir), Populus Tremula (2010 co-dir)
Benj Gerdes at IFFR
Populus tremula
9'
Sweden
IFFR 2011