Professor Dr. Ben Grosser

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Ben Grosser investigates how the design of platform interfaces—from AI chatbots—shapes human behavior, desire, and culture. His tactics involve software recomposition, interface reduction, and radical reimagination, all aimed at exposing the hidden politics of software and proposing alternatives that restore user agency. His recent exhibitions include notable venues such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Barbican Centre in London, ZKM in Karlsruhe, and the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Copenhagen. His projects have appeared in leading publications like The New Yorker, Wired, and the Washington Post. Grosser's film 'ORDER MAGNITUDE' has been described by The Guardian as the definitive artwork of the 21st century. His artwork is frequently referenced in books examining the cultural effects of technology, including 'Surveillance Capitalism' and 'Investigative Aesthetics'. He is a Professor of New Media at the School of Art & Design, co-founder of the Critical Technology Studies Lab at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), and an affiliate faculty member of the School of Music, School of Information Sciences, and Siebel School of Computing and Data Science. In the past few years, he has received notable fellowships, including one from the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.

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