I create interactive kinetic sculptures that explore human experience and the senses. Often playful and sometimes absurd, my machines offer viewers a physical experience designed to pose questions about our place within the world around us.
Benjamin Cowden began working with metal during an undergraduate anthropology project in Cameroon in 1997. He later worked as a blacksmith, creating utilitarian objects and furniture. Fascinated with mechanical movement, Benjamin began making interactive sculpture in 2003. After receiving his MFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Mr. Cowden moved to Oakland California, where he currently lives and works.