A man with curly hair stands in a workshop, gesturing at electronic prototypes on a wooden desk and computer screens displaying technical interfaces and projects.

Ben — who works out of Minneapolis — presents himself publicly as an artist, developer and educator who builds systems rather than isolated pieces. His GitHub profile banner summarises the ethos concisely: “Playful rigor • Open hardware • Repair culture” alongside “Humans first • least data • consent by design”. Rather than chasing novelty, he invites “utility with radical honesty” and lists current projects such as the MN42 board prototype, a Horizon VST build, ClassHub deployment/testing and a Memory‑Engine pilot. Looking at his personal site, the through‑line becomes clearer. He traces his practice from early photographic work through installations, sound, code and fabrication, emphasising that the media change but the core questions about memory, threshold, loss and care persist. In his words, the studio moves “from image, to room, to sound, to system, to shared structure”. The site frames this practice as a fleet of tools, scenes, learning environments and systems that feed one another. Under Tools, he highlights “consent‑forward instruments and kits shipped with reproducible builds, bench notes, and explicit operating constraints”. Scenes refers to installations where participation, control and operations stay visible rather than hidden backstage. Learning includes curricula, station cards and quick‑start kits that turn digital literacy into civic practice and portable teaching structures. Systems & distribution speaks to “deployment, publishing, governance, and care Mehr sehen