Ben Hagari

Ben Hagari works in film, video, installation, animation, photography and books to create tragic comedies that unfold in absurdist environments. His work often employs optical illusions and “persistence of vision” (visuality after the image ceases) to understand the origins of moving images and technologies’ effects on perception. Extending from the screen-based to installation format, his projects are the result of wide-ranging research in the fields of literature, theater, art history, and scientific curiosities. His works have been shown in biennials, museums, galleries, film festivals, and other venues in the US, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East including at The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, MA, SculptureCenter, The High Line and The Boiler in New York, Whitechapel Gallery in London, Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, KIT in Düsseldorf, Flora Ars+Natura in Bogotá, Fundación CALOSA in Guanajuato, Mexico, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, The Tel Aviv Museum of Art and The Israel Museum, among others. Ben Hagari is a Lecturer at Yale School of Art.