Author Archives: Ben Cuevas

About Ben Cuevas

Ben Cuevas is a Los Angeles based interdisciplinary artist whose work spans a wide range of mediums including installation, sculpture, fiber, photography, video, performance, and sound. Often incorporating several of these elements into any given piece, he makes use of digital media as a means of documentation. In light of its pluralistic qualities, he sees his work as a reflection on the condition of embodiment, which begs the question: what does it mean to have a body, to inhabit a body, to be a body incarnated in, and interacting with, this world?
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Get Money Get Paid – LIVE!

Check it out: BenBot 5000 performs Get Money Get Paid, live at Akbar’s monthly Planet Queer. Download the track here on iTunes! Special thanks to A.J. Goodrich for filming and editing, Isla and Jared of Purple Crush for choreography and

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Get Money Get Paid – LIVE!

Check it out: BenBot 5000 performs Get Money Get Paid, live at Akbar’s monthly Planet Queer. Download the track here on iTunes! Special thanks to A.J. Goodrich for filming and editing, Isla and Jared of Purple Crush for choreography and

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Duality #1: Masculine/Feminine

Duality #1: Masculine/Feminine can be seen as a visual model of how gender expression and identity function in relation to one another. Notions of an ideal male, wholly masculine, or of an ideal female, wholly feminine, are as unrealistic as the mannequins used for this piece. These ideals function as both poles and placeholders, useful and problematic. The knit patchwork unites these forms and places a more nuanced and holistic model of gender onto the rigid binary.

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Duality #1: Masculine/Feminine

Duality #1: Masculine/Feminine can be seen as a visual model of how gender expression and identity function in relation to one another. Notions of an ideal male, wholly masculine, or of an ideal female, wholly feminine, are as unrealistic as the mannequins used for this piece. These ideals function as both poles and placeholders, useful and problematic. The knit patchwork unites these forms and places a more nuanced and holistic model of gender onto the rigid binary.

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Come join us for the unveiling of my newest work at Knit Culture Studio!

I’m very excited to debut Duality #1: Masculine/Feminine, a wearable knit-sculpture that uses texture and color to explore the idea of Gender as a patchwork of expressions and identities. OPENING RECEPTION Thursday, February 7th 7:00 – 9:00pm Knit Culture Studio

Duality 1_MF Pink 8x10

Come join us for the unveiling of my newest work at Knit Culture Studio!

I’m very excited to debut Duality #1: Masculine/Feminine, a wearable knit-sculpture that uses texture and color to explore the idea of Gender as a patchwork of expressions and identities. OPENING RECEPTION Thursday, February 7th 7:00 – 9:00pm Knit Culture Studio

Rolling Stone Interview

Rolling Stone Q&A

I’m very excited to share BenBot 5000′s Q&A with Rolling Stone. Click the image below to view the interview full size. Download BenBot 5000′s first single available in this dimension on iTunes! And listen to the full track here on

Rolling Stone Interview

Rolling Stone Q&A

I’m very excited to share BenBot 5000′s Q&A with Rolling Stone. Click the image below to view the interview full size. Download BenBot 5000′s first single available in this dimension on iTunes! And listen to the full track here on

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Get Money Get Paid: Available on iTunes

It’s here: Benbot 5000′s first single available in this dimension! Download it now on iTunes, Amazon, and wherever MP3s are sold. It’s also available on Spotify if you’re not into the whole owning music thing! So take a listen in

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Get Money Get Paid: Available on iTunes

It’s here: Benbot 5000′s first single available in this dimension! Download it now on iTunes, Amazon, and wherever MP3s are sold. It’s also available on Spotify if you’re not into the whole owning music thing! So take a listen in

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Come to the Queer Pile-Up!

As part of the BenBot 5000 Project, I did an installation at For Your Art for the third annual Queer Pile-Up. The opening was a huge success! Thanks to everyone who made it out. There’s still time to check out

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Come to the Queer Pile-Up!

As part of the BenBot 5000 Project, I did an installation at For Your Art for the third annual Queer Pile-Up. The opening was a huge success! Thanks to everyone who made it out. There’s still time to check out

Inside Ghosts of the Trucks of the West Side Highway

Ghosts of the Trucks of the West Side Highway

Ghosts of the Trucks of The West Side Highway is my latest installation, created for Install:WeHo, a one day pop-up exhibition located in a West Hollywood parking lot. I was thrilled to be invited to do an installation inside of

Inside Ghosts of the Trucks of the West Side Highway

Ghosts of the Trucks of the West Side Highway

Ghosts of the Trucks of The West Side Highway is my latest installation, created for Install:WeHo, a one day pop-up exhibition located in a West Hollywood parking lot. I was thrilled to be invited to do an installation inside of

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D.I.Y.V.I.P. at Home is Where the Needle Marks

My latest installation “D.I.Y.V.I.P.” will be debuting at Pop tArt Gallery as part of Home is Where the Needle Marks, an exhibition of contemporary fiber art. Please do join us for the opening reception Saturday, June 16th 7-11pm The exhibition

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D.I.Y.V.I.P. at Home is Where the Needle Marks

My latest installation “D.I.Y.V.I.P.” will be debuting at Pop tArt Gallery as part of Home is Where the Needle Marks, an exhibition of contemporary fiber art. Please do join us for the opening reception Saturday, June 16th 7-11pm The exhibition

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New Video Collaboration with Jennifer Sindon

My “Muscular” piece from The Anatomical Knit Hood Series makes a cameo in Jennifer Sindon’s latest video work! So happy to have been part of her collaborative process. Check out the video below:

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New Video Collaboration with Jennifer Sindon

My “Muscular” piece from The Anatomical Knit Hood Series makes a cameo in Jennifer Sindon’s latest video work! So happy to have been part of her collaborative process. Check out the video below:

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Interview: Until You Can’t See Land

After I installed Transcending the Material at Knit Culture Studio, Liz Kuball approached me to do an interview for her beautiful new blog, Until You Can’t See Land. Excerpt below: L: How did you get into knitting? B: I’ve been

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Interview: Until You Can’t See Land

After I installed Transcending the Material at Knit Culture Studio, Liz Kuball approached me to do an interview for her beautiful new blog, Until You Can’t See Land. Excerpt below: L: How did you get into knitting? B: I’ve been