Benjamin De Kosnik lives and works as an artist and engineer in San Francisco, California. He uses art as a research tool, seeking to transgress, illuminate, and demystify control systems. He creates custom software, hardware, and network tools that generate visual artifacts and occasionally incorporate the code itself. These artifacts include works on paper, one to six channel video art, electronic media installations, documentation and archival systems, performances, and talks. He has exhibited internationally, has been in residence at Constant Association for Arts and Media in Brussels and the Barbican Centre London, and is in the public collection of The Garage Archive Moscow, HDK Sweden, Hong Kong Open Printshop, and Freehome Berlin. He is a former member of the PARSE (Platform for Artistic Research Sweden) working group in Gothenburg, Sweden.