Nelly Ben Hayoun

Nelly Ben Hayoun
Born Valence, Drôme, France
Occupation Designer of Experiences, Director
Nationality French
Website
nellyben.com

Nelly Ben Hayoun is a French designer.[1] Born in Valence, Drôme, France, Ben Hayoun now resides in London, United Kingdom. An award-winning director and experience designer,[2] she works with scientists and engineers to devise events and experiences. Ben Hayoun is also an exhibitor and keynote speaker who has worked with museums and design centres across the world.

Ben Hayoun collaborated with Beck, Bobby Womack, Damon Albarn,[3] Maywa Denki, Bruce Sterling and Penguin Café in a musical collaboration that took music into space. Launched from a Japanese launch pad in August 2013, she assembled the International Space Orchestra (ISO) - the world first orchestra of space scientists from NASA Ames Research Center, Singularity University, International Space University and the SETI Institute.

In 2013, Icon Magazine nominated Ben Hayoun as one of the 50 international designers “shaping the future”.[4][5]

In 2014, Wired Magazine awards Nelly Ben Hayoun with a WIRED Innovation fellowship for her work to date and for its potential to make a “significant impact on the world”.

Ben Hayoun is a member of the International Astronautical Federation, Space Outreach and Education committee.

Background

Ben Hayoun is a visiting professor at the Architectural Association School of Architecture (Unknown Fields Division), a lecturer and researcher at Central Saint Martins [6] and the Royal College of Art. Ben Hayoun is a contributing writer at Domus[7] and Design Indaba[8] and guest writer at We Make Money Not Art,[9] Blueprint [10] and Bruce Sterling’s blog "Beyond the Beyond" on Wired.

Ben Hayoun initially trained in painting then Textile Design at Olivier de Serres National College of Art and Design in Paris and then graduated from Design Interactions (MA) at the Royal College of Art. She is currently a researcher (PhD Candidate) in Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.[11]

Designer of Experiences at SETI Institute

Ben Hayoun was appointed Designer of Experiences at the SETI Institute under the supervision of David Morrison, Jill Tarter, Franck Marchis and Frank Drake in May 2013.[2] Her work at SETI focuses on extending outreach activities and design in terms of scope, scale, and methods of engagement towards architecture, installations, environments, social system, performances, experiences and narratives, as events.

Extreme Fieldwork

Ben Hayoun speaks about the value of ‘extreme’ fieldwork which she considers an essential part of designer training. For Ben Hayoun, designing experiences implies tangibility, hence fieldwork, and working collaboratively with experts.[12] Ben Hayoun’s design practice brought her investigation to the empty lands of Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and the Large Hadron Collider, CERN situated 100m below ground.[13] She has also collided atoms at SLAC, trapped herself in a Soyuz rocket capsule in Baikonur Cosmodrome,[14] and experienced a sonic Booum in the neutrino Observatory Super Kamiokande[15] in Japan.

About her practice she said: "My working method is to go in situ in scientists’ research centres and design events that radically change and adapt their attitudes to their research to a non-scientific audience’s creative needs. Design should be embedded in a physical experience, it should be something you remember like seeing a painting and remembering the tone of it."[16]

Director of the International Space Orchestra (ISO)

Alongside her role as designer of experiences at the SETI Institute, Ben Hayoun is directing the International Space Orchestra. The International Space Orchestra is a project she created with Prof. Christopher Welch of the International Space University and assembled over the summer of 2012, with a team of space scientists from the NASA Ames Research Center, SETI Institute (search for extraterrestrial life), Singularity University, and the International Space University.[17][18]

In January 2013, the International Space Orchestra feature film had its world premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival where it was acclaimed as a "masterpiece" by the Independent Cinema Office (ICO),[19] a "real achievement" (DOMUS),[20] "as thrilling as watching a rocket launch" and "Spine Tingling" (The Guardian).

Launch in space

Ben Hayoun's work Ground Control: An Opera in Space, performance recordings by the International Space Orchestra was released from the International Space Station in November, 2013.[21]

On 4 August 2013, two ArduSat (Arduino based Nanosatellite run by the company Nanosatisfi) carrying the ISO recordings of Ground Control: An Opera in Space were launched aboard the H-IIB Launch Vehicle, HTV-4 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Centre.[22]

On 19 November 2013, these ArduSat got released from the International Space Station by the six-member Expedition 38 crew. The orbiting residents worked with mission controllers around the world on deploying the ArduSat from Kibo’s airlock Tuesday 19 at 7:10 a.m. EST.[21]

The recordings of Ground Control: An Opera in Space was recorded at Skywalker Ranch, George Lucas' studio, where Star Wars was developed.[23]

Director of the Disaster Playground

In 2015, Nelly Ben Hayoun released her feature film Disaster Playground. The film is based on an investigation of emergency procedures for disasters such as earth-bound rogue asteroids. The film includes an original soundtrack featuring electronic music label Ed Banger Records and The Prodigy and also features an orchestration by the International Space Orchestra. The film's world Premiere took place at SXSW, and Sheffield Doc/Fest. Disaster Playground is a large multi-platform project with a number of components including a feature film, a digital platform and an exhibition. It was one of Indiewire's six highlights of SXSW 2015 and was selected as part of the visions category. Senior Curator at MOMA, Paola Antonelli reviewed the film, saying ‘It’s Dr. Strangelove meets This Is Spinal Tap. You straddle a big red phone and go on a wild ride along a chain of command that is complex and exhilarating.’ [24] The film was also screened at the BFI in London, June 2015.

Head of Experiences at WE Transfer

In December 2013, Nelly Ben Hayoun announced her collaboration with File sharing service, WeTransfer.[25] Every week WeTransfer features an entry from Ben Hayoun’s visual diary, documenting her experiential practices and collaborations.[26][27]

About the collaboration she said: "We Transfer's 18 million monthly active users will be able to experience the places I go, the activities I do and the people I meet. Each entry will be numbered so people can follow the diaries as they are published," This will extend into a further storytelling platform that will incorporate the service's app, she explains. "I have my practice, which is all about bringing the scientific and creative communities together through carefully designed experiences, and ultimately WeTransfer is about creating unique experiences for their community of digital users." [28]

Lectures, talks and speeches

Ben Hayoun has delivered keynote lectures in many countries on design and teaching design, experience design and space public outreach.

Exhibitions

Awards and fellowships

References

  1. ↑ Nelly Ben Hayoun Studio
  2. 1 2 "Nelly Ben Hayoun, Designer of Experiences". SETI Institute. 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  3. ↑ Inrockuptible International Space Orchestra interview
  4. ↑ Icon 122: Future 50
  5. ↑ Icon 122: Future 50 Nelly Ben Hayoun
  6. ↑ "An Opera in Space: Recordings Launched Into Space". Central Saint Martins: News. Blogs.arts.ac.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  7. ↑ http://www.domusweb.it/en/search.html?type=tag&key=Nelly+Ben+Hayoun
  8. ↑ "Blog from Festarch festival: A real human comedy". Design Indaba. 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  9. ↑ Regine on September 10, 2011 10:41 AM (2011-09-10). "Power of Making". we make money not art. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  10. ↑ "In The Making At The Design Museum With Barber & Osgerby". Blueprint (architecture magazine). Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  11. ↑ " Nelly Ben Hayoun Studio
  12. ↑ "The Other Volcano". we make money not art. 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  13. ↑ Nelly Ben Hayoun. "Dark Energy in the Kitchen Sink - Nelly Ben Hayoun". Nellyben.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  14. ↑ "Unknown Fields Division Part III: Baikonur Cosmodrome". Domusweb.it. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  15. ↑ "The Project | Super K Sonic Booooum". Superksonic.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  16. ↑ Ough Interview
  17. ↑ "GЯOUИD COИTЯOL", International Space Orchestra Official Website
  18. ↑ "Projects by NELLY BEN HAYOUN STUDIO", NELLY BEN STUDIO Official Website
  19. ↑ ", ICO, Jan 30, 2013 by Kate Taylor
  20. ↑ ", DOMUS, February 11, 2013
  21. 1 2 "The International Space Orchestra Is In Orbit - Ground Control". Groundcontrol-opera.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  22. ↑ "Nelly Ben Hayoun’s artwork launched into space", "Wired", by Bruce Sterling, August 7, 2013
  23. ↑ "The International Space Orchestra has Lifted Off!". SETI Institute. 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  24. ↑ http://nellyben.com/paola-antonelli-senior-curator-moma-reviews-disaster-playground/
  25. ↑ "Cosmic experiences". Design Indaba. 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  26. ↑ Nelly Ben Hayoun. "Why WeTransfer collaborates with an astronaut in-training - Nelly Ben Hayoun". Nellyben.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  27. ↑ Nelly Ben Hayoun. "WeTransfer aims to bolster its creative credentials - Nelly Ben Hayoun". Nellyben.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  28. ↑ Clark, Liat (2013-12-26). "Why WeTransfer collaborates with an astronaut in-training, disaster-obsessed experiential designer". Wired UK. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  29. ↑ CII (2003-04-03). "The Confederation of Indian Industry". Ciidesign.in. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  30. ↑ Nelly Ben Hayoun. "ISO at the Beijing Design Week - Nelly Ben Hayoun". Nellyben.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  31. ↑ "Designing the Impossible". BBC Radio 4. 2013-09-05. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  32. ↑ Championing Creativity Across The Art And Design World. "It's Nice That : Here 2013 Speaker Profile: Nelly Ben Hayoun's unique approach to design". Itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  33. ↑ "Nelly Ben Hayoun: Design is all about passion and ambition". Design Indaba. 2014-01-09. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  34. 1 2 "Nelly Ben Hayoun". Design Indaba. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  35. ↑ "Design and Violence". Designandviolence.moma.org. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  36. ↑ "Akademie Schloss Solitude". Akademie-solitude.de. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  37. ↑
  38. ↑ Watch video about the project Super K Sonic BOOOOum here

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