At one96A where a few of us Interactive Arters help out, we had the opportunity to work with the artist Ben Pepper, who makes temporary street sculptures, design prints, paintings and sometimes specialized metal works. He has worked with a few global brands and had a few of his prints made into t-shirts, and designed his own snowboard carry case.
He uses the image of the heart a lot in his work, and quoted here is the reason towards it:
"My Art is about Life and that is why I use the heart as a symbol in what I make and develop. It is about the relationship between ourselves and this historic symbol and our feelings when we look at it different times of our lives."
When we worked with him, we were screen printing the image above; monopoly money based on the idea of life, so that when he went to Berlin- where he currently is at the moment; he could hang all the different colour monopoly money up for a 48 hour installation and leave them for passers by to pick up.
The fact it's monopoly money has generated this idea that paper money is worthless- as it's just paper.
I thought it was a really interesting concept, seeing the way the economy in Britain is looking now.
He said to us that when he gets back from Berlin and then Switzerland he wants us to work with him again, which is another great opportunity.
He actually gave us a signed print just to show us the gratitude of us helping him out and making his art into a reality.
Here is a photograph he took of us helping out in the studio:
The installation in Berlin:
And some more photographs of his other work:
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