B E N J A M I N C . P O Y N T E R
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S E L E C T E D S H O W I N G S & A C T I V I T I E S
•ISEA 2013 : Electronic Art Resistance is Futile Provocations, Sydney, Australia (2013)
•International Mobile Gaming Awards, Serious Games Nominee, San Francisco, CA (2013)
•UCLA Game Arts Festival, The Hammer Museum Courtyard, Los Angeles, CA (2013)
•State of Un-Play Media Exhibition, Atelier 35 Museum-Gallery, Bucharest, Romania (2013)
•Currents 2013, Parallel Studios International New Media Festival, Santa Fe, NM (2013)
•Black Box Film Festival Selection, Circle of Life Foundation, Reno, NV (2013)
•Abstract Currents, MoMA PopRally Interactive Video Event, New York City, NY (2013)
•Carnival of eCreativity, Sattal Estate, 1#minuteCologne, Bhimtal, India (2013)
•Fringe Arts Bath Mis-In-Formation Contemporary Art Festival, Brisol, UK (2012)
•ExTerasa Arte Actual, Museum for Experimental Art, Mexico City, Mexico (2012)
•CologneOFF 1#minuteCologne International Video Art Festival, Cologne, Germany (2012)
•Prospectives 2012 Digital Media Festival Provocations, Present Event, Reno, NV (2012)
•Video Vaudeville Presents… New Media Screening, New York City, NY (2012)
•Nevada Museum of Art 4th Annual 3m Juried Film Festival, Reno, NV (2012)
•Muliplexer Video Exhibition Space, Intercept 7:7 Series Screening, Las Vegas, NV (2012)
•Low Lives IV Live Network Performance (Within DC Universe),Online Festival (2012)
•The Flaneur : Independent Art & Culture Newspaper Contributor, Wales, UK (2012)
•Salford University, Beatnik TV Winter Animation Screening, Manchester, UK (2011)
•OVAC Momentum, Art Doesn't Stand Still Exhibition, Oklahoma City, OK (2011)
•Los Angeles Center for Digital Art Snap-to-Grid Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA (2011)
•Occupy Wall Street Games Development Group, Asset Designer, Online Collective (2011)
•DeadCENTER Film Festival Official Selection, Oklahoma City, OK (2010)
•Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, France (2008)
S E L E C T E D P U B L I C A T I O N
•Pots Weekly, The Indie Game That Challenges Power of Technology and the Culture of Production.
Print Magazine Cover Story. Taiwan, 12.6.2012
http://www.pots.tw/node/11286
•Stigmart10 /Videofocus2013, International Annual Issue Review
http://issuu.com/stigmart10press/docs/stigmart_-_videofocus_2013/47&lang=en
Rome Italy. 5.4.2013.
•WASD Magazine, Issue 2 : Games and Politics . Skype Interview Transcribing (Jan Bojaryn)
http://wasd-magazin.de/ . Munich, Germany . 3.1.2013
•Games for Change, Inside the Colorful Mind of a Man Banned from the App Store. US. 10.29.2012
http://www.gamesforchange.org/2012/10/banned-iphone-game-foxconn/
•Gamescenes, Between Magical Dreams and Nightmarish Realities. US. 10.17.2012
http://www.gamescenes.org/2012/10/interview.html
•Elmundo, El creador que retó a Apple con un juego sobre los suicidios . Spain. 10.11.2012
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2012/11/08/navegante/1352377938.html
•Salon, Apple Cans Game Modeled on Foxconn Tech Workers' Suicides . US. 10.15.2012
http://www.salon.com/2012/10/15/apple_cans_game_modeled_on_foxconn_tech_workers_suicides/
•AppAdvice, In a Permanent Save State Fills You With Wonder and Sadness. US. 10.12.2012
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2012/10/in-a-permanent-save-state-fills-you-with-wonder-and-sadness
•The Verge, Apple Removes iPhone Game Based on Foxconn Suicides . US 10.12.2012
http://www. theverge.com /2012/10/12/3495466/apple-bans-another-objectionable-iphone-game-about-foxconn-workers
•Free Tea With Purchase, Free Tea Interviews : Benjamin Poynter. US. 10.24.2012
http://freeteawithpurchase.com/post/34272983939/free-tea-interviews-benjamin-poynter
•Gamesaku, In a Permanent Save State" Game Bunuh Diri Pegwai Foxconn. Indonesia. 10.16.2012
http://gamesaku.com/in-a-permanent-save-state-game-bunuh-diri-pegawai-foxconn/
•Kotaku, Apple Pulls Most Recent Game About Foxconn in Less Than an Hour. US. 10.12.2012
kotaku.com/5952667/apple-pulls-most-recent-iphone-game-about-foxconn-from-app-store-in-less-than-an-hour
•GamePolitics, iOS Game Pays Homage to Fallen Foxconn Workers. US. 10.11.2012
http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/10/11/ios-game-pays-homage-fallen-foxconn-workers
•Reno News & Review . Gamechanger . US . 2.7.2013
http://www.newsreview.com/reno/gamechanger/content?oid=8999255
S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
•In a Permanent Save State, Sierra Fine Arts Gallery, Reno, NV (2012)
•Nightfall, or Isolated in the Romantic Lie, Church Fine Arts, Reno, NV (2011)
E D U C A T I O N
University of Oklahoma
Weitzenhoffer College of Fine Arts
BFA : New Media Art Major, Art History Minor
Cummulative Grade Point Average : 3.43
Grade Point Average in Major : 3.90
Graduation : May 2011
University of Nevada Reno
School of the Arts, Church Fine Arts
MFA : Fine Arts, Art, Technology, and Public Spaces
Cummulative (Current) Grade Point Average : 4.00
Graduation : May 2014
H O N O R S & A W A R D S
•Nevada Museum of Art, Film Festival Top Jury Award
•Nominee, 'Best Serious Game', 9th IMGA Awards
•Nevada Museum of Art, Film Festival Jury Award
•Travel Grant to ISEA 2013 in Sydney Australia
•Selected Speaker, UNR CLAGS Symposium '12/'13
•Achievement in Editing, REDBUD Film Festival
•Panelist, UNR Renovation Symposium 2013
•Clyde C. Clack Artist Scholarship Award
•University of Nevada Reno Graduate Access Grant
•Ben Barnett Scholarship for Creative Excellence
•President Boren's Sooner Heritage Scholarship
•12th Annual Sheppard Gallery Student Artist Award
•Michael F. Price SHS
•Holmes Artist Scholarship Award
•Madeline Colbert Steed Art SHS
C O M M U N I T Y I N V O L V E M E N T
•The UNR Battle Born Film Festival, Executive Producer, University of Nevada Reno (2013)
•Graduate Art Student Association President, University of Nevada Reno (2013)
•Animamundi!, Animation Workshop, Truckee Boys & Girls Club, Reno, NV (2012)
•Animamundi!, Animation Workshop, Carson City MS, Carson City, NV (2012)
•Commerical Production for University of Oklahoma Lightwell Gallery, Norman, OK (2010)
•Art Tent Management-Merchant, Dust Bowl Arts Festival, Norman, OK, (2009)
S K I L L S E T
I possess extensive and working knowledge of the following trades in relation to craft-
-Final Cut Pro & Vegas editing programs -fundamental knowledge of Japanese language
-full technical familiarity with Adobe CS5 -JAVA, flash, & GameMaker computer games
-Canon, Panasonic, & Flip HD video cameras -Bolex, Arri-S, & Super 8 16 mm film cameras
-soundtrack & audio creation/mix programs -DVD Studio pro & iDVD disc creation programs.
-Digital and 16 mm film projection -intuitive operation of Macintosh & PC devices
-hand processing of vintage 16/35mm film -construction of movie sets and lighting techniques
-installation of media for gallery exhibition -writing, collation, and formatting of screenplays.
-acting in stage plays, musicals, and video -fundamental composition of MIDI musical score
-travelling for filming; California, Arizona -traditional & digital animation techniques
-knowlege of processing code & programs -management of tutoring & assitantship in video labs
-construction of JAVA based video games -construction of media technology and web design
-proficient in performing academic lectures -technical proficiency with mobile application building
-the composition of Machinima narrative -solo teaching and class lecture environment skills
-online HTML coding and website outlay -interviewing with the online-mass media (Q&A; video)
-3D modeling-animation interface (3DSMax) -interface of Apple/Android/Kindle game development
E M P L O Y M E N T / I N T E R N S H I P S / C O L L A B O R A T I V E
Employment 8/2012 - Ongoing University of Nevada Reno, Church Fine Arts, Reno, NV
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fine Arts (Digital Media)
Internship, 1/2011 - 5/2011 GLS Productions, Geoffrey L. Smith, Norman OK
Shooting, Editing, Web Content, Publicity
Freelance, Summer 2010 Choctaw High School, MWC, OK
Educational Film Editor, Audio Engineer
Employment 12/2007 - 4/2008 Dust Bowl Studios, OKC, OK
Editor & Actor for Indie Film The California Tunnel
