- Seymour, Benedict. 2006. Introduction: Another Green World. Mute, 2(3), pp. 114-119. ISSN 0955066433
- Seymour, Benedict. 2006. Free Speech as Shibboleth: on the Danish Cartoons. Mute, 2(2),
- Seymour, Benedict. 2006. Mutiny in the Mainstream. Journal of Visual Culture, 5(1), pp. 112-114. ISSN 14704129
- Seymour, Benedict and Iles, Anthony. 2005. The Re-Occupation. Mute,
- Seymour, Benedict. 2005. Drawings for ‘Underneath the Knowledge Commons’. Mute, 2(1),
- Seymour, Benedict. 2005. Create and/or Be Damned. Mute,
- Seymour, Benedict. 2004. ‘Shoreditch: from Shit to Gold – a photo essay’. Greenpepper magazine,
- Seymour, Benedict. 2004. An Architecture of Play: A Survey of London's Adventure Playgrounds by Nils Norman, review. Mutella newsletter,
- Seymour, Benedict and Kimble, Lucy. 2003. SPECIAL PROJECT: Fear Death by Water (The Regeneration Siege in Central Hackney). Mute, 1(26),
- Seymour, Benedict. 2003. The Involuntary Victims of the Aztecs. Mute,
- Seymour, Benedict. 2002. Real Politik versus Real Fantasy (Review of the Tate Modern's Border Crossing seminar). Mute,
- Seymour, Benedict. 2002. Back to Zero. Mute, 1(21),
- Seymour, Benedict. 2002. Review of Bart Wells Gang, Bart Wells Institute. Frieze, 66,
- Seymour, Benedict. 2002. Bio-Pics. Mute, 1(23),
- Seymour, Benedict. 2002. When Worlds Collide. Frieze, 65,
- Seymour, Benedict. 2001. The Last Picture Show. Mute, 1(22),
- Seymour, Benedict. 2001. DO THE RIGHT THING! - DIE ANTI-GLOBALISIERUNGS-BEWEGUNG NACH DEM 11. SEPTEMBER. Texte zur kunst, 44, pp. 112-119. ISSN 09409459
- Seymour, Benedict. 2001. Blockbusting the Election. Mute, 1(20),
- Seymour, Benedict. 2001. Nationalize This! What Next for Anti-Globalization Protests? Radical Philosophy, 107, pp. 2-5. ISSN 0300-211X
- Seymour, Benedict. 2001. Two or Three Things I Know About Her. Mute, 1(19),
- Seymour, Benedict. 2001. The Battle of Seattle. Log,
- Seymour, Benedict. 2001. Review Chad McCail, Laurent Delaye Gallery. Frieze, 57,
- Seymour, Benedict. 2001. Review Jeremy Deadman, Five Years. Frieze, 56,
- Seymour, Benedict. 2000. Review ‘Club Circuits’. Public Art Journal,
- Seymour, Benedict. 2000. Rabble Rousers. Mute, 1(18),
- Seymour, Benedict. 2000. Coral Maze. Mute, 1(17),
- Seymour, Benedict. 2000. Review ‘Wooden Heart’. Art Monthly, 235,
- Seymour, Benedict. 2000. Everything Must Go. Mute, 1(16),
- Seymour, Benedict. 1999. Review Henry Bond, Emily Tsingou. Frieze, 54,
- Seymour, Benedict. 1999. ‘Rehabilitating the Subject’ – review of The Ticklish Subject by Slavoj Zizek,. Mute, 1(13),
- Seymour, Benedict. 1998. The Situationist City. Mute, 1(11),
Ben Seymour
Ben’s principle areas of research are the relationship between urban regeneration, gentrification and culture.
Staff details
Ben Seymour's principle areas of research are: 1) the relationship between urban regeneration, gentrification and culture which he has explored in films, articles and visual essays, and 2) the culture and politics of contemporary capitalism from social precariousness and creative economy ideology, to art and financialisation. In addition to teaching, Ben is a writer and deputy editor of Mute magazine.
Professional projects
Ben's films about gentrification, particularly in the London borough of Hackney, have attracted international attention and been screened at The Other Cinema, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Leeds International Festival and galleries, local community screenings and events in UK, Spain, Amsterdam and NYC.
He has been invited to speak on issues from utopian potentialities to the consequences of capital at the Goethe Institute's Serpentine Gallery Sweathshop, Soho Theatre and the Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow among others. In 2003, he co-programmed a screening of three films on gentrification at The Other Gallery in Hackney, where his film 'The London Particular' debuted.
He has helped establish and coordinate reading groups on Marx's Capital and contemporary capitalism in Hackney and Brooklyn.
Publications and research outputs
Show/Exhibition
- Seymour, Benedict. 2022. Dwelling on Cloud. In: "Dwelling on the Cloud", Ugly Duck, London, United Kingdom, 24- 27 November 2022.
- Seymour, Benedict. 2005. ‘ASBO as agent’. In: "TOTAL ASBO show", Pogo Cafe,, United Kingdom.
Conference or Workshop Item
- Seymour, Benedict. 2021. 'I am sitting in a Zoom: Lecture-Performance'. In: Dysfunctionalities in Art and Conflict. EKATE, Nicosia, Cyprus 13 March 2021.
- Seymour, Benedict. 2010. 'Principio PotosÃ. Modernidad y la llamada acumulación originaria.'. In: Principio PotosÃ. Modernidad y la llamada acumulación originaria. Reina Sofia, United Kingdom.
Article
- Seymour, Benedict. 2020. This isn't a Virus, it's a Time Machine. Mute Magazine, ISSN 1356-7748
- Seymour, Benedict. 2009. Creativity's Rainbow. MUTE MAGAZINE, 2(14), pp. 100-107. ISSN ISSN 1356-7748-214
- Seymour, Benedict. 2006. Drowning by Numbers: The Non-Reproduction of New Orleans. Mute,
Book Section
- Seymour, Benedict. 2020. Dissolving the People. In: Tories Out Propaganda Unit, ed. How To Win. London: Tories Out Propaganda Unit (TOPU), pp. 87-90.
- Seymour, Benedict. 2014. Art and the Utopia of (Non-)Reproduction. In: John Chilver and Brighid Lowe, eds. Manual: Parts and Labour. Osan: Gwak Sang-wook, Osan Culture Foundation, pp. 22-23. ISBN 978-89-968948-2-8
- Seymour, Benedict. 2013. Primer. In: David Riff; Ekaterina Degott and Jill Winder, eds. Monday Begins on Saturday. Berlin: Sternberg Press, pp. 123-163. ISBN 978-3-943365-74-0
Broadcast
- Seymour, Benedict. 2022. TESTCARD.
Edited Book
- Seymour, Benedict, ed. 2006. The Class of the New. Mute. ISBN 978-0955066474
Edited Journal
- Seymour, Benedict, ed. 2010. Mute Magazine Vol 2 #15, MUTE MAGAZINE, 2(15). 1356-7748-215
- Seymour, Benedict, ed. 2007. It's Not Easy Being Green, Mute, 2(5).
- Seymour, Benedict, ed. 2007. Man’s Best Friendster?,, Mute, 2(4).
Film/Video
- Seymour, Benedict. 2022. In Lovely Blue.
- Seymour, Benedict. 2021. I am Sitting in a Zoom.
- Seymour, Benedict and Diesen, Veronica. 2020. Second Wave.