Julie Benoit - Focusing Attention

Julie Benoit

Focusing Attention

i am a recent mfa graduate from mica. my work deals with the idea of focusing attention; by looking and listening particularly to the slowness and stillness of incidental moments that occur in the everyday. i use video and hand built microphones to examine these minute moments.

About Julie Benoit:

Julie Benoit was born in Gambrills, Maryland in 1975 and currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland. She just finished with her MFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She received her BFA from Towson University where she concentrated in art history and printmaking. After graduating college she started a dog walking business that currently operates in Baltimore City. She spends her days walking around Baltimore with handfuls of dogs. Through wandering about the city she has developed an interest in all of the small moments that surround her. Benoit has shown her work in galleries in Baltimore, DC, New York, Oregon, Los Angeles, and other cities. She also writes an occasional art review for local blogs and has in the past written for other local magazines. Benoit spends her time wandering about and paying attention to all of the tiny things that are overlooked.

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