On writing, queerness, freedom, art

About

Benjamin Farrand

I’m a poet, novelist and PhD student based in Berlin. A longtime cinephile and science fiction fan, I spend most of my time looking out at the world around me and trying to capture beautiful moments, wherever they happen. Sometimes I manage to get them on film, but sometimes life is too ephemeral.

Practice

What You Do

My practice contemplates what it means to inhabit an urban environment in a city as an Urning, a non-binary masculine creature who loves to explore the in-between spaces of cities, passing looks, and acknowledges ephemerality, while trying to make it solid. This practice invokes the cinematic in its aesthetic implementation, while avoiding the trap of genre.

Contact

benjifarrand@gmail.com