Ben Vickers

Ben Vickers is a curator, publisher, and technologist. He is currently developing New Water, a wilderness retreat and research campus in the northeast United States – a place focused on the future of technology and spirit, rooted in the landscape. In 2026, he co-curated the Holy See Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale with Hans Ulrich Obrist, in collaboration with Soundwalk Collective. Titled “The Ear Is the Eye of the Soul,” the pavilion was an ode to the life and legacy of twelfth-century mystic Hildegard of Bingen. Previously, he founded the cybernetic monastic order unMonastery, the Arts Technologies department at the Serpentine, and publishing studio Ignota Books. He is a strategic advisor to Ian Cheng’s Opponent Systems, LAS Art Foundation, and Cosmogenesis.

Ben Vickers is an Onassis AiR/ONX Fellow for 2026/27.