Ben Rubin is a multi-media artist whose major public artworks include San Jose Semaphore for the city of San Jose, California, Four Stories for the Minneapolis Public Library, and Moveable Type, a public art installation commissioned for the lobby of the New York Times building.
Based in New York, he has collaborated with numerous artists, including: Laurie Anderson, Diller+Scofidio, Ann Hamilton, Arto Lindsay, Steve Reich, and Beryl Korot. In 2004, Mr. Rubin was appointed critic in graphic design at Yale University, where he currently teaches.
For more information, see Ben Rudin's bio from the Ear Studio.
This hour, Radiolab revels in the elasticity of Time, and takes a spin through history--stopping at a 19th-century railroad station in Ohio, a track meet, and a Beethoven concert.