0xbenj is a generative artist, coder and photographer based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, who works under a pseudonym to allow himself the freedom to take creative risks. His generative work, made in JavaScript with the p5.js library, is a counterpoint to his software-engineering day job in energy, billing and financial services, and explores the human and emotional side of technical subjects.
He released his first generative art collection, GRAVITATE, on fxhash in January 2023, a 77-edition series layering grids of circles at varying sizes to produce dithering effects. Frequency of Affection, released through Blind Gallery in June 2023, drew on the interplay between signal and noise in physical and digital systems and sold out in presale. Temporality followed in September 2023, exploring impermanence and erosion using JavaScript, p5.js, chroma.js and GLSL. He has also collaborated with the generative artist Rob Scalera on what lingers within, a piece released on fxhash that draws in part on the sinusoid-based compositions of Masaru Fujii.
