We Know What Makes Ben Rubin Tick

We came all the way to NYC, straight from Austin, to catch the opening of Ben Rubin’s new show. “A Ticking Sound” is the first solo exhibition for the artist-designer, whose tech-centered work visually captivates and intellectually stimulates. Rubin couldn’t have been nicer, explaining to us for probably the thousandth time that night that one thousand dreams culled from blogs made up the words scrolling across six displays like text messages from the subconscious. When he was discussing a piece that prominently features a can of Campbell’s soup, he revealed that a David