Ben's practice confronts the duality of politically engaged and autonomous art through the use of satellite imagery from areas of sociopolitical importance, which is then layered, abstracted, and frequently obscured by painted vertical pulses, often to the point where the initial image has become almost entirely unrecognizable. Specific parts are deliberately left unobstructed to challenge the viewer to see whether the absence of a visual barrier makes the image more digestible. This process challenges the notion of the image's ability to store information and asks how abstract sociopolitical imagery is to begin with.
Numerous canvases have metal cages or structures built around them, which is often the case with imagery that has been abstracted less, that is still close to its original form, and therefore more sensitive, more in need of protection.