Selected shows, performances, and exhibits (not including street art)
“How to talk with children about global warming” (HtTwCaGW) 2018 Dance performance in collaboration with composer/conductor Yii Kah Hoe. Choreography, text, set design, recorded electro-acoustic music D. Franklin. Prague, Czech Republic. (Work-in-progress)
“Lost My Job at the Oil Company” 2017 Solo performance art and music video with electronics, guitar, signage. Plzen.
“Horizontal and Vertical: Spacial Relations Speak the Language of Social Hierarchy” 2011 Interactive physical performance art workshop and discussion with participants in collaboration with performance artist, poet, author Milan Kohout. 2nd Global Interdisciplinary Conference on Visual Aspects of Performance, Prague.
“Neovoxer” 2003 - 2004 Feature-length experimental film with live music in collaboration with director Michael Pope, composer Troy Kidwell, producer Anne Chaisson, cinematographer Jiri Dvorsky. Starring D. Franklin; co-written, co-produced, contributions to the musical score (guitar, extended voice) by D. Franklin. New York, Boston performances at NewYorican, Jorge Hernandez Cultural Center, Mobius, Milky Way, Oni Gallery in 2003; at Pod Lampou Theater Pilsen, Kino Bio Oko Prague Czech Republic in 2004. Winner, “Lone Wolf” award, Plzen Finale Film Festival 2004.
Artist’s residency at the Experimental Television Center, 2003 Together with Michael Pope, awarded a residency at the Experimental Television Center, offering access to unique video processing tools and studio. Owego, NY
“Flying and Flowing” 2002 Experimental theater performance with live music and video projection in collaboration with performer and author Milan Kohout; performer Mari Novotny-Jones; musician Tom Plsek. Embassy of the Czech Republic, Washington DC
“Change Fate” 2002 Solo performance. Cheng Li Studio, Beijing
“Stick Piece: Horizontal and Vertical” *September 13* 2001 Experimental theater performance with Milan Kohout. Fort Point Outdoor Theater Festival, Boston
Massachusetts Cultural Council Professional Development Grant, 2000 Awarded for travel and research in Haguro, Japan in the field of movement arts. Boston / Haguro, Japan
“Expressions: New Works from the Allston Arts District” 2000 Videos featured in group exhibit of artists from Boston’s Allston Arts District. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Gallery, Boston
“Flying and Flowing” 2000 Experimental theater performance with original music and video projection with performer and author Milan Kohout. Mobius Center for Experimental Art in All Media, Boston
“Fictional Documentaries” 1999 Solo show of video art and experimental documentaries. Mobius Center for Experimental Art in All Media, Boston
“The Essence of Place: the Boston – Tainan Art, Architecture and Urban Design Cultural Exchange” 1998 – 1999 Peformer, videographer, interpreter and artist delegate in international cultural exchange program of seminars, multimedia, and live performances organized by sculptor Bart Uchida. Boston / Tainan (Taiwan)
“You and I and Dominoes: Syd Barret” 1998 Performance with performance and visual artists Arthur Hardigg and Jennifer Hicks. Cleveland Performance Art Festival, Cleveland
Invited to join Mobius Artists Group, 1998 Artists join the Mobius Artists Group by invitation only. Mobius Center for Experimental Art in All Media, Boston
“Democracy Machine” 1996 Solo performance and installation art on the theme of participatory democracy. Mobius Center for Experimental Art in All Media, Boston
Pan9 art incubator and performance space 1995 – 2004 Co-founder, performer, producer, MC. Pan9 was an underground venue for experimental non-commercial music, poetry, performance, and video/media art and incubator for artists such as Amanda Palmer and the Dresden Dolls, Michael Pope, Vessela Stoyanova, and others.
Pan9, Boston
Videos featured in VideoSpace curated shows 1994 – 95 Videos “Disappearing Act,” “Letter to the President,” “Facts of Life” and others featured in VideoSpace shows. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Mobius, Boston; Landsdowne Street Playhouse, Boston; Decordova Museum, Lincoln MA
Video Department Annual Award, 1994 Awarded the Video Department Annual Award and grant for best video, 2nd year consecutively. TUFTS School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Video Department Annual Award, 1993 Awarded the Video Department Annual Award and grant for best video. TUFTS School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
“Run and See” 1992 Producer and performer, collaborative music / Shintaido movement / painting performance with guitarist Henry Kaiser, painter Kazu Yanagi, shintaido master Haruyoshi Ito. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge MA
“How to talk with children about global warming” (HtTwCaGW) 2018 Dance performance in collaboration with composer/conductor Yii Kah Hoe. Choreography, text, set design, recorded electro-acoustic music D. Franklin. Prague, Czech Republic. (Work-in-progress)
“Lost My Job at the Oil Company” 2017 Solo performance art and music video with electronics, guitar, signage. Plzen.
“Horizontal and Vertical: Spacial Relations Speak the Language of Social Hierarchy” 2011 Interactive physical performance art workshop and discussion with participants in collaboration with performance artist, poet, author Milan Kohout. 2nd Global Interdisciplinary Conference on Visual Aspects of Performance, Prague.
“Neovoxer” 2003 - 2004 Feature-length experimental film with live music in collaboration with director Michael Pope, composer Troy Kidwell, producer Anne Chaisson, cinematographer Jiri Dvorsky. Starring D. Franklin; co-written, co-produced, contributions to the musical score (guitar, extended voice) by D. Franklin. New York, Boston performances at NewYorican, Jorge Hernandez Cultural Center, Mobius, Milky Way, Oni Gallery in 2003; at Pod Lampou Theater Pilsen, Kino Bio Oko Prague Czech Republic in 2004. Winner, “Lone Wolf” award, Plzen Finale Film Festival 2004.
Artist’s residency at the Experimental Television Center, 2003 Together with Michael Pope, awarded a residency at the Experimental Television Center, offering access to unique video processing tools and studio. Owego, NY
“Flying and Flowing” 2002 Experimental theater performance with live music and video projection in collaboration with performer and author Milan Kohout; performer Mari Novotny-Jones; musician Tom Plsek. Embassy of the Czech Republic, Washington DC
“Change Fate” 2002 Solo performance. Cheng Li Studio, Beijing
“Stick Piece: Horizontal and Vertical” *September 13* 2001 Experimental theater performance with Milan Kohout. Fort Point Outdoor Theater Festival, Boston
Massachusetts Cultural Council Professional Development Grant, 2000 Awarded for travel and research in Haguro, Japan in the field of movement arts. Boston / Haguro, Japan
“Expressions: New Works from the Allston Arts District” 2000 Videos featured in group exhibit of artists from Boston’s Allston Arts District. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Gallery, Boston
“Flying and Flowing” 2000 Experimental theater performance with original music and video projection with performer and author Milan Kohout. Mobius Center for Experimental Art in All Media, Boston
“Fictional Documentaries” 1999 Solo show of video art and experimental documentaries. Mobius Center for Experimental Art in All Media, Boston
“The Essence of Place: the Boston – Tainan Art, Architecture and Urban Design Cultural Exchange” 1998 – 1999 Peformer, videographer, interpreter and artist delegate in international cultural exchange program of seminars, multimedia, and live performances organized by sculptor Bart Uchida. Boston / Tainan (Taiwan)
“You and I and Dominoes: Syd Barret” 1998 Performance with performance and visual artists Arthur Hardigg and Jennifer Hicks. Cleveland Performance Art Festival, Cleveland
Invited to join Mobius Artists Group, 1998 Artists join the Mobius Artists Group by invitation only. Mobius Center for Experimental Art in All Media, Boston
“Democracy Machine” 1996 Solo performance and installation art on the theme of participatory democracy. Mobius Center for Experimental Art in All Media, Boston
Pan9 art incubator and performance space 1995 – 2004 Co-founder, performer, producer, MC. Pan9 was an underground venue for experimental non-commercial music, poetry, performance, and video/media art and incubator for artists such as Amanda Palmer and the Dresden Dolls, Michael Pope, Vessela Stoyanova, and others.
Pan9, Boston
Videos featured in VideoSpace curated shows 1994 – 95 Videos “Disappearing Act,” “Letter to the President,” “Facts of Life” and others featured in VideoSpace shows. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Mobius, Boston; Landsdowne Street Playhouse, Boston; Decordova Museum, Lincoln MA
Video Department Annual Award, 1994 Awarded the Video Department Annual Award and grant for best video, 2nd year consecutively. TUFTS School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Video Department Annual Award, 1993 Awarded the Video Department Annual Award and grant for best video. TUFTS School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
“Run and See” 1992 Producer and performer, collaborative music / Shintaido movement / painting performance with guitarist Henry Kaiser, painter Kazu Yanagi, shintaido master Haruyoshi Ito. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge MA