Carlos Franklin | Artists in Residence | Kamov Residency

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• Biography
• The Project
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• Carlos Franklin

  → www.mistercarrot.org

  Carlos Franklin is an unconventional multi-media artist from Bogota (Columbia) who currently lives and works on relation Paris-London. His work is an inquiry of foreignness: another language, another country, another religion, another gender, etc. This condition allows him to hybridize histories, languages, landscapes, architectures, cultures, techniques -high and low ones-… His projects are meticulous, analyzing with a drawing eye, the structure of his artworks, the speeches they cross; his videos mix real and generated images, becoming spaces for observation, or spatial experiences materialized in installations.

  Education: MA in Arts and Technology. Le Fresnoy – National studio of contemporary arts, Tourcoing, France, 2008.; BA in Fine Arts – Specialized in digital and time-based arts. Los Andes University. Bogota, Colombia, 2001.

  Solo exhibitions: 2011. / 4 black scenes. ZiF University of Bielefeld. Germany; 2010. / The napkin boys. Centre Culturel Français – Jakarta, Indonesia; Alliance Française - Denpasar, Indonesia; 2008. / Élégance. Miss China Beauty Gallery. Paris, France; 2007. / Chase Tropheys. Simply Blue. Phnom Penh, Cambodia; 2004. / Tecnología de mi país. Valenzuela et Klenner Gallery. Bogota, Colombia; 2002. / La Parábola. Valenzuela et Klenner Gallery. Bogota, Colombia; 2000. / La oficina. Santa Fe Gallery. Bogota, Colombia, etc.

  Screening, selection: 2012. /  Outfest. Los Angeles. USA; 2011. /  Festival Indie Lisboa. Teatro do barrio, Lisboa, Portugal; Apocalypse Now. El sanatorio. Bogota, Colombia; 2010. /  Une heure une artiste. Centre Georges Pompidou, Metz, France; Colombiage –Colombian video artists. Richmix, London; Festival Agora. Meridien. La Géode, Paris, France; Festival Via. Mons Belgium; Arte Video Night. Une nuit de l’art vidéo sur ARTE. France – Germany; 2009. /  Plus que parfait. Institut Culturel Français, Tokio, Japan; Arte Video Night. Une nuit de l’art vidéo sur ARTE. France – Germany; Festival côté court. Pantin, France; 2008. /  Extasis. Festival de Cinéma de Gays et de Lesbiennes de Paris. Paris, France; Nuit Blanche – Optica Festival. Instituto Cervantes. Paris, France; Questions du réel. Cinémathèque Française. Paris, France; 2007. /  Festival Optica. Gijon, Spain; Pocket Film Festival. Centre Pompidou. Paris, France; 2000. /  Possession Extraterrestre. Cinema Gotica. Bogota, Colombia., etc.

  Group exhibitions, selectionr: 2012. /  Nuit Blanche. Ircam – Centre Pompidou. Paris, France;  Le nouveau Musée – permanent collection. Arab World Institute of Paris. France;  Showroom Belgium – Duvel. Magda Danyz Gallery. Paris, France; 2011. /  Electronics alive. University of Tampa, USA;  Apocalypse Now. Space Van Stasenghem. Bogota, Colombia; 2010. /  RBS Bursary awards. Royal Bristish Society of Sculptures, Londres; Signature awards. Art Degree Gallery. London. UK; Normandie Impressionniste. Jardins de l’Hôtel de Ville, Rouen; A-venir. Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris; Hand Joy. Centre for recent drawing. London, UK; Big Trouble Little Bedroom: Ten Contemporary Commandments; University of Kent's Art Society, Canterbury, UK; Dramator. La boîte à Musique. Bussels, Belgium; Dialogues, a fake romance. Elysium Gallery. Swansee, UK; 2009. /  Show Off Art Fair. Paris, etc.

  Awards and Residency programmes: 2012. /  Residence Set design for Opera. Opera Academy of Verona. Italy; 2010. / Price in new media. Art degree show. London; 2006. / Lauréat du Fresnoy – studio national des arts contemporains. Promotion Nam Yune Paik.; 2001. /  Price for the best grade project. 4th Fine Arts School Exhibition. Bogota City Hall; 2000. /  Boursary for “New Millenium Creation” Bogota City Hall / 1999. /  Price for the best Documentary. Equinoxio. VIII Festival de la Imagen. Colombia / Second price for experimental video. Equinoxio. VIII Festival de la Imagen. Colombia.

   

• The Last place, the common place

  15.-28.02.2013.

  Carlos Franklin is a young queer artist originally from Colombia, which has, for the last few years, been living and working in Europe. He is one of the undiscovered talents of the new generation of queer artists. In Rijeka he will develop a work called The Last Place, The Common Place, which will continue to explore his focus of interest -  technology a as a tool of creating ephemeral access to another.

   

• NGO DOMINO

  → www.queerzagreb.org/

  Domino is a non-governmental, non-partisan, non-profit association based in Zagreb, which operates through culture, media, public policy, education and collaboration with local and international organizations. Arts and culture is the largest segment of the organization's activities, exploring diverse expressions directed toward the development of a more just and a more open society. Within a culture is expressed through festivals actions: Perforations Festival takes place annually in three Croatian cities, Zagreb, Rijeka and Dubrovnik and presents a wide range of artists from the Balkans whose interpretations are based on the dance, theatrical and artistic expression as well as transitional and border areas and disciplines . Special Projects are: Night performances and Artists Base. Activities of the organization under the name Domino Queer include the full range of events and initiatives whose common goal is to strengthen the LGBT community in Croatia for life without discrimination. The biggest event that started everything, Queer Zagreb Festival, was an international festival of theater, dance and visual arts and now this area of activities is carried out under the name Queer seasons throughout the year, and in collaboration with other organizations, and also outside of Zagreb (Queer Split festival). Special projects: a monthly film program Queer Moment and publishing.  Alongside with its activities in the field of culture, the association operates in the field of media, public policy and education. Regional LGBT portal monitors Queer.hr topics relevant to LGBT issues in Croatia, the region, and globally. Program policy is carried out in collaboration with Zagreb Pride, Center for Peace Studies and Association LORI largely through collaboration within the Centre for LGBT Equality, established by the above stated organizations.