Max Franklin

mx[at]suroh.tk
+33 (0) 7 66 14 33 99
@suroh@post.lurk.org

Education

Piet Zwart Institute
2016 - 2018 // Rotterdam, NL
Master's in Media Design : Experimental Publishing

Conservatorium of Sydney (University of Sydney)
2009 // Sydney, AU
Bachelor Jazz Performance (Saxophone) & Creative Sound Engineering

Teaching

Willem de Kooning Academie
2020 - 2023 // Rotterdam, NL
Tutor within the Graphic Design Major

Paris College of Art
2014 - 2022 // Paris, FR
Faculty Member within the Communication Design department

LISAA Graphic Design
2020 - 2021 // Paris, FR
Faculty Member within the Graphic Design department

École Européenne des Métiers de l'Internet
2018 - 2019 // Paris, FR
Faculty Member within the Graphic Design department

Freelance

Meredith Monk : Rooms for Listening & Looking
Oude Kerk
2023 // Amsterdam, NL
Development of application to showcase video and audio work

Fondation Meyer
2022 // Paris, FR
Website development

Green-Shoots
NOOR Images
2022 // Paris, FR
Website development

World Press Photo
2021 // Paris, FR
Website development for online exhibition

Performance Lab Workshop Series
2019 // Rotterdam, NL
Website design & development

Sound

Performances

alternative echelons
2020 // UBIK, Rotterdam, NL

Design Days Finnisage
Espace 15
2019 // Paris, FR

Read My Lips: No New Taxes
Galerie Lecq
2019 // Rotterdam, NL

E-ARTHA
DePlayer
2018 // Rotterdam, NL

North Sea Jazz Around Town
VARIA
2018 // Rotterdam, NL

POST TOAST
Red Light Radio
2018 // Amsterdam, NL

Soundtracks

Dragon Hunt
by Marko Gutić Mižimakov
2023 // Brussels, BE

alternative echelons (trailer)
by Amy Pickles
2019

Ghost Terminal
by Ryan Cherewaty
2019

Memory of Death's Dream
by Ryan Cherewaty
2019

Studio Experience

Linear Recording
2009 – 2010 // Sydney, AU
Assistant Sound Engineer

Selected Exhibitions & Events

Sounds to See
Sign Gallery
2019 // Groningen, NL
Group exhibition. Presented A Container in Two Movements.

Autonomous Archive
Het Nieuw Instituut
2017 // Rotterdam, NL
Archival machine, installation and research project centred around autonomous living and archival practices. Presented alongside the Architecture of Appropriation exhibition.

TGC#3 : Euclid
De Player
2017 // Rotterdam, NL
Experimental sound publication object and performative instrument. Collaborative project between De Player and the Piet Zwart Experimental Publishing unit.

LowTechLabLondon2016
Saatchi Gallery
2016 // London, UK
International art lab organised by Raul Marroquin around the theme of Low Tech.

Festival de Projets Scolaires
La Gaîté lyrique
2016 // Paris, FR
Partnership workshop show with Paris College of Art students and faculty.

IDENTITE REVE(L)EE
*Mi Gallery
Paris Digital Week
2015 // Paris, FR
Collaborative piece presented at *Mi Gallery as part of Paris Digital Week.

Barcu Art Fair
2015 // Bogota, CO
Presentation via Skype on Collaborative Art, Interactivity and Improvisation.

Recent Programmes & Resdencies

Thresholds of the Algorithmic
Algorithms that Matter
2018 // Bergen, NO
Workshop-in-Exposition is a hybrid format that places the workshop inside an exhibition context, where the exposed works and artefacts form the basis of the workshop’s activity.

Get a Room Residency
Frontyard
2018 // Sydney, AU
Research residency around Master's research on Software and Improvisation.