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.