CURRÍCULUM VITAE
Daniel González Franco[ Image/Sound design and interaction, interactive art, physical interfaces,
virtual reality, augmented reality, embodiment, telepresence. Digital art explorer ]www.dagofra.com
ACADEMIC CAREER
MASTER IN DIGITAL ARTS
[UniversitatPompeu and Fabra, Idec. October 2009 - December 2010]
DEGREE IN ADVERTISING.
[Catholic University of Manizales (Colombia). 2002-2006]

Daniel Gonzalez-Franco (1980) is a digital artist born in Colombia and based in Barcelona(Spain) since 2009. Considers himself as an electronic art explorer and Interaction design
Creative. Special interest in sound art, interactive art, empathy research, virtual reality,augmented reality, embodiment, telepresence and social innovation.
He has developed technology and creative design for several telepresence, binaural audio, andinteractive audio/visual installations and has participated with his work in famous international
festivals like Sonar, Mira, Dorkbot and Mutek Festival (Barcelona), OPUS Festival (Brussels), y
Decode/Recode (University of Salford, Manchester, MediaCity, UK.). He recieved an honorary
mention in Prix Ars Electronica 2014 (Linz, Austria) along with BeAnotherLab team with theproject The Machine To Be Another. During /2015 has participated with diverse residences andprojects within recognised International Festivals of new media art all around the world including
Tribeca Film festival in NY, IDFA (Amsterdam) Musrara MIX (Jerusalem) Print Screen (Tel Aviv)
Artport (Tel Aviv) and also colaborations with United Nations and a fellowship in the MIT in
Cambridge, (US) among others.

AWARDS AND EXHIBITIONSMINDCET HACKATHON WINNERS. (ISRAEL)
http://goo.gl/bWkDdu
http://goo.gl/cZRjs6
June 1 -2. 2015 Yeruham.

MUSRARA MIX FESTIVAL EXHIBITION (ISRAEL)*Installation (“The Machine to Be Another”)
June 1 -4. 2015 Jerusalem.

http://goo.gl/GlqN1a
WORKSHOP STUDENTS MUSRARA NAGGAR SHOOL OF ART (ISRAEL)*Installation (“The Machine to Be Another”)
May 27th. 2015 Jerusalem.

http://goo.gl/ywGVFYARTPORT RESIDENCE (ISRAEL)[Installation + Workshops(“The Machine to Be Another”)
June 1 -4. 2015 Tel Aviv.
http://goo.gl/03L4DL

NODE 15 - FORUM FOR DIGITAL ARTS (GERMANY)
Conference + workshop
April 27 –May 3. 2015
http://goo.gl/aZh1zw

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL - STORYSCAPES (USA)*Installation (“The Machine to Be Another”) Spring Studios – April 13 -19. 2015

https://goo.gl/327R7W
MACBA – BccN WORKSHOP OF VIRTUAL EMPATHY (SPAIN)
Workshop – Installation (“The Machine to Be Another”) Barcelona Creative Commons
Film Festival. May 9. 2015. Barcelona
http://goo.gl/CyMWWq

TMTBA @ MIT EMPHATIC COLLABORATIVE WORKSHOP (USA)*Installation (“The Machine to Be Another”) empathic collaborative workshop ACT –MIT.
Massachusetts march 1/2, 2015

http://goo.gl/IRGpk1

SOCIAL MEDIA WEEK (USA)

Body Swap Installation + Conference; behind the profile: hacking our identity perception through vr tobuild empathy. February 23-27, 2015
http://goo.gl/wUXABQINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL (HOLLAND)IDFA with GenderSwap and Storytelling performances at Amsterdam

November 19-30, 2014
https://goo.gl/lLb8my

DIGITAL ART FESTIVAL (TAIPEI)Gender Swap Installation - Digital Art Festival Taipei - Taipei, 14-12/November/2014
http://goo.gl/lbsQ3H

CULTURUNNERS @ MIT STORYTELLING SYMPOSIUM (USA)*Installation (“The Machine to Be Another”) ACT –MIT.
Design of collaborative narratives – Interactive Performances and participation on
Storytelling Symposium - Boston 1-6/October/2014

https://goo.gl/327R7W
RETUNE FESTIVAL - INSIDE THE MIRROR (GERMANY)

Conference + Workshop – The machine to be another. Berlin. September 26-28,
2014https://goo.gl/pQdeo6
http://goo.gl/7qQhJk

HONORARY MENTION - PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA - (AUSTRIA)

Prix Ars Electronica Honorary Mention and video exhibition at Ars Eletronica
Festival - Linz 4-8/September/2014
http://goo.gl/dyiH1E

EXHIBITION AT GENDER BLENDER IN MU ART SPACE. (HOLLAND)
Gender Swap experiment & ‘Hacking Gender’ workshop at the Gender Blenderexhibition in MU Art Space in Eindhoven - Netherlands.
Identity. July 4-6, 2014

http://goo.gl/yUpdgf
LAVAL VIRTUAL AWARD (FRANCE)
Learning, Sciences and Humanities award from Laval Virtual. Laval Virtual is among thebiggest events of virtual reality throughout the world. [Winners. April 2014]

http://goo.gl/mxGhXg

TEI 8th (GERMANY)
Tech Demo of embodied interaction- TEI 8th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied
Interacion , Munich, 19/January/2014
http://goo.gl/vLvKRP
EXHIBITION AT DORKBOT HANGAR (SPAIN)[The Machine to be Another artistic research presentation (http://www.themachinetobeanother.orgc/) atthe festival Dorkbot “people doing strange things with electricity”. http://www.dorkbotbarcelona.org/Barcelona. September 14, 2013]
MEDICINE HACK DAY – BEST DEMO AWARD (SPAIN)Best Demo Award – Medicine Hack Day – by MVision / M.I.T. – Madrid - July 2013
http://goo.gl/Qaj9is

OPUS FESTIVAL EXHIBITION (BELGIUM)*Project Presentation (“VJ-U” - Visual – Vjing System) Brussels - Opus festival. 2013

http://www.weareopus.com/
Research Residence L´lestruch L'Estruch || Fàbrica de Creació de les Arts en Viu (SPAIN)[Project (www.themachinetobeanother.com – Empathy telepresence/embodyment social experiment –BeAnother art collective.)

http://www.lestruch.cat/
Sabadell. February -2013]
MICROMUTEK FESTIVAL EXHIBITION (SPAIN)[Project Presentation (www.gengen.es - Visual – Musical Generative Instrument)
Barcelona - Mutek festival. http://www.mutek.es
Barcelona. February 9, 2013]
Research Resident Artist HANGAR (SPAIN)[Project research (www.omnipresenz.com – Be anywhere play anyone)

http://www.hangar.org
Barcelona. February - december, 2012]
OPUS FESTIVAL EXHIBITION (BELGIUM)[Project Presentation (www.gengen.es - Visual – Musical Generative Instrument) Brussels - Opus festival.

http://www.weareopus.com/Brussels. October 26, 2012]
CIVIC CENTRE EXHIBITION SANT JORDI 06/2012 - 06/2012 (SPAIN)
Project Exhibition "Gengen" (Visual – Musical Generative Instrument) http://www.gengen.es/ “Interactivedisplays” Civic Centre Sant Jordi - Baixa Agustí Rivera. El Prat
Barcelona. El Prat September 26 / October 26, 2012]

EXHIBITION AT DORKBOT (HANGAR)[OMNIPRESENZ Project Concept idea Presentation (http://www.omnipresenz.com/) at the festival Dorkbot“people doing strange things with electricity”. http://www.dorkbotbarcelona.org/Barcelona. September 15, 2012]ARTIST SONAR (Musical Festival and Multimedia) - CCCB 06/2012 - 06/2012 (SPAIN)
Exhibition of two interactive works in the Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia “Sonar”,
http://www.sonar.es/ "Gengen - Visual – Musical Generative Instrument " and "6two - 6 degrees of sound"

EXHIBITION AT WEEPAM (SPAIN)

WeePAM, Centre d’Art Cal Massó 19 -21 de maig, Reus, Tarragona.
http://goo.gl/sChoqC
CIVIC CENTRE ARTIST Convent de Sant Agustí 06/2012 - 06/2012 (SPAIN)
Project Exhibition "Gengen" (Visual – Musical Generative Instrument) in the "8th Mostra Visual and Musical" at theCivic Centre Convent de Sant Agustí. http://www.gengen.es/
ARTIST DECODE RECODE 100 YEARS OF ALAN TURING (UK)
Salford University of Manchester (MediaCity)
Beta test - Project “Omnipresenz” at the Festival Tribute to Alan Turing "-Recode Decode" UK

http://decoderecode.tumblr.com/
EXHIBITION TO CENTRE Golferichs (SPAIN)[Exhibition "Gengen" Visual – Musical Generative Instrument (http://www.gengen.es/) Barcelona. Until 12Nov-11]
EXHIBITION WEEPAM (SPAIN)[6two Project Exhibition (SixDegrees of Sound, http://www.sixdegreesofsound.com/index2.html) in
Weepam festival. Tarragona. May 19, 2011]
EXHIBITION DORKBOT (SPAIN)[6two Project Presentation (SixDegrees of Sound, http://www.sixdegreesofsound.com/index2.html) at theDorkbot festival – HANGAR http://www.dorkbotbarcelona.org/
Barcelona. April 14, 2011]
VISUAL ARTS SCHOLARSHIP 2010-2011 Golferichs (SPAIN)[Visual – Musical Generative Instrument. January-November 2011] Barcelona.

http://goo.gl/Z7PdTy

PROFILEDATE OF BIRTH
11/12/1980
NATIONALITY
Colombia
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