# Daniela Franco

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{{short description|Mexican conceptual artist and writer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| name          = daniela franco
| image         = Daniela Franco.jpg
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| caption       =daniela franco at the Centro de Arte 2 de Mayo in Madrid, 2014. 
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| birth_date    = 1974<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1872609/</ref>
| birth_place   = [Guanajuato](/source/Guanajuato), [Mexico](/source/Mexico)
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| field         = [Conceptual art](/source/Conceptual_art), [multimedia art](/source/Multimedia_artist), [narrative art](/source/narrative_art)
| training      = [San Francisco Art Institute](/source/San_Francisco_Art_Institute), [École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts](/source/%C3%89cole_nationale_sup%C3%A9rieure_des_Beaux-Arts)
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| awards        = [Fulbright Scholar](/source/Fulbright_Program), [Member of SNCA](/source/Sistema_Nacional_de_Creadores_de_Arte) 
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| website       = {{URL|http://danielafranco.com/}}
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'''Daniela Franco''' (whose artistic name is stylized in lower caps: ''daniela franco'') is a French-Mexican [conceptual artist](/source/conceptual_artist) and writer of Syrian origin who lives and works in [Paris](/source/Paris).<ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://hemeroteca.proceso.com.mx/?page_id=278958&a51dc26366d99bb5fa29cea4747565fec=190527&rl=wh Mexico en París Photo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816051701/http://hemeroteca.proceso.com.mx/?page_id=278958&a51dc26366d99bb5fa29cea4747565fec=190527&rl=wh |date=2016-08-16 }}, [Proceso (magazine)](/source/Proceso_(magazine))(2003-11-09) and [http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/183350.html Paris Photo]  [El Universal](/source/El_Universal_(Mexico_City)) (2003-11-12).</ref> Her body of work is interdisciplinary and explores intersections between experimental writing, pop music and visual art through the creation of archives, temporary fictions and video. She is a [San Francisco Art Institute](/source/San_Francisco_Art_Institute) and [École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts](/source/%C3%89cole_nationale_sup%C3%A9rieure_des_Beaux-Arts) alumna<ref>[http://www.sfai.edu/alumni-websites San Francisco Art Institute] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307022150/http://www.sfai.edu/alumni-websites |date=2014-03-07 }}.</ref> as well as a [Fulbright](/source/Fulbright_Program) scholar. Her projects have received support and grants from the [Rockefeller Foundation](/source/Rockefeller_Foundation), the Mexican [National Council for Culture and Arts](/source/National_Council_for_Culture_and_Arts) and [Colección Júmex](/source/Colecci%C3%B3n_J%C3%BAmex).<ref>[http://www.sic.gob.mx/ficha.php?table=estimulo_fonca&table_id=22323 Mexican-American Fund for Culture].</ref><ref>[http://www.art-action.org/proposition/catalogue/detail_cat.php?codeoeuvre=T32012&lang=en&qui=reali&oeuvre=T32012 Biography] from the catalog of the festival Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid.</ref><ref>{{in lang|es}} ''Historias Encontradas'' on [http://www.letraslibres.com/blogs/cuaderno-del-sedentario/historias-encontradas Letras Libres].</ref>

== Projects ==

franco's first projects were done in video, using images and sounds from a poetical construction stand, for their form, [euphony](/source/Phonaesthetics) and rhythm. In ''On n’attend que toi'' <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xozkbp5qUbc On n’attend que toi] in YouTube.</ref> (2003), she illustrated [Harry Mathews](/source/Harry_Mathews)'s poem ''Jack's Reminders to the King of Karactika'' with a series of travel images and [Ian Monk](/source/Ian_Monk)'s voice in off.<ref>About ''On n’attend que toi'' in [http://jacket2.org/article/bringing-harry-mathews-pennsound-and-you Harry Mathews's] [PennSound](/source/PennSound) archive.</ref> daniela franco's work is often based on sets of self-imposed constraints much like the French literary group [Oulipo](/source/Oulipo) whose members have often collaborated in franco's projects.

Her latest work has been done in the form of interdisciplinary and collaborative projects of fiction and archiving that also question the role of authorship. In 2010 she created ''face B'',<ref>[http://www.whatsonthehifi.com/files/archive-apr-2010.html ''face B''] on [What's On The Hi-Fi](/source/What's_On_The_Hi-Fi).</ref><ref>[http://unpopular.typepad.com/unpopular/2010/04/face-b.html About ''face B'' by Alistair Fitchett].</ref><ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.blogotheque.net/2010/04/20/a-la-maison-rouge/ ''face B''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327204223/http://www.blogotheque.net/2010/04/20/a-la-maison-rouge/ |date=2014-03-27 }} on La Blogotheque.</ref> an on-line archive for the contemporary art museum [La Maison Rouge](/source/La_Maison_Rouge) in Paris. Face B <ref>[La maison rouge](/source/La_Maison_Rouge)'s [http://www.lamaisonrouge.org/spip.php?article673 Press release] for ''face B''.</ref> archives [LP](/source/LP_record) covers selected by music critic [Alex Ross](/source/Alex_Ross_(music_critic)), magazines like [The Wire](/source/The_Wire_(magazine)),<ref>About ''face B'' on [http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/3771/ The Wire].</ref> [Vice](/source/Vice_(magazine)), [Les Inrockuptibles](/source/Les_Inrockuptibles), and [McSweeney's](/source/Timothy_McSweeney's_Quarterly_Concern), fashion designer [agnès b.](/source/agn%C3%A8s_b.), [UbuWeb](/source/UbuWeb), the music label [Alga Marghen](/source/Alga_Marghen), [Oren Ambarchi](/source/Oren_Ambarchi), Clive Graham, the [Oulipo](/source/Oulipo), [Philip Andelman](/source/Philip_Andelman) for [Colette](/source/Colette_(boutique)), etc.<ref>[http://faceb.danielafranco.com/ List of ''face B'''s collaborators].</ref><ref>[http://www.artnews.org/lamaisonrouge/?exi=20331&La_Maison_Rouge&Daniela_Franco ''face B''] on [ARTnews](/source/ARTnews).</ref><ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.drame.org/blog/index.php?2010/03/01/1639-face-b-l-envers-de-vinyl-maison-rouge Face B, l'envers de Vinyl] and [http://www.drame.org/blog/index.php?2010/06/25/1765-face-b-phase-3 Face B: Phase 3] by [Jean-Jacques Birgé](/source/Jean-Jacques_Birg%C3%A9).</ref>

''Sandys at Waikiki'' <ref>''Sandys at Waikiki'' {{ISBN|978-607-7515-44-9}}.</ref> is an artist book published in 2009 by [Editorial RM](/source/Editorial_RM).<ref>''Sandys at Waikiki'' in [http://www.editorialrm.com/2010/product.php?id_product=189&id_lang=1 RM's catalogue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012125159/http://www.editorialrm.com/2010/product.php?id_product=189&id_lang=1 |date=2018-10-12 }} and [http://www.artbook.com/9788492480586.html ArtBook].</ref> It is the result of the fictional search for the Sandys, a family that lived in California in the 1940s and 1950s. Having found the Sandys' slides at a flea market, daniela franco reconstructed their lives, inviting others to offer clues in the form of poems, letters and even an eyewitness testimony.<ref>{{in lang|es}} Reviews of ''Sandys at Waikiki'': [http://masdearte.com/sandys-at-waikiki/ 1] Más de arte, [http://www.chilango.com/general/nota/2011/03/09/los-sandy-en-waikiki 2] [Chilango (magazine)](/source/Chilango_(magazine)), and [http://lavanguardia.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx 3] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327233934/http://lavanguardia.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx |date=2014-03-27 }} [La Vanguardia](/source/La_Vanguardia) (article by [Marius Serra](/source/Marius_Serra)).</ref> ''Sandys at Waikiki'' includes texts by [Enrique Vila-Matas](/source/Enrique_Vila-Matas), Sean Condon, [André Alexis](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Alexis), Emmanuel Adely, [Juan Villoro](/source/Juan_Villoro), [Fabio Morábito](/source/Fabio_Mor%C3%A1bito), [Marius Serra](/source/Marius_Serra), and members of the [Oulipo](/source/Oulipo) like [Jacques Jouet](/source/Jacques_Jouet), and [Marcel Bénabou](/source/Marcel_B%C3%A9nabou) among other writers.<ref>{{in lang|ca}} {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140327220906/http://www.mariusserra.net/framework/uploads/docs/to110504sandy039satwaikiki.pdf ''Sandys at Waikiki'']}} on [Time Out (magazine)](/source/Time_Out_(magazine)) Barcelona .</ref>

daniela franco writes about music and art for websites and magazines like [Letras Libres](/source/Letras_Libres) or La Tempestad.<ref>{{in lang|es}} Articles by daniela franco on Mexico's [http://afterpop.tv/author/daniela-franco/ Afterpop.tv] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219010507/http://afterpop.tv/author/daniela-franco/ |date=2014-02-19 }} and [http://www.letraslibres.com/autores/daniela-franco Letras Libres].</ref> She has translated ''Roy Spivey'' by [Miranda July](/source/Miranda_July) and ''Referential'' by [Lorrie Moore](/source/Lorrie_Moore) (both originally published by [The New Yorker](/source/The_New_Yorker)) for the magazine [Letras Libres](/source/Letras_Libres).<ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.letraslibres.com/revista/cuento/roy-spivey?page=full Spanish translation of ''Roy Spivey''] by [Miranda July](/source/Miranda_July) for [Letras Libres](/source/Letras_Libres).</ref> She has also interviewed and translated poet [Kenneth Goldsmith](/source/Kenneth_Goldsmith).<ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.letraslibres.com/revista/artes-y-medios/el-artista-portatil Conversations with Kenneth Goldsmith]</ref>

daniela franco is represented by Saenger in Mexico City.<ref>[https://saengergaleria.com/artists/54-daniela-franco/ "daniela franco @ Saenger"], Saenger Gallery, Retrieved 1 October 2024.</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==

* {{Official website|http://danielafranco.com}}
* [http://ortegaycassette.tumblr.com Ortega y Cassette], daniela franco's [Tumblr](/source/Tumblr)
* Website for the project [http://faceb.danielafranco.com// ''face B'' ]
* Press release for [http://mexiqueculture.pagesperso-orange.fr/elartista-expo.htm L'artiste portatif], project based on [Enrique Vila-Matas](/source/Enrique_Vila-Matas)'s ''A Brief History of Portable Literature''
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw_OqekCq5I&list=PL5EC46A32A9CA0029 Videos from a project] curated by daniela franco for Mexico's [Canal 22](/source/XEIMT-TV) were [Electrelane](/source/Electrelane), [Fangoria](/source/Fangoria_(band)), [Riceboy Sleeps](/source/J%C3%B3nsi_%26_Alex) and others, revisit cult movies with their own music.

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