faculty
Frank Franca
faculty
Frank Franca
Frank Franca was born and raised in Havana, Cuba. Later, he also spent time growing up and living in Spain, the US, and the UK. His work has been exhibited and published internationally. In 2015 Franca created the #helloicp project, an interactive, public, photo-mural in the street windows of the International Center of Photography- Bowery. This projected included photographers from 6 continents representing hundreds of cultures globally.
Franca was a member of the arts activist group, The Visual AIDS Artist's Caucus, creators of the public art action: The Red Ribbon- international symbol of AIDS awareness. The red ribbon symbolized support for people with AIDS at a time when when the AIDS crisis was being ignored by the establishment. It was the first use of a ribbon as a quiet wearable symbol in support of an important cause. Along with Nan Goldin and a few other friends, Franca was a founder of Electric Blanket, an epic slide show and projected public street action which addressed the AIDS crisis and which was intended as a vehicle to effect change with the masses. Electric Blanket has also been projected on the facade of buildings in heavily trafficked pedestrian areas throughout the world. It has also been displayed as an installation in art spaces internationally.
Currently a faculty member at The International Center of Photography and at Pratt Institute, Franca has guest lectured all over the world, notably including The School of Visual Arts (NYC), The Cooper Union (NYC), The Studio (Moscow), Dumb Type (Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan), Milch (London), LCI and MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporaneo (Monterrey, Mexico).
Franca was a member of the arts activist group, The Visual AIDS Artist's Caucus, creators of the public art action: The Red Ribbon- international symbol of AIDS awareness. The red ribbon symbolized support for people with AIDS at a time when when the AIDS crisis was being ignored by the establishment. It was the first use of a ribbon as a quiet wearable symbol in support of an important cause. Along with Nan Goldin and a few other friends, Franca was a founder of Electric Blanket, an epic slide show and projected public street action which addressed the AIDS crisis and which was intended as a vehicle to effect change with the masses. Electric Blanket has also been projected on the facade of buildings in heavily trafficked pedestrian areas throughout the world. It has also been displayed as an installation in art spaces internationally.
Currently a faculty member at The International Center of Photography and at Pratt Institute, Franca has guest lectured all over the world, notably including The School of Visual Arts (NYC), The Cooper Union (NYC), The Studio (Moscow), Dumb Type (Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan), Milch (London), LCI and MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporaneo (Monterrey, Mexico).