Publications
"Does the voice reveal more emotion than the face? A study with animated agents." Human-Computer Interaction International, Copenhagen, Denmark 2023
"Fiat lux! Does the lighting design affect viewer’s perception of an animated character’s personality?" Human-Computer Interaction International, Copenhagen, Denmark 2023
Larson, Derek G., and Graham Harman. We Have To Meet Things Halfway. New York : DIS.ART 2019. https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9977687628003681.
Larson, Derek G., and Michael Hardt. We Need to Invent a Different Kind of Love. New York : DIS.ART 2019. https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9977687628203681.
Larson, Derek G., et al. Benign Violence. New York : DIS.ART 2019.
https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9977687628103681.
Larson, Derek G., and Richard Florida. Southern Gothic. New York : DIS.ART 2019.
https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9977687627903681.
EXHIBITIONS / SCREENINGS / LECTURES solo/two-person *
2023
”Presenting: Mexican Animation, Propaganda, and the Cold War - A Showcase of Cartoons from Dibujos Animados S.A. (1952-56)” Centro de Cultura Digital, Mexico City Mexico, Derek G. Larson (Purdue), Byron Davies (Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero), Carlos Oliva Mendoza (UNAM), Dan Bashara (DePaul), Juan Manuel Aurrecoechea
Paintures, ADA Gallery, Richmond VA, Featuring: Jared Clark, Leif Low-Beer, Jerstin Crosby, Derek Larson, Sarah Trigg, Ryan Browning, Rachel Hayes, Robert Otto Epstien, Todd Kelly, and Ian Donegan.
”Future Space, Trade and Capitalism in Digital Cities,” CAA New York City. A panel featuring McKenzie Wark (New School), Michael Hardt (Duke), and Carlos Oliva Mendoza (UNAM), moderated by Derek G. Larson (Purdue)
HOMAGE, Fred., Brooklyn NY, a benefit for Smack Mellon, curated by Derek G. Larson and Jeff Wallace. Featuring: Alex Paik, Ato Ribeiro, Austin Ballard, Dakota Gearhart, Derek G. Larson, Henry Chapman, Jeff Wallace, Leah Beeferman, Leslie Roberts, Stephen Sollins, Suzanne Song, Taylor Baldwin, Theresa Ganz
Soundxploit.sh: Très Mall, Gonima, Parts Project and Rony, Casa Del Popolo La Sotterenea, Thursday Feb 9th, 2023, Montreal CA
Très Mall, Official Selection Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival, Berlin Germany
Très Mall, Award Winner, Gold Award Short Documentary, Official Selection Milan Gold Awards, Milan Italy
Très Mall, Semi-Finalist, AniMate Australia Animation Film Festival, Newtown, NSW
2022
Très Mall Interview with Noam Chomsky, animated documentary series by Derek G. Larson streaming on https://dis.art/
Très Mall, Award Winner, Tokyo Film Awards, Bronze for Best Animation, International Film Festival, Tokyo Japan
Très Mall, Semi-Finalist, Official Selection Sweden Film Awards, Stockholm Sweden
Très Mall, Award Winner, Official Selection Cannes World Film Festival, Semi-Finalist, Cannes, French Riviera
”Accessibility + Design,” Future Bodies Symposium with Kel Smith, A.P. Vague, Jing Zhou, David Adelman, xtine burrough, moderated by Derek G. Larson, New Media Caucus, Virginia Tech University
"Très Mall: Philosophy, Capitalism and Violence." Derek G. Larson (Purdue University) Rising of Lusitania AnimaDoc Film Festival, Września Poland
"Creative Imaging in A Generative Simulation" Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA), Dakota Gearhart (NYU) and Derek G. Larson (Purdue University)
Global Animation and its History - Tribute to Giannalberto Bendazzi, Scanner IX 2022 Symposium, International Animafest, Zagreb Croatia
Seventeenth International Conference on the Arts in Society, San Jorge University, Spain
Visiting Artist, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, Indiana University Bloomington IN
Visiting Artist, St. Mary's College of Maryland
Industry Animation, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL
Anime Workshop, Englewood STEM High School, Chicago IL
Anime Workshop, "My Block, My Hood, My City," Japanese Culture Center, Chicago IL
MdW Assembly, Mana Contemporary, Chicago IL
La Cueva, Screening & Presentation, Mexico City MX *
Westobou Commission, Morris Museum, Augusta GA *
Jiffy Louvre II: Leave Worry Behind (Again), Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta GA
Jiffy Louvre II: Leave Worry Behind (Again), Georgia State University, Atlanta GA
Jiffy Louvre II: Leave Worry Behind (Again), University of Georgia, Athens GA
Bird Call, Freyberger Gallery, Penn State Berks
2021
In Good Company, Mana Contemporary, Chicago IL
If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now, Wassaic Project NY
EP.5 The Violence Entrepreneurs, Très Mall on Dis *
Très Mall, Film @ Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer MN
Lessons Passed, Bloomsburg University PA **
Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Auburn University Department of Art & Art History
Tekkonkinkreet & Taiyō Matsumoto: Dec. 10, 2021 Logan Theater, Chicago IL
2020
What Do People Do All Day?, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen Denmark
Garden Pleasure, Yale School of Architecture, New Haven CT *
What Do People Do All Day?, Tranen, Copenhagen Denmark
The Eye Can See Things The Arm Cannot Reach, Polignano a Mare Italy
2019
UNTITLED Art Basel Miami, ADA Gallery, Miami FL *
Short Shorts, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta GA
Boiler Room 4:3 Club x DIS Cinema, The 1896, Brooklyn NY
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Museum, Cambridge MA
Lafayette Anticipations x KALEIDOSCOPE Manifesto, Paris France
Supernova Digital Animation Festival, Denver CO
CCTV Cambridge Community Television, Cambridge MA
Gathered IV, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta GA
Jepson Center Telfair Museum, Savannah GA, Jan. 2-April 1 *
Collections
The New Orleans Museum of Art, Hull McKnight Georgia Cyber Center, The Jepson Center Telfair Museum, private collections in Atlanta, Augusta, Detroit, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, New Haven, New Orleans, New York, Richmond, Seattle, St. Louis, Tacoma, Vienna Austria, Liverpool & Nottingham UK.
Grants
Yale School of Art Scholarship, National Endowment for the Arts Grant, Helen Frankenthaler Fellowship at Vermont Studio Center, Hudgens Prize Finalist, Westobou Project Commission, Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship at Yale.
Residencies
Swatch Art Peace Hotel Shanghai, MASS MoCA Residency, Arteles Finland, Untitled Shanghai, CCI Fabrika Moscow, Vermont Studio Center.
Visiting Artist
Yale, RISD, VCU, SAIC, Auburn, SFAI, Tulane, Loyola, Morris Museum, Jepson Center Telfair Museum, NYSCC Alfred, WVU, Ohio State, Georgia State, Cal State Chico, Universities of Arkansas, Florida, New Orleans, North Texas, Northeastern Illinois, Rochester, Southern Oregon, Texas El Paso, Wisconsin.
dglarson@purdue.edu
765-494-4710