Professional Preparation
University of Paris VIII - 2004
Research Areas
Personal Profile
Sound Design | Interactive and Digital Arts | Aesthetics of Digital Audiovisual Design | History of Contemporary Music | History of Electo-Acoustic Music
Publications
Appointments
University of Texas at Dallas [2006–2006]
University of Texas at Dallas [2006–Present]
Universit du Sud Toulon Var [2004–2005]
College of Design Art'Com, Casablanca, Morroco [2001–2003]
Brown, Vence and Associates, 20 Montgomery Street Suite 1000 San Francisco, CA 94104-4342 United States [2001–2003]
Universit Paris XIII [1998–2000]
Universit Paris XIII [1998–2000]
Universit Paris XIII [1998–2000]
Cit de Mmoire, Paris, France [1992–1994]
French National Library [1992–1994]
Projects
Acoustic Shadows
2018–2018 Audiovisual Interactive Installation at the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas TexasArt and Technology: Representations of Time
2013–2018 Talk at the Dallas Contemporary.Additional Information
Director of Audiovisual, Cite de memoire, 1992-94
Professional Recognitions, honors, memberships
- [Member], [1990-1992], [Audio Engineering Society]
- [Author of the Interactive Multimedia Fiction, Sale Temps, selected for the New Talents Pavillion], [February 1996], [MILIA, Cannes, France]
- [Member and co-director], [2004-present], [Laboratory Musique et Informatique de Marseille, France]
- [Member], [2007·Present], [American Society for Acoustic Ecology]
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[Reviewer], [2007·Present], [The Leonardo Musical Journal]
Personal Statement
Frank Dufour has been employed as a sound technician at the Archives of the French National Radio for nine years, from 1983 to 1992. He was in charge of the restoration of historical recordings.
In 1992, he created one of the first all-digital recording studios in France specialized in digital sound restoration for audio publications and sound design for animation movies and video productions. The studio created the sound effects for the TV series The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Prince Valliant. As Multimedia Designer, he was one of the three authors of the first Hypermedia interactive narrative issued in France, a CD-ROM called "Sale temps," and has authored numerous interactive publications.
Frank Dufour's professional activities as a sound designer, and multimedia designer have always been coupled with teaching activities. His first position was at the University of Paris, René Descartes from 1985-1996, where he taught the History of Audiovisual Technologies. He has also taught at the Universities of Paris-Villetaneuse and Paris-Saint-Denis, and at the University du Sud Toulon Var as an Assistant Professor teaching Digital Sound Design and Hypermedia Design. Frank Dufour currently is a member of the laboratory "Musique et Informatique de Marseille" in which he is conducting researches on the concept of Time Icons and on the relations between music and visual expressions. This research project has two main applications. The first is dedicated to the visualization of music and explores the use of images and animations as a means to facilitate the understanding and appreciation of music -- conducted in relation with the Dallas International School. The second application is dedicated to the translation of images into sounds and music -- conducted in relation with the Dallas Museum of Art. Frank Dufour has also been involved in the "First Person Cultural Trainer" project developed for the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command and Joint Forces Command.
News Articles
ATEC Prof Stages Audiovisual Exhibit in France
With a new exhibition in France, Dr. Frank Dufour, assistant professor of sound design in UT Dallas’ Arts and Technology (ATEC) program, has officially gone global. “Acoustic Shadows: An Exploration of Sense of Space” is an experimental interactive sound installation Dufour created alongside wife Kristin Lee through the entity Agency 5970. The piece is currently on display at The Vasarely Foundation in Aix-en-Provence, France. Dufour worked on the sound and music aspects, while his wife tackled the visual side. Two ATEC graduate students have been working with the Dufours: PhD student Sherri Segovia as choreographer and graduate student Djakhangir Zakhidov as videographer.Profs Exhibit Combines Art, Science and Technology
Using the ancient myth of Orpheus, video projection and three-dimensional sound, a UT Dallas professor is examining the relationship of sound to perception of movement in Acoustic Shadows, an Exploration of the Sense of Space. Acoustic Shadows is an audio-visual immersive and interactive installation that depicts Orpheus surrounded by shadows of the underworld consumed by the shadow of his wife, Eurydice. In the myth, the gifted and musical Orpheus travels to the underworld after his wife dies to beg Hades to allow his wife to return to earth. After violating a condition made by Hades, Orpheus loses his wife forever.Dr. Frank Dufour worked on the project with his wife, Kristin Lee Dufour, a creative art director and international consultant for visual communications.Affiliations
Associate Member
2019/01–2023/01SicLab-Méditerranée. University Côte d'Azur, Nice, France