DRM (Dr Daniel R Marks) is an artist and researcher based in Naarm/Melbourne, working in an interdisciplinary choreographic practice which engages intersections of imaging, the queer body and surveillance technologies. They work in a hybrid practice incorporating performance, experimental audio-visual media and sculpture.
DRM completed their PhD Protagonist: A Choreography of Queer Digitiality at RMIT University School of Art in 2024 and are a lecturer at RMIT School of Fashion & Textiles. They are affiliated with Performing Dress Lab (RMIT, Aalto University & London College of Fashion) and the Posthuman Art Network (Foreign Objekt), and are a current artist resident at ACMI X.
AFFILIATIONS
Academic Staff, School of Fashion & Textiles. RMIT University, Melbourne.
ACMI X - ACMI (formerly Australian Centre for the Moving Image), Melbourne.
Posthuman Art Network - Foreign Objekt, San Francisco.
Performing Dress Lab - RMIT University (Melbourne), University of the Arts London (London), Aalto University (Helsinki).
Academic Staff, School of Fashion & Textiles. RMIT University, Melbourne.
ACMI X - ACMI (formerly Australian Centre for the Moving Image), Melbourne.
Posthuman Art Network - Foreign Objekt, San Francisco.
Performing Dress Lab - RMIT University (Melbourne), University of the Arts London (London), Aalto University (Helsinki).
PROJECTS
2025 The Claim: Stage II – Work-in-progress public screen presentation, ACMI, Melbourne.
2024 Horizon as Simulator – Unique-edition publication distributed by Run Artist-Run, Docklands, Melbourne.
2024 November-December artist residency at Run Artist-Run, Docklands, Melbourne.
2024 TELLDRILL – solo exhibition, Bus Projects, Brunswick East.
2024 Closer Agencies – group exhibition curated by Dr. Tarryn Handcock and Dr. Tassia Joannides for Radiant Pavilion Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial, Testing Grounds, Melbourne.
2024 Conscript – residency, solo exhibition and public program, GalleryGallery Inc, Brunswick.
2024 Noclip Agora – solo exhibition, HAIR Artist-run, Melbourne.
2024 Festival de Carne – performance program, Cinema Nova, Carlton.
2024 Out Of Bounds – dance presentation program, Lucy Guerin Inc. & Temperance Hall, North Melbourne.
2023 PILOT – solo exhibition and performance program, Temperance Hall, South Melbourne.
2023 0OCEAN COLLECTIVE – virtual exhibition and symposium coordinated by Foreign Objekt Posthuman Lab and Global Posthuman Network, curated by Sepideh Majidi (online/virtual).
2023 Transfer Station – performance film collaboration with Debris Facility Pty. Ltd. for their exhibition Knot Locked, Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Ponds.
2023 On the 23rd Day, Mars was in Gemini – performance program curated by Angelita Biscotti for Midsumma 2023, Bluestone Church Arts Space, Footscray.
2022 Mega-Phone Mono-Poly – screening and performance event curated by Debris Facility Pty. Ltd. For Liquid Architecture, Collingwood Yards, Collingwood.
2022 XENNOVERSE – virtual exhibition and symposium coordinated by Foreign Objekt Posthuman Lab and Global Posthuman Network (online/virtual).
2022 ((edging)) – SEVENTH Gallery, Richmond (solo exhibition).
2022 TELLDRILL1 – The Capitol RMIT, Melbourne (film screening, included as public programming for Agent Bodies exhibition at RMIT Gallery, curated by Mikala Dwyer and Dr. Drew Pettifer).
2021 Femmes and Thems – CAST (Contemporary Art and Social Transformation) online symposium and augmented-reality exhibition, curated by Dr. Alison Bennett.
2021 FLUID: Versatile Identities in the 21st Century – Wyndham Art Gallery, Werribee (group exhibition for Midsumma 2021, curated by Dr. Megan Evans and Lola-Mae Pink).
2020 The new (ab)normal – RMIT Gallery, Melbourne (online group exhibition curated by Dr. Tammy Hulbert and Helen Rayment).
2019 Drone/Container – Trocadero Art Space, Footscray (solo exhibition/performance project).
2019 Resolution of the Vessel – for Immerse 2019 at Swinburne University, Wantirna (solo performance and performance film project, funded by Knox City Council).
2016 In God’s Eye – La Trobe Visual Arts Centre, Bendigo (group exhibition).
2025 The Claim: Stage II – Work-in-progress public screen presentation, ACMI, Melbourne.
2024 Horizon as Simulator – Unique-edition publication distributed by Run Artist-Run, Docklands, Melbourne.
2024 November-December artist residency at Run Artist-Run, Docklands, Melbourne.
2024 TELLDRILL – solo exhibition, Bus Projects, Brunswick East.
2024 Closer Agencies – group exhibition curated by Dr. Tarryn Handcock and Dr. Tassia Joannides for Radiant Pavilion Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial, Testing Grounds, Melbourne.
2024 Conscript – residency, solo exhibition and public program, GalleryGallery Inc, Brunswick.
2024 Noclip Agora – solo exhibition, HAIR Artist-run, Melbourne.
2024 Festival de Carne – performance program, Cinema Nova, Carlton.
2024 Out Of Bounds – dance presentation program, Lucy Guerin Inc. & Temperance Hall, North Melbourne.
2023 PILOT – solo exhibition and performance program, Temperance Hall, South Melbourne.
2023 0OCEAN COLLECTIVE – virtual exhibition and symposium coordinated by Foreign Objekt Posthuman Lab and Global Posthuman Network, curated by Sepideh Majidi (online/virtual).
2023 Transfer Station – performance film collaboration with Debris Facility Pty. Ltd. for their exhibition Knot Locked, Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Ponds.
2023 On the 23rd Day, Mars was in Gemini – performance program curated by Angelita Biscotti for Midsumma 2023, Bluestone Church Arts Space, Footscray.
2022 Mega-Phone Mono-Poly – screening and performance event curated by Debris Facility Pty. Ltd. For Liquid Architecture, Collingwood Yards, Collingwood.
2022 XENNOVERSE – virtual exhibition and symposium coordinated by Foreign Objekt Posthuman Lab and Global Posthuman Network (online/virtual).
2022 ((edging)) – SEVENTH Gallery, Richmond (solo exhibition).
2022 TELLDRILL1 – The Capitol RMIT, Melbourne (film screening, included as public programming for Agent Bodies exhibition at RMIT Gallery, curated by Mikala Dwyer and Dr. Drew Pettifer).
2021 Femmes and Thems – CAST (Contemporary Art and Social Transformation) online symposium and augmented-reality exhibition, curated by Dr. Alison Bennett.
2021 FLUID: Versatile Identities in the 21st Century – Wyndham Art Gallery, Werribee (group exhibition for Midsumma 2021, curated by Dr. Megan Evans and Lola-Mae Pink).
2020 The new (ab)normal – RMIT Gallery, Melbourne (online group exhibition curated by Dr. Tammy Hulbert and Helen Rayment).
2019 Drone/Container – Trocadero Art Space, Footscray (solo exhibition/performance project).
2019 Resolution of the Vessel – for Immerse 2019 at Swinburne University, Wantirna (solo performance and performance film project, funded by Knox City Council).
2016 In God’s Eye – La Trobe Visual Arts Centre, Bendigo (group exhibition).