An open-access publication bringing together critical perspectives on ubiquitous technologies and asymmetric battles for power. Please send your email submissions to: opencall@kairus.org Website Link: http://opencall.kairus.org/ by Linda Kronman & Andreas Zingerle (KairUs Art+Research) and Jonathan Woodier (Sol International School’s Department of Global Media and Communications Arts (South Korea), Associate Fellow of the Strategic Communications Centre at King’s College, London) CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS (DEADLINE April 30, 2018) The expansion of the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) and the proliferation of virtually-connected data points are providing ever increasing amounts of information for those keen on use or abuse. The Hobbesian nature of cyberspace,…
Digital Media Faculty Position, Isaacson School @ Colorado Mountain College
CMC is seeking an experienced professional and dynamic educator to be part of the Isaacson School team. This faculty position will be based in the Roaring Fork Valley in western Colorado, an internationally recognized hub for year-round outdoor activities and mountain scenery. The position will primarily work at the Spring Valley campus in Glenwood Springs, and will also have teaching responsibilities in Aspen. Isaacson School faculty benefit from unique partnerships with organizations such as The Aspen Institute, X-Games, Aspen Film, and Five Points Film Festival. This faculty position will teach in the areas of digital videography/filmmaking, visual effects, motion graphics,…
Call for Abstracts: European Drama and Performance Studies Journal
In The Emancipated Spectator, Jacques Rancière questions the relationship of the viewer and the work (theatre, art, film, etc.). He asks what does it mean if the viewer is seen as passive and the performer as active. He is concerned with the political implications of relegating the viewer’s role to that of observer. As Guy Debord has pointed out this leads to the creation of one-way transmissions, the spectacle. Image-based media has tended to bring forward various forms of empathy in the viewer, be it identifying with a hero or a call to action. Since the Agitprop trains of the…
The Winner of the Excellence in New Media Scholarship Award: America Salomon
2018 Judson-Morrissey Excellence in New Media Award: Conference Attendance Scholarship for Students of Color America Salomon, Columbia College Chicago BIOGRAPHY America Salomon is a thesis candidate in the MFA Interdisciplinary Arts and Media program at Columbia College Chicago. She moved to Chicago to begin her post-graduate studies after having worked as Assistant to the Director of Education at the High Museum of Art and received her BFA in Studio Art at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Image: America, Like the Country Project Description: ‘America, Like the Country’ is a video installation that explores my desire for connection and…
Assistant Professor, Critical Studies Program, California College of the Arts
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Assistant Professor, Critical Studies Program Ranked Non-Tenure, Part Time April 6, 2018 THE COLLEGE Founded in 1907, California College of the Arts (CCA) is an independent non-profit art college with undergraduate programs in architecture, design, fine arts, visual studies, and writing and literature. The college also has graduate programs in architecture, comics, design, interaction design, curatorial practice, design strategy, fine arts, film, visual and critical studies, and writing. Through these programs, the college has created a dynamic and interdisciplinary environment to fulfill the school’s motto of “Make art that matters.” Diverse cultural perspectives enrich the CCA community and…
Registration Open for 2018 North Texas Digital Fabrication Symposium
Texas Woman’s University April 20-21, 2018 The 2018 North Texas Digital Fabrication Symposium will be hosted at Texas Woman’s University April 20th-21st, 2018. Artists, researchers, makers and students will come together at TWU to discuss digital fabrication, its practice, pedagogy and curation. The theme, “Humanizing the Digital” inspired fascinating proposals from artists and researchers working with digital fabrication in a variety of applications. The symposium events will include panel discussions of 5-6 panelists organized around three sub-themes: “Embodiment & Technology,” “Adaptation & Play,” and “Process & Practice.” Six workshops, scheduled each afternoon of the symposium, give participants hands-on application and…
Call for Student Work — “(Non)Standard” Digital Fabrication Exhibition
This April at Texas Woman’s University, the North Texas Digital Fabrication Group will host “Humanizing the Digital”, a symposium that will consider ways in which new technologies are reconnecting us with our humanity. In conjunction, there will be a juried exhibition of student artwork incorporating the use of these new processes. The purpose of the exhibition will be to show the range of potential expression made available by digital fabrication, especially in ways that relate to the theme of the symposium. We are particularly interested in work incorporating handmade elements, and we also welcome work that explores an aesthetic of…
Instructor/ Assistant/ Associate Professor, Animation Design / Multimedia, Zayed University
In order to meet the growing enrollment at the college, CACE seeks two qualified candidates to fill a full-time, multi-year, faculty position in the area of Multimedia Design and to teach in the baccalaureate programs in Animation Design and Multimedia on the Abu Dhabi and Dubai campus starting August 2018. The Requirements: Applicants must have earned a terminal degree in Animation, Multimedia, or a related field and demonstrate a strong record of professional or artistic activity and accomplishments. The successful applicant will have a record of teaching and will be expected to teach both introductory and advanced level courses. Experience…
Invitation to Celebrate Leonardo/ ISAST’s 50th Anniversary at CAA
Dear New Media Caucus, Please be my guest to celebrate Leonardo/ISAST’s 50th Anniversary with UCLA’s Art|Sci Lab and the Beall Center for Art + Technology on Saturday, February 24th, 6–8pm at UC Irvine! Event guests will be treated to a champagne and dessert reception as well as a guided curatorial tour of the Beall Center for Art + Technology’s current intermedia exhibition, “Drawn from a Score.” This event is produced in tandem with the Beall Center for Art + Technology and UCLA Art|Sci Center. Event guests traveling from the CAA Conference will have access to provided transportation with RSVP. Please specify that you are a CAA registrant so that…
Visiting Assistant Professor of Global Contemporary Art
The Art and Art History department at Colgate University invites applications for a one-year visiting assistant professor position, with the possibility of a second year, in Global Contemporary Art beginning fall semester 2018. Completion of the Ph.D. is expected prior to, or shortly after, the date of hire. In addition to courses in their regional, cultural, or otherwise defined area of expertise, the historian of Global Contemporary Art will teach undergraduate courses in transnational, global, or cross-cultural approaches to contemporary art and art institutions in a combined art history and studio department. In the annual five-course load, regular teaching contributions…