| Academy
of Media Arts Cologne
(KHM) |
Call for
applications:
Professor in Networks
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Application deadline:
April 29, 2016
Academy of Media Arts
Cologne (KHM)
Peter-Welter-Platz 2
50676 Cologne Germany
profnetworks@khm.de
T +49 (0)221
20189 0
www.khm.de |
The Academy of Media
Arts Cologne (KHM) is
committed to
advancing interdisciplinary
approaches to media art. Students
are free to
choose from a wide range of
sophisticated theoretical and
project-based
courses leading to a diploma
(Diploma I, II). The acquisition
of practical
artistic experience combined with
theoretical and technical
competences is
considered paramount.
The Academy of Media
Arts/Department Art
invites applications for:
Professor in Networks (Level
W2
according to German civil service
employees' tariff)
It is a
full-time position, limited to 6
years. The position should ideally
be
filled by winter 2016.
We are looking for an artist who
covers
the fields of contemporary media
and global networked systems and
whose
practice includes a focus on
deconstructing, revealing and
reinterpreting
the hidden structures of network
aesthetics and functions.
The
candidate will be expected to be
open-minded and inquisitive.
His/her
artistic practice and research is
expected to cover areas such as
but not
limited to: "Big Data," "the
Internet of Things," "Quantified
Self,"
"Network Effects," "Affective
Computing," "Politics of the
Web." The Academy of Media
Arts is involved in developing
courses that address the myriad
fusions of physical and digital
space
today. The teaching position shall
be characterized by a strong
reflection of and artistic
intervention into these processes,
the results
of which may manifest themselves
online and/or in real, physical
settings.
Critical artistic knowledge of
network technologies is
prerequisite.
The decisive criteria is
outstanding artistic talent.
Further
requirements are specified in
section 29 Kunsthochschulgesetz
NRW.
Pedagogical aptitude is a general
prerequisite as is the willingness
to
contribute to the academy's
self-organization. German language
skills are
desirable.
The KHM strives to raise its
female quota in
research and teaching positions.
Applications by women will be
given
priority if qualifications and
professional expertise are
equivalent to
those of male applicants and
reasons specific to individual
candidates do
not prevail. Applications by
disabled persons and those with
equal status
according section 2 SGB IX (German
Code of Social Law) are
specifically
encouraged.
Please submit your complete
application materials
in either hard copy or online
within four weeks, not later than
April
29 to the: Rector of the
Academy of Media Arts Cologne
(KHM).
Submitted material should
include a CV, full address
details, a cover letter, and a
portfolio, i.e. relevant
documentation of
artistic work. If posting hard
copy materials, please include a
USB flash
drive; if you are sending your
application via e-mail, please
note that we
cannot accept large attachments;
please supply a link to a
downloadable
file instead (where applicable).
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