Interdisciplinary Faculty Position Linking Arts and Science
Deadline:
Mon Dec 31, 2012 00:00
Location:
Texas
United States of America
United States of America
Position: The University of North Texas (UNT) seeks an accomplished interdisciplinary artist or an artist-scientist with an exceptional ability to bridge art and science disciplines. The candidate should bring exceptional technical skill, theoretical knowledge and demonstrated experience in collaborative research to the newly formed Initiative for Advanced Research in Technology and the Arts (iARTA). Research areas may include but are not limited to: arts and environment, bio-media, informatics, data visualization-sonification, arts & physics, and related possibilities incorporating aspects of medicine, genetics, ecology, architecture, biology, mathematics and/or computer science. The successful applicant will serve as a collaborative participant in iARTA to foster visionary interdisciplinary research between the arts, engineering and sciences. This is an Open-Rank position; rank and compensation will be commensurate with experience.
Qualifications: Candidates must have a terminal degree in one or more of the arts and/or closely related technological field, and an active distinguished record of creative research appropriate to rank. Preference will be given to individuals with profiles that demonstrate a close dialogue between arts and science disciplines. The ideal applicant will have command of multiple fields and an ability
to pursue transformative creative research that moves beyond science as metaphor to a practice that can directly engage in a scientific discourse.
The University: With about 36,000 students, UNT is located in Denton just north of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area with excellent research and professional opportunities for students and faculty in engineering and the arts. The University of North Texas is an EOE/ADA/AA institution committed to diversity in its employment and educational programs, thereby creating a welcoming environment for everyone.
The Colleges and Departments: As iARTA spans several departments and colleges, the home departments of iARTA positions are negotiable. This position may include joint appointments with member departments and colleges. For more information see College websites at: http://www.art.unt.edu/, http://www.cas.unt.edu/, http://music.unt.edu/, http://www.eng.unt.edu.
Application Procedure: All applicants must apply online and submit application materials via UNT’s web site: http://facultyjobs.unt.edu. Application materials must include three documents: 1) Curriculum Vita, 2) Letter of Application that also contains a one-page statement of teaching philosophy, a one-page statement outlining research interests with links to online work samples, and 3) Names and contact information for five references.
Application Deadline: Review of applications begins 12-1-2011 / Open Until Search Closed
Qualifications: Candidates must have a terminal degree in one or more of the arts and/or closely related technological field, and an active distinguished record of creative research appropriate to rank. Preference will be given to individuals with profiles that demonstrate a close dialogue between arts and science disciplines. The ideal applicant will have command of multiple fields and an ability
to pursue transformative creative research that moves beyond science as metaphor to a practice that can directly engage in a scientific discourse.
The University: With about 36,000 students, UNT is located in Denton just north of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area with excellent research and professional opportunities for students and faculty in engineering and the arts. The University of North Texas is an EOE/ADA/AA institution committed to diversity in its employment and educational programs, thereby creating a welcoming environment for everyone.
The Colleges and Departments: As iARTA spans several departments and colleges, the home departments of iARTA positions are negotiable. This position may include joint appointments with member departments and colleges. For more information see College websites at: http://www.art.unt.edu/, http://www.cas.unt.edu/, http://music.unt.edu/, http://www.eng.unt.edu.
Application Procedure: All applicants must apply online and submit application materials via UNT’s web site: http://facultyjobs.unt.edu. Application materials must include three documents: 1) Curriculum Vita, 2) Letter of Application that also contains a one-page statement of teaching philosophy, a one-page statement outlining research interests with links to online work samples, and 3) Names and contact information for five references.
Application Deadline: Review of applications begins 12-1-2011 / Open Until Search Closed
Faculty Position in Physical Computing and the Arts
Deadline:
Mon Dec 31, 2012 00:00
Location:
Texas
United States of America
United States of America
Position: The University of North Texas (UNT) seeks an artist with exceptional technological expertise and experience in collaborative research to join the Initiative for Advanced Research in Technology and the Arts (iARTA). Research areas may include but are not limited to: robotics/physical computing, wearables, interactive programming and/or performance systems, HCI design and hardware/software development for the control of digital arts media. The successful applicant is expected to serve in an active collaborative role in iARTA to foster and contribute to visionary interdisciplinary research between the arts, engineering and the sciences. This is an Open- Rank position; rank and compensation will be commensurate with experience.
Qualifications: Candidates must have a terminal degree in the arts and/or closely related technological field, and an active and distinguished record of creative research appropriate to rank. The ideal applicant will have advanced practical skill in designing, building and programming responsive physical systems, robots and control interfaces incorporating microcontrollers, diverse sensors and actuators. Preference will be given to candidates who have previously set up a creative research laboratory where faculty and students from across a university have pursued the development of new media interfaces, tools, and systems.
The University: With about 36,000 students, UNT is located in Denton just north of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area with excellent research and professional opportunities for students and faculty in engineering and the arts. The University of North Texas is an EOE/ADA/AA institution committed to diversity in it employment and educational programs, thereby creating a welcoming environment for everyone.
The Colleges and Departments: As iARTA spans several departments and colleges, the home departments of iARTA positions are negotiable. This position may include joint appointments with member departments and colleges. For more information see College websites at: http://www.art.unt.edu/, http://www.cas.unt.edu/, http://music.unt.edu/, http://www.eng.unt.edu.
Application Procedure: All applicants must apply online and submit application materials via UNT’s web site: http://facultyjobs.unt.edu. Application materials must include three documents: 1) Curriculum Vita, 2) Letter of Application that also contains a one-page statement of teaching philosophy, a one-page statement outlining research interests with links to online work samples, and 3) Names and contact information for five references.
Application Deadline: Review of applications begins 12-1-2011 / Open Until Search Closed
Qualifications: Candidates must have a terminal degree in the arts and/or closely related technological field, and an active and distinguished record of creative research appropriate to rank. The ideal applicant will have advanced practical skill in designing, building and programming responsive physical systems, robots and control interfaces incorporating microcontrollers, diverse sensors and actuators. Preference will be given to candidates who have previously set up a creative research laboratory where faculty and students from across a university have pursued the development of new media interfaces, tools, and systems.
The University: With about 36,000 students, UNT is located in Denton just north of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area with excellent research and professional opportunities for students and faculty in engineering and the arts. The University of North Texas is an EOE/ADA/AA institution committed to diversity in it employment and educational programs, thereby creating a welcoming environment for everyone.
The Colleges and Departments: As iARTA spans several departments and colleges, the home departments of iARTA positions are negotiable. This position may include joint appointments with member departments and colleges. For more information see College websites at: http://www.art.unt.edu/, http://www.cas.unt.edu/, http://music.unt.edu/, http://www.eng.unt.edu.
Application Procedure: All applicants must apply online and submit application materials via UNT’s web site: http://facultyjobs.unt.edu. Application materials must include three documents: 1) Curriculum Vita, 2) Letter of Application that also contains a one-page statement of teaching philosophy, a one-page statement outlining research interests with links to online work samples, and 3) Names and contact information for five references.
Application Deadline: Review of applications begins 12-1-2011 / Open Until Search Closed
NoiseFold in performance with Frances-Marie Uitti
Dates:
Mon Sep 26, 2011 20:00 - Tue Sep 27, 2011
Location:
Denton,
Texas
United States of America
United States of America
Two Evenings: Sept. 26 + 27 at 8:00 PM in the Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater
Sponsored by the UNT College of Music, CEMI and iARTA
NoiseFold presents selected movements from “Untitled Suite” (2011) and NoiseFold 2.0(2010).
The performance brings together the hybrid cinema and sound art of NoiseFold with renowncellist, composer and musical innovator Frances-Marie Uitti. Working at the confluence ofalgorithmic processes and instrumental improvisation, NoiseFold crafts live cinema as acontemporary musical form. The project is facilitated by a complex audio-visual software systemdesigned by the artists that generates or breeds a seemingly infinite array of virtual agents.The resulting sound is not a separate aural accompaniment but rather the direct sonificationof the visual mathematic data itself. Thus the performers interact with semi-autonomous visualforms to grow, and sculpt the sonic content of the performance. Recently Metcalf and Stouthave expanded their work to include adventurous interactions with accomplished acousticinstrumentalists. Frances-Marie Uitti, a riveting performer known for her groundbreakingdevelopment of multi-bowed playing technique, interacts within this audio-visual environment tocoax a rich universe of poetic behavior into being.
[ www.noisefold.com ][ www.uitti.org/index.html ][ http://iarta.unt.edu ]
Sponsored by the UNT College of Music, CEMI and iARTA
NoiseFold presents selected movements from “Untitled Suite” (2011) and NoiseFold 2.0(2010).
The performance brings together the hybrid cinema and sound art of NoiseFold with renowncellist, composer and musical innovator Frances-Marie Uitti. Working at the confluence ofalgorithmic processes and instrumental improvisation, NoiseFold crafts live cinema as acontemporary musical form. The project is facilitated by a complex audio-visual software systemdesigned by the artists that generates or breeds a seemingly infinite array of virtual agents.The resulting sound is not a separate aural accompaniment but rather the direct sonificationof the visual mathematic data itself. Thus the performers interact with semi-autonomous visualforms to grow, and sculpt the sonic content of the performance. Recently Metcalf and Stouthave expanded their work to include adventurous interactions with accomplished acousticinstrumentalists. Frances-Marie Uitti, a riveting performer known for her groundbreakingdevelopment of multi-bowed playing technique, interacts within this audio-visual environment tocoax a rich universe of poetic behavior into being.
[ www.noisefold.com ][ www.uitti.org/index.html ][ http://iarta.unt.edu ]
Visiting Assistant Professor
Deadline:
Mon Aug 15, 2011 00:00
Location:
Denton,
Texas
United States of America
United States of America
The Studio Art Department at the University of North Texas seeks a New Media Artist for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professorship in Art: NewMedia Art, beginning Fall 2011. Candidates must have experience in 3D modeling and 3D animation or rapid prototyping in an experimental art context. Preference will be given to applicants conversant in relevant art historical, critical and theoretical concerns, and those with expertise in interactive technologies for a contemporary art context.
Teaching experience beyond graduate school is also preferred and review of applications begins July 11, 2011.
UNT anticipates tenure track faculty searches for 2012 in New Media Art, as well as the iARTA research cluster, Sculpture, Photography, Communication Design, and Art Education.
The New Media Art program at the University of North Texas uses technology as a medium for artistic expression. Course work exposes students to a wide variety of New Media Art practices ranging from time-based to interactive and kinetic art. The New Media Art program is actively involved with UNT's iARTA (Initiative for Advanced Research in Technology and the Arts) research cluster, which provides students unique opportunities to collaborate and take classes with students and faculty from a variety of other colleges and departments such as Engineering, the College of Music and the Department of Radio, Film and Television.
The College of Visual Arts & Design operates facilities in Denton and Dallas. It is one of the largest and most comprehensive visual art programs in the Southwest. With over 2300 undergraduate students and 120 graduate students, the NASAD accredited College offers the BA, BFA, MA, MFA in 15 program areas: art education, art history, ceramics, communication design, drawing and painting, fashion design, fibers, interdisciplinary art and design studies, interior design,
metalsmithing and jewelry, new media art, photography, printmaking,
sculpture and watercolor with a Ph.D. offered in art education.
With over 36,000 students, UNT is located in Denton just north of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area with excellent research and professional opportunities for students and faculty in engineering and the arts. The position will teach all levels of undergraduate New Media Art. Teaching load 3/2.
Minimum Qualifications:
MFA degree in Electronic/New Media Art or related field at time of application and experience teaching at the college level.
Experience in 3D Modeling and 3D Animation or Rapid Prototyping in an
experimental art context is required.
Preferred Qualifications:
Knowledge of historical, critical and theoretical issues in New Media Art. Experience with Interactive Technologies. Teaching experience beyond graduate school preferred.
Position Type: Faculty
Tenure Status: Non-Tenure Track
Appointment Basis: 9 Months
Pay Frequency: Monthly
Closing Date: Open Until Search Closed
Review of Applications Begins: 07-11-2011
Required Applicant Documents:
Curriculum Vita
Cover Letter
List of Names and Contact Information of Three References
Statement of Teaching Philosophy
Special Instructions to Applicants: Please provide your URL website for the search committee to view samples of work.
Teaching experience beyond graduate school is also preferred and review of applications begins July 11, 2011.
UNT anticipates tenure track faculty searches for 2012 in New Media Art, as well as the iARTA research cluster, Sculpture, Photography, Communication Design, and Art Education.
The New Media Art program at the University of North Texas uses technology as a medium for artistic expression. Course work exposes students to a wide variety of New Media Art practices ranging from time-based to interactive and kinetic art. The New Media Art program is actively involved with UNT's iARTA (Initiative for Advanced Research in Technology and the Arts) research cluster, which provides students unique opportunities to collaborate and take classes with students and faculty from a variety of other colleges and departments such as Engineering, the College of Music and the Department of Radio, Film and Television.
The College of Visual Arts & Design operates facilities in Denton and Dallas. It is one of the largest and most comprehensive visual art programs in the Southwest. With over 2300 undergraduate students and 120 graduate students, the NASAD accredited College offers the BA, BFA, MA, MFA in 15 program areas: art education, art history, ceramics, communication design, drawing and painting, fashion design, fibers, interdisciplinary art and design studies, interior design,
metalsmithing and jewelry, new media art, photography, printmaking,
sculpture and watercolor with a Ph.D. offered in art education.
With over 36,000 students, UNT is located in Denton just north of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area with excellent research and professional opportunities for students and faculty in engineering and the arts. The position will teach all levels of undergraduate New Media Art. Teaching load 3/2.
Minimum Qualifications:
MFA degree in Electronic/New Media Art or related field at time of application and experience teaching at the college level.
Experience in 3D Modeling and 3D Animation or Rapid Prototyping in an
experimental art context is required.
Preferred Qualifications:
Knowledge of historical, critical and theoretical issues in New Media Art. Experience with Interactive Technologies. Teaching experience beyond graduate school preferred.
Position Type: Faculty
Tenure Status: Non-Tenure Track
Appointment Basis: 9 Months
Pay Frequency: Monthly
Closing Date: Open Until Search Closed
Review of Applications Begins: 07-11-2011
Required Applicant Documents:
Curriculum Vita
Cover Letter
List of Names and Contact Information of Three References
Statement of Teaching Philosophy
Special Instructions to Applicants: Please provide your URL website for the search committee to view samples of work.
iARTA ART-TEC SPEAKERS SERIES
Dates:
Thu Feb 03, 2011 20:00 - Thu Mar 24, 2011
Location:
Denton,
Texas
United States of America
United States of America
The Initiative for Advanced Research and Technology in the Arts (iARTA) at the University of North Texas presents the ArtTec Speakers Series —four evenings with leading interdisciplinary artists, curators and scholars. Members of iARTA’s newly formed advisory board will speak in groups of two in these public conversations, moderated by UNT faculty members. The discussions will serve as an informative introduction to the field and delve into some of the ideas redefining artistic practice in light of 21st century challenges and innovations. For information, visit
http://iarta.unt.edu/art-tec.html
**The ArtTec series is free and open to the public.
Rethinking the Exhibition & Curating Communities
8 p.m. Feb. 3 (Thursday)
Recital Hall, Music Building, southeast corner of Avenue C and Chestnut Street.
Moderator: Shane Mecklenburger, assistant professor of new media art at UNT
Steve Dietz: Leading new media curator, director of the biennial 01SJ Global Festival of Art on the Edge and guest editor of Public At Review on the topic of “Public Art 2.0 –Media, Technology and Community in the Interactive City.”
Amanda McDonald Crowley: Executive director of Eyebeam art and technology center in New York City, a cultural worker, curator and facilitator who specializes in creating new media and contemporary art events.
Dancing with Wires
8 p.m. Feb. 17 (Thursday)
Recital Hall, Music Building
Moderator: David Bithell, assistant professor of music at UNT
Norah Zuniga Shaw: Director for dance & technology at the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design at Ohio State University. Recent projects include work William Forsythe on his acclaimed Synchronous Objects.
Paul Kaiser: Artist, writer and member of the OpenEnded Group, an artists’ cooperative whose works span dance, music, installation, film, and public art. Luminary collaborators have included Robert Wilson, Merce Cunningham and Bill T. Jones.
Art and Science Intersect
8 p.m. March 3 (Thursday)
Recital Hall, Music Building
Moderator: David Stout, iARTA professor at UNT
Robert Zwijnenberg: Professor of art history at Universiteit Leiden in The Netherlands; an expert on the intersection of art and science; and a founding director of The Arts and Genomics Centre, which initiates collaborative exchange between international artists and genomics researchers.
Timothy Weaver: Associate professor of eMAD and Digital Media Studies in the School of Art and Art History at the University of Denver; an artist and former life scientist whose application of media technologies explores the restoration of ecological memory.
Sound, Art and Environment
8 p.m. March. 24 (Thursday)
Recital Hall, Music Building
Moderator: David Schwarz, associate professor of music at UNT
David Dunn: Composer and pioneer in the fields of acoustic ecology, bioacoustics, interspecies communication, and scientific sonification. Dunn is visionary figure whose practice suggests a radical rethinking of the role of art and artist.
Paul DeMarinis: Associate Professor of Art at Stanford University and an acclaimed electronic media artist and among the first innovators to use computers in performance. His recent work concerns the overlap between human communication and technology.
http://iarta.unt.edu/art-tec.html
**The ArtTec series is free and open to the public.
Rethinking the Exhibition & Curating Communities
8 p.m. Feb. 3 (Thursday)
Recital Hall, Music Building, southeast corner of Avenue C and Chestnut Street.
Moderator: Shane Mecklenburger, assistant professor of new media art at UNT
Steve Dietz: Leading new media curator, director of the biennial 01SJ Global Festival of Art on the Edge and guest editor of Public At Review on the topic of “Public Art 2.0 –Media, Technology and Community in the Interactive City.”
Amanda McDonald Crowley: Executive director of Eyebeam art and technology center in New York City, a cultural worker, curator and facilitator who specializes in creating new media and contemporary art events.
Dancing with Wires
8 p.m. Feb. 17 (Thursday)
Recital Hall, Music Building
Moderator: David Bithell, assistant professor of music at UNT
Norah Zuniga Shaw: Director for dance & technology at the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design at Ohio State University. Recent projects include work William Forsythe on his acclaimed Synchronous Objects.
Paul Kaiser: Artist, writer and member of the OpenEnded Group, an artists’ cooperative whose works span dance, music, installation, film, and public art. Luminary collaborators have included Robert Wilson, Merce Cunningham and Bill T. Jones.
Art and Science Intersect
8 p.m. March 3 (Thursday)
Recital Hall, Music Building
Moderator: David Stout, iARTA professor at UNT
Robert Zwijnenberg: Professor of art history at Universiteit Leiden in The Netherlands; an expert on the intersection of art and science; and a founding director of The Arts and Genomics Centre, which initiates collaborative exchange between international artists and genomics researchers.
Timothy Weaver: Associate professor of eMAD and Digital Media Studies in the School of Art and Art History at the University of Denver; an artist and former life scientist whose application of media technologies explores the restoration of ecological memory.
Sound, Art and Environment
8 p.m. March. 24 (Thursday)
Recital Hall, Music Building
Moderator: David Schwarz, associate professor of music at UNT
David Dunn: Composer and pioneer in the fields of acoustic ecology, bioacoustics, interspecies communication, and scientific sonification. Dunn is visionary figure whose practice suggests a radical rethinking of the role of art and artist.
Paul DeMarinis: Associate Professor of Art at Stanford University and an acclaimed electronic media artist and among the first innovators to use computers in performance. His recent work concerns the overlap between human communication and technology.
