Nita's work explores the relationships between intellect, emotion, natural phenomena, and emerging technologies. She has presented her work at Boston Museum of Science, MIT's Media Lab, Cambridge River Arts Festival, Tufts University, Mills College, Harvard University, in Wales, Beijing, and Milan, as well as online. She is included in Stephen Wilson's book, Information Arts (MIT Press, 2001). Nita has been a member of the Nature and Inquiry artist group since 1991. With this group, she directed the award-winning Invisible Ideas - a GPS-enabled audience participation event premiering at the Boston Cyberarts Festival 2003. Recent work includes an interactive installation with Jane Marsching, Weight of God; a podcast about guilt, Stations of a Commute; and gift performance about hormones and womenhood, Pietre Preziose. Nita is currently a Professor in the Studio for Interrelated Media at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She earned her MFA from Tufts University/SMFA and a M.Ed. from Harvard Graduate School of Education. She lives in Lexington, MA, with her husband, two daughters, and one guinea pig.
BIO
Contemporary Media Artist, Tenure Track
Deadline:
Thu Dec 01, 2011 21:50
Location:
Boston,
Massachusetts
United States of America
United States of America
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Studio For Interrelated Media (SIM) Department
Contemporary Media Artist, Tenure Track
Union: Faculty / Librarian
Job Description / Statement of Duties:
The Studio for Interrelated Media (SIM) Department is seeking a highly motivated Contemporary Media Artist for a full-time, tenure track position beginning Fall, 2012. SIM is a multimedia program with a strong emphasis on critique, conceptual foundations, student volition, and individualized advising. Students work in all media, with a concentration on interdisciplinary practice and innovative technologies. Please visit http://sim.massart.edu for more information about the department.
This position is part of a highly collaborative, innovative and flexible team of faculty that shares long-term department and facilities planning, student advising and interdisciplinary curricular design. The position includes teaching responsibilities in a team-taught Major Studio class comprised of weekly student-run presentations and productions where students select, schedule and technically support their colleagues' presentations in all media.
This position includes teaching elective courses already in circulation as well as other courses to be proposed based on the candidate's expertise. Additional duties include individualized advising, review boards, and long-term interdisciplinary curricular design and planning.
This position is accountable for ensuring that affirmative action, equal opportunity and diversity are integrally tied to all actions and decisions for which they are responsible and which fall within the scope of the Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/Diversity Plan. Position includes administrative and departmental responsibilities.
Established in 1873, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) was the first and remains the only freestanding public college of art and design in the US. The college is nationally known for offering broad access to a quality professional arts education, accompanied by a strong general education in the liberal arts. A major cultural force in Boston, MassArt offers public programs of innovative exhibitions, lectures and events.
Review of applications will begin December 1, 2011. Position will remain open until filled. Applicants are required to submit cover letter, CV, URLs if available, and statement of teaching philosophy to : https://careers.massart.edu
DO NOT SEND PORTFOLIO MATERIALS OR RECOMMENDATIONS UNLESS REQUESTED BY THE SEARCH COMMITTEE.
Required Minimum Qualifications: A candidate should have at least 3 years of teaching experience in interdisciplinary artistic practice, not including teaching assistant positions. The candidate should possess a demonstrated commitment towards shared leadership, collegiality, interactive teaching, and advising a diverse student body. In addition, the candidate should have a strong portfolio and professional practice with a solid conceptual base. He/she should have multi-disciplinary knowledge (including some combination of the following - interactive media, light art, video, sound, live performance, installation, conceptual practice). Candidates should have a passionate interest in evolving a contemporary experimental/interdisciplinary arts program in a team-taught collaborative environment. MFA or equivalent degree is required.
Preferred Qualifications Expertise with web-based applications, computer programming, and live performance technologies is a plus.
Job Close Date: Open Until Filled
Special Instructions to Applicants Applicants are required to submit cover letter, CV, URLs, and statement of teaching philosophy.
Requisition Number: 0100186
Eligible Applicants: All (Internal and External)
Pay Basis: based on experience
Job Type: Full-time
Studio For Interrelated Media (SIM) Department
Contemporary Media Artist, Tenure Track
Union: Faculty / Librarian
Job Description / Statement of Duties:
The Studio for Interrelated Media (SIM) Department is seeking a highly motivated Contemporary Media Artist for a full-time, tenure track position beginning Fall, 2012. SIM is a multimedia program with a strong emphasis on critique, conceptual foundations, student volition, and individualized advising. Students work in all media, with a concentration on interdisciplinary practice and innovative technologies. Please visit http://sim.massart.edu for more information about the department.
This position is part of a highly collaborative, innovative and flexible team of faculty that shares long-term department and facilities planning, student advising and interdisciplinary curricular design. The position includes teaching responsibilities in a team-taught Major Studio class comprised of weekly student-run presentations and productions where students select, schedule and technically support their colleagues' presentations in all media.
This position includes teaching elective courses already in circulation as well as other courses to be proposed based on the candidate's expertise. Additional duties include individualized advising, review boards, and long-term interdisciplinary curricular design and planning.
This position is accountable for ensuring that affirmative action, equal opportunity and diversity are integrally tied to all actions and decisions for which they are responsible and which fall within the scope of the Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/Diversity Plan. Position includes administrative and departmental responsibilities.
Established in 1873, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) was the first and remains the only freestanding public college of art and design in the US. The college is nationally known for offering broad access to a quality professional arts education, accompanied by a strong general education in the liberal arts. A major cultural force in Boston, MassArt offers public programs of innovative exhibitions, lectures and events.
Review of applications will begin December 1, 2011. Position will remain open until filled. Applicants are required to submit cover letter, CV, URLs if available, and statement of teaching philosophy to : https://careers.massart.edu
DO NOT SEND PORTFOLIO MATERIALS OR RECOMMENDATIONS UNLESS REQUESTED BY THE SEARCH COMMITTEE.
Required Minimum Qualifications: A candidate should have at least 3 years of teaching experience in interdisciplinary artistic practice, not including teaching assistant positions. The candidate should possess a demonstrated commitment towards shared leadership, collegiality, interactive teaching, and advising a diverse student body. In addition, the candidate should have a strong portfolio and professional practice with a solid conceptual base. He/she should have multi-disciplinary knowledge (including some combination of the following - interactive media, light art, video, sound, live performance, installation, conceptual practice). Candidates should have a passionate interest in evolving a contemporary experimental/interdisciplinary arts program in a team-taught collaborative environment. MFA or equivalent degree is required.
Preferred Qualifications Expertise with web-based applications, computer programming, and live performance technologies is a plus.
Job Close Date: Open Until Filled
Special Instructions to Applicants Applicants are required to submit cover letter, CV, URLs, and statement of teaching philosophy.
Requisition Number: 0100186
Eligible Applicants: All (Internal and External)
Pay Basis: based on experience
Job Type: Full-time
Studio Manager, Studio for Interrelated Media Department
Deadline:
Mon Mar 15, 2010 14:21
The Studio for Interrelated Media Department at Massachusetts College of Art and Design (SIM) is a studio art program which explores a wide range of technologies. The artists in SIM combine the study of many mediums by pursuing the representation of their ideas with the most appropriate media for each idea. This process often results in the extending, reshaping, and breaking of boundaries. SIM is project and concept-centered and depends on the exchange of experience, knowledge and curiosities of a diverse community of students and faculty.
The SIM studio manager, in coordination with the SIM digital studio manager, supervises the daily operations of the SIM Department, manages the SIM equipment cage, provides technical support and training for faculty and students, and instructs faculty, students and staff on analog and digital video and audio. He/she manages the Pozen Center, which serves as the main studio for SIM.
Space Use:
* Schedules the use of all SIM Department spaces.
* Organizes support technologies and staffing for SIM public spaces, including Pozen Center.
* Coordinates use of the Pozen Center by SIM students and MassArt offices and departments. Coordinates (with Director of Events Planning) requests for rental of Pozen by external groups, and facilitates staffing and equipment use.
* Enforces Pozen use guidelines for all groups.
Equipment Use and Training
* Oversees the scheduling, use, and tracking of all department equipment.
* Develops and maintains scheduling procedures for equipment and studio use (this includes implementing the transition to a digital check-in/out system).
* Maintains SIM Department equipment inventory.
* Coordinates routine maintenance on all SIM equipment.
* Develops written materials for systems and operations.
* Troubleshoots all SIM Department technical systems, in coordination with SIM digital studio manger.
* Develops and maintains repair service and vendor list.
* Maintains inventory of parts and supplies.
* Instructs SIM faculty and support staff on proper utilization of video/audio and theatrical equipment (workshops, one on one, classroom demonstrations, etc.).
* Provides technical support to students and faculty, as necessary.
* Interprets documents such as equipment operating manuals, specifications, layouts, etc.
Curriculum and Departmental Policies
* Consults with SIM faculty about curriculum, technical training objectives and methods used in the classroom.
* Stays current with evolving technologies, and, with SIM digital studio manager, advises faculty and administration on technology planning and purchases.
* Develops and enforces SIM Department policies with department chair.
Budget, Record-keeping and Staff Supervision
* Manages budget, in coordination with digital studio manager and SIM Department chair.
* Supervises student workers.
* Oversees SIM Department archives.
* Ensures that affirmative action, equal opportunity and diversity are integrally tied to all actions and decisions for which studio managers are responsible, and which fall within the scope of the college's Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/Diversity Plan.
Carries out other duties as assigned.
Required Minimum Qualifications:
* Bachelors degree plus two to five years experience in a professional or academic position.
* Experience with experimental or innovative applications of theater technology
* Experience with digital technology
* Experience with live and recorded audio and video.
* Instructional experience
* Capable of working in professional theater space; must be able to lift and move 50 lbs., to crawl into low spaces, and to work on lift 30 feet high.
* Must be able to work flexible hours.
* Good communication skills and ability to work in collaborative setting.
Preferred Qualifications
* Experience as an event producer.
* Skill in electronics repair.
* Experience with database systems.
Special Instructions to Applicants Open until filled.
Requisition Number: 0100117
Eligible Applicants: All (Internal and External)
Job Type: Full-time
Apply Online Only at http://bit.ly/bFLgTD
The SIM studio manager, in coordination with the SIM digital studio manager, supervises the daily operations of the SIM Department, manages the SIM equipment cage, provides technical support and training for faculty and students, and instructs faculty, students and staff on analog and digital video and audio. He/she manages the Pozen Center, which serves as the main studio for SIM.
Space Use:
* Schedules the use of all SIM Department spaces.
* Organizes support technologies and staffing for SIM public spaces, including Pozen Center.
* Coordinates use of the Pozen Center by SIM students and MassArt offices and departments. Coordinates (with Director of Events Planning) requests for rental of Pozen by external groups, and facilitates staffing and equipment use.
* Enforces Pozen use guidelines for all groups.
Equipment Use and Training
* Oversees the scheduling, use, and tracking of all department equipment.
* Develops and maintains scheduling procedures for equipment and studio use (this includes implementing the transition to a digital check-in/out system).
* Maintains SIM Department equipment inventory.
* Coordinates routine maintenance on all SIM equipment.
* Develops written materials for systems and operations.
* Troubleshoots all SIM Department technical systems, in coordination with SIM digital studio manger.
* Develops and maintains repair service and vendor list.
* Maintains inventory of parts and supplies.
* Instructs SIM faculty and support staff on proper utilization of video/audio and theatrical equipment (workshops, one on one, classroom demonstrations, etc.).
* Provides technical support to students and faculty, as necessary.
* Interprets documents such as equipment operating manuals, specifications, layouts, etc.
Curriculum and Departmental Policies
* Consults with SIM faculty about curriculum, technical training objectives and methods used in the classroom.
* Stays current with evolving technologies, and, with SIM digital studio manager, advises faculty and administration on technology planning and purchases.
* Develops and enforces SIM Department policies with department chair.
Budget, Record-keeping and Staff Supervision
* Manages budget, in coordination with digital studio manager and SIM Department chair.
* Supervises student workers.
* Oversees SIM Department archives.
* Ensures that affirmative action, equal opportunity and diversity are integrally tied to all actions and decisions for which studio managers are responsible, and which fall within the scope of the college's Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/Diversity Plan.
Carries out other duties as assigned.
Required Minimum Qualifications:
* Bachelors degree plus two to five years experience in a professional or academic position.
* Experience with experimental or innovative applications of theater technology
* Experience with digital technology
* Experience with live and recorded audio and video.
* Instructional experience
* Capable of working in professional theater space; must be able to lift and move 50 lbs., to crawl into low spaces, and to work on lift 30 feet high.
* Must be able to work flexible hours.
* Good communication skills and ability to work in collaborative setting.
Preferred Qualifications
* Experience as an event producer.
* Skill in electronics repair.
* Experience with database systems.
Special Instructions to Applicants Open until filled.
Requisition Number: 0100117
Eligible Applicants: All (Internal and External)
Job Type: Full-time
Apply Online Only at http://bit.ly/bFLgTD
GPS-enabled Artwalk in Boston
Dates:
Mon Apr 28, 2003 00:00 - Sun Apr 27, 2003
'Invisible Ideas' premieres in Boston,
part of Boston Cyberarts Festival 2003
http://www.invisibleideas.org
You are invited to walk through Boston's oldest park and encounter ideas in the air. 'Invisible Ideas' links words, sounds, and images to locations on Commonwealth Avenue, the Public Garden, and the Boston Common. Discover this landscape of ideas using GPS-enabled handheld computers available at the Copley Society of art (CoSo),158 Newbury Street, Boston. A visual tracing of your walk will be displayed at the CoSo gallery.
April 10-May 10
Tues-Sat 10:30-5:30, Sun April 26 and May 4, 1-5
Copley Society of art(CoSo), 158 Newbury St, Boston
Admission is free, Borrower agreement required to sign out equipment.
Walk is wheelchair accessible
For more info email info@artscience.org
'Invisible Ideas
part of Boston Cyberarts Festival 2003
http://www.invisibleideas.org
You are invited to walk through Boston's oldest park and encounter ideas in the air. 'Invisible Ideas' links words, sounds, and images to locations on Commonwealth Avenue, the Public Garden, and the Boston Common. Discover this landscape of ideas using GPS-enabled handheld computers available at the Copley Society of art (CoSo),158 Newbury Street, Boston. A visual tracing of your walk will be displayed at the CoSo gallery.
April 10-May 10
Tues-Sat 10:30-5:30, Sun April 26 and May 4, 1-5
Copley Society of art(CoSo), 158 Newbury St, Boston
Admission is free, Borrower agreement required to sign out equipment.
Walk is wheelchair accessible
For more info email info@artscience.org
'Invisible Ideas
GPS-enabled Artwalk
Dates:
Mon Apr 28, 2003 00:00 - Sun Apr 27, 2003
'Invisible Ideas' premieres in Boston,
part of Boston Cyberarts Festival 2003
http://www.invisibleideas.org
You are invited to walk through Boston's oldest park and encounter ideas in the air. 'Invisible Ideas' links words, sounds, and images to locations on Commonwealth Avenue, the Public Garden, and the Boston Common. Discover this landscape of ideas using GPS-enabled handheld computers available at the Copley Society of art (CoSo),158 Newbury Street, Boston. A visual tracing of your walk will be displayed at the CoSo gallery.
April 10-May 10
Tues-Sat 10:30-5:30, Sun April 26 and May 4, 1-5
Copley Society of art(CoSo), 158 Newbury St, Boston
Admission is free, Borrower agreement required to sign out equipment.
Walk is wheelchair accessible
For more info email info@artscience.org
'Invisible Ideas
part of Boston Cyberarts Festival 2003
http://www.invisibleideas.org
You are invited to walk through Boston's oldest park and encounter ideas in the air. 'Invisible Ideas' links words, sounds, and images to locations on Commonwealth Avenue, the Public Garden, and the Boston Common. Discover this landscape of ideas using GPS-enabled handheld computers available at the Copley Society of art (CoSo),158 Newbury Street, Boston. A visual tracing of your walk will be displayed at the CoSo gallery.
April 10-May 10
Tues-Sat 10:30-5:30, Sun April 26 and May 4, 1-5
Copley Society of art(CoSo), 158 Newbury St, Boston
Admission is free, Borrower agreement required to sign out equipment.
Walk is wheelchair accessible
For more info email info@artscience.org
'Invisible Ideas
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massartsci.org | Art and Science Immersive Media @ MassArt – watch us think.
I’m pleased to announce the new course Art and Science Immersive Media at MassArt. We are super excited to be working towards a multi-media event at the Boston Museum of Science’s Hayden Planetarium in June. The course is deeply inspired by Nature Science and Art – co-taught for many years by John Holland and Donald Burgy.
Please check out our class blog - massartsci.org | Art and Science Immersive Media @ MassArt – watch us think..
Talk at the Museum of Science – Our Internal Landscapes
Our Internal Landscapes
Friday, September 28: 7:00 p.m.
Albert-László Barabási, PhD, professor and director of the Center for Complex Network Research at Northeastern University; Sebastian Seung, PhD, professor of computational neuroscience at MIT and scientific director and founder of WiredDifferently; Tiffany Shlain, filmmaker, artist, founder of the Webby Awards, co-founder of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences; Jack P. Shonkoff, MD, Julius B. Richmond FAMRI Professor of Child Health and Development; director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
What makes each of us the unique person that we are? Does DNA determine our destiny? In the era of genome projects and brain scans, it’s undeniable that physiological processes shape us. But where do personality, memory, and emotion reside—in the gray matter of our brains? Join us for a mind-expanding inquiry into extraordinary aspects of human biology and the profound influence of environment, experience, and culture.
Admission is free thanks to the generosity of the Lowell Institute.
Sponsored by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.
More about this season of Adult Offerings at the Museum of Science:
Modern science has demonstrated remarkable and unlikely connections between seemingly disparate phenomena and ideas. The notion that everything is connected—found in ancient manuscripts and the most cutting-edge science—is intuitive and yet utterly mindbending. Join us in connecting the dots—between food, art, human behavior, and the sciences.
We are constantly adding to our seasonal lineup of special guest lectures, panel discussions, podcasts, social event, and more. To stay in touch with the latest Museum Happenings, visit mos.org/events.
National Academy of Sciences: DC Art and Science Evening Rendezvous DASER
National Academy of Sciences: DC Art and Science Evening Rendezvous DASER.
Must attend one of these one day. Here is info about the next one:
Join Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences (CPNAS) at the D.C. Art and Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER), a monthly discussion forum on art and science projects in the national capital region and beyond. DASERs provide a snapshot of the cultural environment of the region and foster interdisciplinary networking. This month, the discussion’s theme is Brain Science and the Cyborg: Fact, History, and Possibilities. This series is organized in collaboration with Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology. This event is organized in collaboration with The Science & Entertainment Exchange, a program of the National Academy of Sciences.
Program
5:30 to 6:00 p.m.Check in
6:00 to 6:10 p.m.Welcoming remarks and community sharing time. Anyone in the audience currently working within the
intersections of art and science will have 30seconds to share their work. Please present yourwork as a teaser so that those who are interestedcan seek you out during social time followingthe event.
6:10 to 7:10 p.m.Panelists’ presentations (15 minutes each)
Gary Carrion-Murayari, co-curator of Ghosts in the Machine, New Museum, NYC
James Giordano, neuroscientist and neuroethicist,
Director, Center for Neurotechnology Studies,
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Arlington, VA
Monica Lopez-Gonzalez, musician, photographer, postdoc fellow, Johns Hopkins University and adjunct faculty, Visual Cognitive Neuroscience,
Maryland Institute College of Art, Information Visualization, Baltimore
Jonathan Peck, futurist and director, Institute for Alternative Futures, Alexandria, VA
7:10 to 7:45 p.m. Discussion
7:45 to 8:30 p.m. Reception
The Big Question: What are the most interesting art and science ideas today? Wired UK
The Big Question: What are the most interesting art and science ideas today? Wired UK.
interesting questions all but i think it’s far simpler than any of these, and also the oldest question around. How can humans of different religions, races, economic access, intelligence, and ability live together in peace on a planet with limited resources? That’s what i want to know. It is essentially a topic of art and science. We need both to answer the question.
Living Light: The Art & Science of Bioluminescence @ Harvard Museum of Natural History
Living Light: The Art & Science of Bioluminescence
An evening of ideas and performance at Harvard University to highlight the beauty and importance of bioluminescence, and address the critical need for ocean conservation
Tuesday, July 31, 6:00 pm
Featuring:
Sylvia Earle, Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic; J. Woodland “Woody” Hastings, Paul C. Mangelsdorf, Professor of Natural Sciences, Harvard University; Aqua Borealis, a performance by Kristin McArdle Dance Company
Presentations:
Science: Prof. J. Woodland Hastings, a pioneer researcher in the world of bioluminescence and circadian biology, looks at how marine organisms like dinoflagellates, jellies, and bacteria produce biological light.
Art: KMD performs Aqua Borealis, a dance of traveling biolumes, rainbowed sculpture and liquid-light, inspired by deep-sea exploration and marine organisms that use light and movement to communicate in the ocean.
Passion: Dr. Sylvia Earle has led more than 60 ocean expeditions worldwide culminating in over 7,000 hours underwater. Named by Time Magazine as the first “Hero for the Planet,” she received a TED award in 2009 and launched the Mission Blue Foundation, which aims to establish marine protected areas around the globe.
Location:
Harvard Science Center, Hall B, One Oxford Street, Cambridge MA
Free and open to the public ($5 – $10 suggested donation). Seating is general admission on a first-arrival basis. Free event parking is available at the 52 Oxford Street Parking Garage.
Living Light: The Art & Science of Bioluminescence is cosponsored by Harvard Summer School, The Friends of the Farlow, Harvard Museum of Natural History, Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, Pleiades Network, and W2O.
July 31, Living Light: The Art & Science of Bioluminescence, with Sylvia Earle, Woody Hastings, and Aqua Borealis, a performance by Kristin McArdle Dance Company
Lectures + special events - Harvard Museum of Natural History.
Interspecies Invitational Installation | Harvard Arts First Festival 2012
Interspecies Invitational Installation | Harvard Arts First Festival 2012.
A very Harvardy Art and Science installation….
Science & The Arts at CUNY Graduate Center
Science & The Arts at CUNY Graduate Center.
Science & the Arts presents programs in theatre, art, music, dance and film that bridge the worlds of art and science. Since 2001 we have presented public events ranging from conferences and concerts to science demonstrations on the streets of New York.
All events are held at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York unless otherwise noted.
Lynn Margulis dies at 73
Lynn Margulis, one of our greatest biologists and evolutionary theorists, died this week in Amherst at the age of 73.
Everyone at Nature and Inquiry has been influenced by her profound ideas, especially her research involved with microbiology and symbiosis.
She has been an inspiration and will be greatly missed.
Quantum Wave Theory – A Model of Unity in Nature
“Energy is space in motion. Space is energy at rest.”
All things in the universe generate patterns of energy resulting from their motion.
Quantum Wave Theory is a model of nature that grew in response to several questions: What, exactly, is gravity? How are charge and gravity related? What gives rise to the fundamental unit of energy? And especially, what is space?
Our attempt to answer these questions evolved into conversations that continued for more than a decade. Quantum Wave Theory is an artwork, a prose poem, that is the result of that collaboration. The theory attempts to unify energy, mass and force as manifestations of a single entity. We refer to that entity as space.
Amy Robinson and John Holland
View: Quantum Wave Theory
