research opportunities

From: sarah rubidge (sarah@theatr.demon.co.uk)
Date: 09/04/03


POSTGRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES IN ARTS RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CHICHESTER

   
Research Assistant (0.5) (Funding confirmed)

Dr Sarah Rubidge, a pioneer in the integration of performance and 
digital media, is seeking a part-time (0.5) Research Assistant for 
her practical research in interactive installations. The successful 
candidate will be familiar with AppleMac OS, have programming skills 
and/or be highly skilled users of interactive programmes such as Max, 
Director, etc.

For further information please contact The Personnel Officer, 
University College Chichester, College Lane, Chichester, W. Sussex 
PO19 6PE.

Researcher B scale up to £19,279 pa pro rata

Further Information

The School of Visual and Performing Arts at UCC has been actively 
exploring the opportunities offered by a dialogue between performance 
and new technology since 1996. Dr Rubidge's appointment as a Research 
Fellow in 2000 has resulted in advances in that exploration at all 
levels (from undergraduate through to postdoctoral research). SVPA 
runs several modules which actively encourage collaboration across 
artistic disciplines and a dialogue between Performance and 
Technology.. SVPA is developing a specialist public performance 
programme which emphasises work which explores the dialogue between 
performance practices and new technologies. The School has two 
well-equipped theatre spaces, two specialist theatre technicians in 
lighting and music, and makes extensive use of other spaces for 
installation work. A specialist Research Assistant, with skills in 
new technologies and an interest in interactive performance and 
installation work, is needed to enable the SVPA to both advance and 
sustain its current research programmes

The Research Assistant position will entail:
* assisting Dr Rubidge on the development of interactive systems and 
interfaces for large-scale multi-
    user installations
* contributing to undergraduate and postgraduate Performance and 
Technology courses
* assisting undergraduate and postgraduate students on practical 
research projects which use new
    technologies

There will be ample opportunity for the successful candidate to 
develop their own work in the field. Appropriately qualified 
candidates will have the opportunity to undertake postgraduate 
research leading to MPhil/PhD and/or postdoctoral research.

Please apply in writing, enclosing a CV and outlining your experience 
and particular interests in the field, to The Personnel Officer, UCC 
etc,etc

(If you have further queries please contact Dr Sarah Rubidge on 
info@sensedigital.co.uk)


Further Information
The School of Visual and Performing Arts provides undergraduate and 
postgraduate programmes Dance, Fine Art, Music and Performing Arts. 
It has an active research culture which includes programmes of 
regular research presentations by staff, postgraduate students and 
visiting artists and annual research conferences. There is a focus on 
practice based arts research reflected in the recently established MA 
programme in Collaborative Arts which includes MAs in Dance, Fine Art 
and Music. Staff, most of whose research is of national and 
international standing, are actively engaged in work in areas such 
as: performance and new technologies, arts therapies, 
poststructuralism and performance analysis, multi-media theatre and 
surround sound, dance criticism, choreography, dance film making, 
textiles, mixed media, sculpture, digital animation, opera, music 
aesthetics, composition, performance and popular music technology. 
There is an increasing community of research students particularly in 
the dance area working on projects focussing on gender and dance, 
psycho-physical experiences of space and dance, quantum practice and 
contemporary performance theory, cultural identity and dance and 
dance improvisation and phenomenology. Visiting Research fellows are 
the international performance director Johannes Birringer and the 
choreographer and director Lea Anderson. The School is well-networked 
with various national and international arts research organisations 
such as the European League of Institutes of the Arts, the 
International Federation for Theatre Research, the Society of Dance 
History Scholars, the Society of Dance Research and the Music in the 
Psyche Network.

Any queries to Dr. Valerie Briginshaw(, University College 
Chichester, College Lane, Chichester, W. Sussex PO19 6PE. tel: 
01243-816174

Applications invited for Research Studentships in Dance (MPhil/PHD)

full or part-time bursaries available (£6300 pa f/t + tuition fee waiver)
research specialisms include -  poststructuralism and performance analysis
performance and new technologies
choreographic research
dance movement therapy


Further details from: Dr. Valerie Briginshaw(, University College 
Chichester, College Lane, Chichester, W. Sussex PO19 6PE. tel: 
01243-816174 or Dr Sarah Rubidge (sarah@theatr.demon.co.uk)

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Practice based MAs in Dance, Fine Art and Music

full or part-time
flexible           - design your own route: specialise in single art 
forms, collaborative practice, or  
		       balance practice-based and more theoretical work
                        - negotiate your timetable: day time, 
evenings, weekends, intensive summer  
                          laboratories
built-in links with the professional arts world through placements

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