Live Art Forms Performative Practices Master’s Program at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg is calling for applications for an open position as a support technologist in our TECHNE Module.

As a recently developed master's program, Live Art Forms aims to teach a contemporary understanding of performance art, not as a discipline between the visual and performing arts. Instead, we speak of it in terms of an undiscipline — a plurality of performative and aesthetic practices situated in a multiplicity of public spaces, on digital platforms and networked infrastructures, rooted in and spawning from the social and physical body. The Module TECHNE focuses on the use of contemporary technologies, audio, and video media that support and host performative practices. It situates the artists’ live work in mixed and virtual realities, on a multiplicity of devices, as well as digital platforms.

To support the faculty in teaching, and the students in their work with performative technologies, as well as for interfacing with (digital) facilities on campus, we are searching for an artist with a strong multidisciplinary practice and an interest and commitment to public education to join our team.

For teaching and co-developing the TECHNE module, we expect a broad set of technical knowledges and skills in the current artistic landscape, ranging from system admin in various computer operating systems, a very good understanding of digital audio, and video production, (multichannel) sound and video systems and a basic understanding of light and stage technology. Skills in 3D development and production are a plus, as well as an interest in researching emerging (performance) tech such as blockchains and neural networks. Rather than deep skill levels and specific knowledge of certain tech, we encourage artists with a polytechnical understanding of current creative practice to apply.

As a young program with an international faculty and a diverse student body, we expect fluency in German and English, strong communication skills and a highly organised work method. More important than a longer experience with teaching at an art academy is an unconventional and dynamic approach to learning and self-organised acquisition of a multiplicity of knowledges, as we are searching for a person who can support a broad and undisciplined mindset in technological making in a wide variety of fields.

We expect the support technologist to be on campus in Nuremberg during the semester on a regular basis and therefore prioritise applications from the metropolitan region. The position will be issued as a teaching contract with 9 SWS, initially for a duration of maximum 2 years. Payment is subject to negotiation and dependent on skill levels and experience.

Please send your documents, including a CV, a portfolio and contact information of a reference to our coordinator Tamara Antonijević (antonijevic@adbk-nuernberg.de) by November 26th, 2024.