[NetBehaviour] Fwd: Do you know anyone who might be interested is doing a Phd related to software based art at Kings college London and Tate

[dave miller]

This sounds great - am tempted


On 7 May 2014 09:22, Furtherfield <info at furtherfield.org> wrote:

>  FYI
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> -------- Original Message --------  Subject: Do you know anyone who might
> be interested is doing a Phd related to software based art at Kings college
> London and Tate  Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 19:05:39 +0000  From: Pip
> Laurenson <Pip.Laurenson at tate.org.uk> <Pip.Laurenson at tate.org.uk>  To: '
> info at furtherfield.org' <info at furtherfield.org> <info at furtherfield.org>
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>  Dear Furtherfield
> If you know anyone who might be interested in this opportunity we would
> love to hear from them.
>
> Collaborative Doctorate King's College London and Tate
> *Method, Purpose, Use and Value in the Technical Description and Analysis
> of Software-Based Art *
> Applications are invited to undertake a collaborative doctorate based at
> King’s College London and Tate to investigate two main questions: how are
> software-based artworks to be described and represented for the purposes of
> preservation, understanding and access? What constitutes technical art
> history for software-based artworks?
>
> The dissertation supervisors are Dr Mark Hedges (Department of Digital
> Humanities, King’s College London) and Dr Pip Laurenson (Head of Collection
> Care Research, Tate). The student will join the research teams at King’s
> and Tate engaged in the four year EU-funded research project *PERICLES*<http://pericles-project.eu/> (2013
> – 2017), of which King’s is the coordinator. In the second year the student
> will be based for some of the time within Tate's time-based media
> conservation section in south London.
>
> Candidates may come from a variety of relevant backgrounds, including
> conservation, digital preservation, digital humanities, information
> science, computer science or curatorial practice. Appropriate training will
> be provided by the host institutions, to fill any gaps in the candidate’s
> background knowledge. It is, however, important that candidates have an
> interest in and at least a basic knowledge of digital technologies, as well
> as an interest in contemporary art practice. The deadline for applications
> is *31 May 2014*.
>
> The funding is provided by the Arts and Humanities Research Council for UK
> residents.
>
> For full details please see
>
> *http://www.tate.org.uk/about/our-work/research/research-posts/studentships/tate-kings-software*<http://www.tate.org.uk/about/our-work/research/research-posts/studentships/tate-kings-software>
>
> Or contact Pip Laurenson at pip.laurenson at tate.org.uk
>
> Best wishes
> Pip
>
> Pip Laurenson
> Head of Collection Care Research
> Tate
> Millbank
> London
> SW1P 4RG
> +44(0)207887 8776
> +44(0)7966062962
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> *www.tate.org.uk* <http://www.tate.org.uk/>/conservation
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