Here's a job going in Manchester UK that's relevant to all this.
Cornerhouse has an exciting vision for the future. We are adopting
open source working practices to create and deliver an integrated,
innovative and risk taking programme. We are now looking for creative,
open, flexible and energised people to join our exceptional team.
PROGRAMME DIRECTOR (Deputy CEO)
To lead the creation and delivery of our new integrated programme
Salary £38,000
Deadline: Monday 30 June
http://www.cornerhouse.org/jobs/
I look forward to seeing the results.
regards Simon
On 19 Jun 2008, at 15:43, Sarah Cook wrote:
> On 19 Jun 2008, at 09:47, Steve Lambert wrote:
>
>>> I think we've strayed a bit. Sorry. Let's get back to "Open
>>> Source, Residencies and the Lab Model"
>
>
> Thanks Steve for the prompt to get back to the topic at hand. I've
> especially enjoyed reading the notes from artists about how their
> collaborative projects have come into being, in and out of lab
> environments. I'm particularly keen to return this to a discussion
> which is relevant to curators, and producers, about how to work with
> artists in these murky waters (open source / public domain / ip).
>
> Of the questions asked at the beginning of the month, the last one
> has gone a little unnoticed:
> * What can be learned from the model of artist-curator residencies
> within labs, where participants are expected to collaborate?
>
> I know lots of curators on this list who have run residencies, run
> residencies in and out of labs, and sought to run residencies using
> open source software.
> and I know understandings of this vary enormously between Europe and
> North America (at least) - as this list has artists who have worked
> in both contexts, perhaps they can comment on their experiences? The
> curators can also comment on the problems they've run in to or the
> things that have worked particularly well. For instance, what's the
> 'trackback' to the lab (such as Eyebeam) of collaborative projects
> which are released into the public domain? (like http://eyebeam.org/project/bright-idea-shade
> and www.add-art.com ... if the shade ends up being produced by
> Wallmart, will it matter if people know it started at Eyebeam or
> not? Add-art, which is a platform for artists and curators to put
> images of art into the public domain in some senses, was not only
> produced in the OpenLab but was also supported by a Rhizome
> commission - I think it is important to ensure how credits get
> negotiated, but works do take on a life of their own.)
> With Interactivos? coming up at Eyebeam, and other galleries
> increasingly launching 'virtual' or online residencies, what happens
> to the role of the curator, what happens when the artist takes on
> the role of producer/organiser and what happens when the project
> hits the outside world?
> Thoughts?
> sarah
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