ARS JOBS

JOBS @ ARS ELECTRONICA

Ars Electronica Futurelab is hiring artists and researchers

=95      artists /software engineers (openGL,
C++)
=95      artists / hardware engineers (sensors and
programming)
=95      artists / modelers (3D, real time
graphics)
=95      technical planners (software and/or
hardware and CAD)
=95      project managers (software,
exhibition)
=95      designers / architects (exhibits and
media in architecture)

Ars Electronica Futurelab, the R&D division of Ars Electronica
founded in 1996, is an atelier/lab for media art, design, research, and
production. Members of the Ars Electronica Futurelab represent a broad
variety of different disciplines and nationalities, working in such areas
as computer vision, sound analysis, mobile computing, generative
graphics, computer controls, and computer networks.

Ars Electronica is embedded in the activities for Linz, Austria. As the
European Capital of Culture in 2009, a continuously growing, vital
cultural environment is guaranteed both in the city and as the working
environment at the lab.

Ars Electronica Futurelab is hiring 12 to 20 new members to be part of
the creation team of the new exhibits at the Ars Electronica Center as
well as other projects. We are seeking both junior and senior level team
members. Partially academic, partially production oriented, experts share
their knowledge in workshops we call =93LabAcademies,=94 thus we are seekin=
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both experienced teachers and avid students.

Interested persons should prepare to stay for a period of at least 12
months in Linz Austria. There is a possibility for some positions to stay
even longer or become permanent. The languages spoken in the Lab are
English or German.

Ars Electronica will assist foreigners to obtain work permits for
Austria. Contracts may be either for employment (=93freier Dienstvertrag=94=
,
includes insurance packages) or as contractors (=93Werkvertrag=94). Annual
wages vary according to experience but will generally be 23,000-30,000 =80
($36,000-$50,000). Linz is a medium size, picturesque city located on the
Danube, with typical housing costs for a one-bedroom apartment of 400 =80
($550) per month.