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Job Title: <CAC_LAB> Research and Creation Assistant

Vacancy Type: Full time

Working time: Tuesdays to Saturdays

Job Description

Chronus Art Center's Research and Creation Lab (CAC_LAB) needs a reliable assistant to take care of some of the duties and needs required by the laboratory. The ideal candidate will have a “make” profile and should be capable of engaging with activities which imply some basic creative programming, prototyping and fabrication. He/She should be organized and open to the possibility of engaging with simple management tasks and emails as well as taking care of order and organization of the LAB's space, tools and other equipment.

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Responsibilities and Duties

- Since <CAC_LAB> is a space which constantly hosts international artists, scholars and creative technologists, the job candidate should be able to engage in English based conversations. He/She has to be able to read and produce English written text, mainly for tasks involving emails, paperwork and communication in general. Hosting CAC’s Research and Creation Fellows and visiting artists working within the LAB space is the main task in this job.

- Assist the Head of Research and other resident artists with their creative research and/or practice. This requires some times programming assistance, while other times assistance with fabrication, sketching, prototyping, etc.

- Be open to and engaged with the learning environment which is <CAC_LAB>. This means that he/she needs to be constantly in a process of learning the different programming tools commonly used in the LAB by the Artists working there.

- Taking care of the LAB space, keeping it organized and functional at all times.

- Taking care of the tools, equipment and machines in the lab is a mayor responsibility, these include: laser cutter, 3D printer, bend-saw, sanders, press drills, VR equipment, Optitrack motion tracking system, computers, etc.

Required Skills

- English as a second language.

- Know one or more of the main creative programming environments (open Frameworks/ C++, Processing/ Java, HTML, javascript, python, arduino, etc.). It is fine if the job's candidate only knows one of the previously mentioned programming environments as long as he/she is skillful and able to quickly learn other tools.

- Knowledge about computers and operating systems.

- Basic digital fabrication skills is a plus, using laser cutter, 3d printer, etc.

- Basic management skills, communication and problem solving.

For an interview appointment please email:

fito@chronusartcenter.org

For more information about Chronus Art Center:

http://chronusartcenter.org/

About CAC_LAB:

http://lab.chronusartcenter.org/about

<CAC_LAB> is a space dedicated to the inquiry of present-day matters regarding art, design, science, technology and their impact on global contemporary culture and society. Through artistic practice, technological tools and research methodology, we enable creative processes that result in works of art of high production and academic value. <CAC_LAB> is a space of flux which encourages artistic practice as a generator of new knowledge, a territory where art and science converge into a contemporary and experimental field of academic research; free from mainstream cultural thought, technological stress and economical diversions.

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新时线媒体艺术中心（CAC）成立于2013年，系国内首家致力于媒体艺术之展示、研究/创作及学术交流的非营利性艺术机构。通过展览、驻留、奖学金、讲座、工作坊及相关文献的梳理与出版，CAC为媒体艺术在全球语境中的论述、生产及传播开拓了一个多样化且富有活力的平台。CAC以批判地介入不断改变进而重塑当代经验的媒体技术来推动艺术创新及文化认知。

Established in 2013, Chronus Art Center (CAC) is China’s first nonprofit art organization dedicated to the presentation, research / creation and scholarship of media art. CAC with its exhibitions, residency-oriented fellowships, lectures and workshop programs and through its archiving and publishing initiatives, creates a multifaceted and vibrant platform for the discourse, production and dissemination of media art in a global context. CAC is positioned to advance artistic innovation and cultural awareness by critically engaging with media technologies that are transforming and reshaping contemporary experiences.

www.chronusartcenter.org

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