Two positions are available at the Dept of Fine Art at Bergen National Academy of the Arts (KHiB) in Norway: Professor/Associate professor of New Media and Professor/Associate professor of Visual Art. The Academy is looking for two artists with extensive experience in the field of new media and in the field of Visual Art respectively, with ambitions to expand and test the limits of what Media Art and Visual Art can be, with an interest in, and an inquisitive mind towards, other forms of artistic expression and possible linkages.
The Academy offers an interesting and demanding job in a highly active environment, professional challenges and excellent working conditions. This is a unique possibility to combine artistic practice, teaching and R&D with contemplation in spectacular surroundings!
Both vacancies are for a fixed term of six years. Tenure will begin 1 August 2010.
The positions of professor/associate professor of New Media and of Visual Art
Applicants should have extensive practical experience and sound theoretical understanding of the field and its historical development. Work with new media and with visual art is an integrated aspect of the Department’s curriculum. The successful applicant will be expected to supervise students at both the Bachelor and Master’s level and will also need to act as main supervisor for students working within other media or specialisations.
The duties of a professor/associate professor include teaching, supervision, responsibility for teaching schedules, initiation of student projects, development work and research in the subject area, dissemination, organising and adapting these tasks, along with possible management and administrative tasks. In organisational and preparatory work, and in daily tasks, it is important to approach and use the department’s and institution’s overall resources in a flexible manner. As a member of the academic staff, the successful applicant will share responsibility for the daily management of the subject area and take active part in discussions concerning the subject area/department’s identity and programmes.
A portion of the working hours of academic staff at the Bergen National Academy of the Arts is set aside for Research and Development work and for this reason considerable resources are made available for this aspect of the post. The successful applicant will therefore have a special responsibility for artistic development work within their subject area.
Dept of Fine Art
The area that corresponds internationally with Visual Art/Contemporary Art is characterised by a wide spectrum of artistic forms of expression, open conversations and critical discussions. The relationship between theory and practice, development of an adequate conceptual apparatus and balance between production and reflection, takes a central position in all contemporary Fine Art education. As a result the academic staff consists of professors and teachers who are themselves active participants in contemporary art arenas, and this is considered to be a prerequisite of a thriving educational environment within the department. The developmental work and research carried out by the academic staff therefore occupies a central position.
The Department has about 70 student places at the Bachelor’s and Master’s level, in addition to research fellowships.
Bergen National Academy of the Arts (KHiB)
Bergen National Academy of the Arts is one of two national institutions vested with a special responsibility for higher education in the field of Art and Design in Norway. Bergen National Academy of the Arts has 300 students and a staff of 100 and is divided academically into three departments: Dept of Design; Dept of Fine Art; and Dept of Specialised Art.
For further information on the position, don’t hesitate to telephone Dean Paula Crabtree or Rector Nina Malterud on: + 47 55 58 73 00.
Application deadline
Applications must be submitted by 15 January 2010.
Full job description, requirements, application criteria etc are available here: http://www.khib.no/khib_en/content/view/full/84