Anne@v2.nl

Full-time home (based Amsterdam, frequently on site in London)
Collaborations in unstable media art & technology

: an interdisciplinary research & and development project resulting in models for collaboration amongst artists, engineers and computer scientists.

Anne Nigten is Production Manager of the highly successful V2 Lab in Rotterdam. She will build upon her extensive career in media management and production in this PhD work, drawing out case studies of good and 'less good' practice in the unstable media. Nigten will show that the research value of the collaboration between technical science and artists can be an important addition to existing 'R&D' community effort. Art concepts often imply demands of functionality that may lead to further research, which is different from research aimed at practical and comfort oriented applications of new technologies as we see them in everyday life. Artists tend to research during the realisation of their art projects, discovering new or unknown aspects during their exploration of the technique they plan to use.

This process-oriented way of working is one of the most significant differences compared to the predefined and functionality driven research objectives, as known from scientific research. In the R&D process conceptual choices are of influence on the soft or hardware design and technical innovations bring along new possibilities on a conceptual level. This PhD will explore these trends and seek to reframe them in practice and theory.