RMIT University School of Art and the Arts at CERN program at the European Organization for Nuclear Research have announced a PhD curatorial research program and scholarship in trans-disciplinary curatorial practice. This features a full research tuition fee scholarship for 3 years (with possible extension to 3.5 years) with a stipend valued at a minimum of AUD $31,000 per year. To be considered for this PhD program and scholarship you must be an Australian citizen, and prepared to relocate to Geneva, Switzerland from April 2019 for 6 months.
Curating art and physics
The PhD program is run by RMIT University School of Art, a leader in cross-disciplinary curatorial research and practices, and Arts at CERN, the leading art and science programme promoting dialogue between artists and physicists. Candidates will be based at RMIT Melbourne, with a period of 6–9 months working with Arts at CERN – the laboratory’s arts programme in Geneva, Switzerland. This will be comprised of 6 months in 2019, and follow-up visits to CERN and RMIT Europe in Barcelona during the program. The PhD will be co-supervised between RMIT and CERN and will provide access to CERN laboratories. At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. They use the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments to study the basic constituents of matter – purpose-built particle accelerators and detectors, including the Large Hadron Collider. The process gives the physicists clues about how the particles interact and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature.
The unique and challenging nature of this program lies in undertaking practical and academic curatorial research at the leading edge of global scientific research. Candidates will be working with both artists and scientists at CERN. The Arts at CERN program will provide unique curatorial expertise, especially in the area of cross-disciplinary research and art practise within scientific frameworks and fundamental research environments. This is a most unique and challenging program and will require a candidate with prior experience in curatorial practices ideally in the field of art and science collaboration.
Applications close 10 December 2018.
For further information, please visit http://www1.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=2o8nis52x7hq1.
Contacts: Dr Chris Henschke chris.henschke@rmit.edu.au
Professor Daniel Palmer daniel.palmer@rmit.edu.au