Call for Interns
Yael Kanarek’s studio is seeking 2-3 interns for the Spring semester. The studio is in west SoHo, safe, 24 hours access and doorman. Subways 1 and A/C/E. High energy environment. Interns will focus on particular project and enjoy exposure to all activities in the studio.
About
Yael Kanarek has developed a unique vocabulary of networked interfaces using photography, text, sculpture, and performance. For the past decade she has integrated a range of media into a visual system with epic proportions titled World of Awe (worldofawe.net). Grounded with an original narrative that expands the ancient genre of a traveler’s tale, Kanarek’s World of Awe explores connections between storytelling, travel, memory, and technology. In recent years, she has been focusing on properties of languages, mainly geopolitical and spiritual to learn connectedness and separateness among people.
Kanarek has been recognized internationally with a Rockefeller New Media fellowship, the Netizens Webprize, and the CNRS/UNESCO Lewis Carroll Prix Argos in France. Selected for the 2002 Whitney Biennial, she has received grants from the Jerome Foundation Media Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, and commissions from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Turbulence.org, and The Alternative Museum. Kanarek has also held residencies at Eyebeam and Harvestworks. Her work has been written about in The New York Times, Tema Celeste, ARTnews, and Flash Art Italy to name a few. In 2000, Kanarek founded Upgrade!, an international network of artists and curators, now preparing for the fourth international festival in Sao Paulo.
Job Descriptions:
3D designer. Design a bling: You have a strong design sense, with a feeling and curiosity for blings. Good object construction, understand typography, material design (gold and diamonds), and lighting design. Prepare files for inkjet prints, Quicktimes and optimizing models for wax prototypes. Second project is building a wall of pins. Lighting and preparation for print with a sensitivity for drawing. You are consistent, enthusiastic, good at materializing conceptual ideas. You work on your own computer at the studio.
Duration: Internships are from late January through mid april.
Pay: School credit and letter of recommendation.
Hours: TBD according to need and school criteria.
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Sculptor-artist. Cast me words: Create molds in acrylic and cast silicone words in many languages. Test material and bond of silicone with types of glues. Words and language research, test mold for salt casts. Interact with the galleries and optimize production. You are good with your hands, work clean, efficient and enjoy figuring out the best way to do anything.
Duration: Internships are from late January through mid april.
Pay: School credit and letter of recommendation.
Hours: TBD according to need and school criteria.
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Studio Assistant. Organize and develop databases for artwork inventory. Interact with galleries. Research content and business contacts. Set up studio visits and establish studio operation. Help establish a second production facility in Israel. Work on Upgrade! International related project connecting with media artists and curators around the world. This is a great opportunity if you enjoy setting up administrative structure and overlooking production within the art and new media art.
Duration: Internships are from late January through mid april.
Pay: School credit and letter of recommendation.
Hours: TBD according to need and school criteria.
To set up an appointment contact: yael@treasurecrumbs.com
