18 Nov 2013

Call for applications: PhD Research Programme in Philosophy of New Media Art at City University of Hong Kong

The School of Creative Media of the City University of Hong Kong is now accepting admissions for the Doctor of Philosophy in Creative Media. Deadline for all uploaded documents December 4th 2013. Applicants are strongly advised to submit draft applications as soon as possible so they can get feedback before final submission.

School of Creative Media (SCM), founded in 1998, is Hong Kong's first institution committed to research across art, computing, technology, animation, music, sociology, and engineering.

Candidates will have advanced knowledge of media art, art history, arts institutions, and curating, or relevant fields of inquiry. They are required to hold a minimum four-year Bachelor's degree with Honours, and a research Master's qualification in a relevant discipline. Candidates should apply with a research project relevant to SCM's research foci and PhD supervisory expertise. Given the very nature of creative media and media art, interdisciplinary projects as well as those with an element of practice-based research are encouraged. Numerous scholarships covering the cost of PhD studies are available at the governmental level as well as at the level of the City University of Hong Kong and are awarded after assessment of the academic merits and artistic potential of the candidates.

Dr. Hector Rodriguez
Dr. Rodriguez is a digital artist, computer programmer, and media theoretician. His artistic trajectory explores the possibilities of using computer vision algorithms to analyze and explore early and classical films.

Rodriguez has also written in the fields of game studies, film/philosophy, and media art. He has conducted extensive research on the philosophy of Wittgenstein, and is especially interested in the relationship between Wittgenstein's work and the concept of a rule in games and software.

Rodriguez's recent work Gestus: Judex was awarded a Jury Selection at the Japan Media Art Festival and an Outstanding Award at the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Awards. His animation Res Extensa received the award for best digital work in the Hong Kong Art Biennial 2003 and has been shown in India, China, Germany, and Spain. His work has also been shown in Poland, London, New York, Paris, Kassel, Berlin, Seattle, etc. His essays about film theory/history and digital art has been published in Screen, Cinema Journal, and Game Studies, and he has participated in various art and technology conferences. Rodriguez was Artistic Director of the Microwave International Media Art Festival, where he has taught workshops on Java programming and organized an exhibition on art and games. He is currently a member of the Writing Machine Collective.

Areas of supervision
Computational cinema and the philosophy of new media art.

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For details on other research fields: www.scm.cityu.edu.hk/programmes/postgraduate/research-degrees/