#002: Now Hiring – Creative Researchers

admin — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:05:48 +0000

OFFICE FOR CREATIVE RESEARCH TITLE: Now Hiring – Creative Researchers DATE: March 25, 2013 AUTHOR(S): Thorp, J. MEMORANDUM FOR FILE We are looking to hire two Creative Researchers to join the team at OCR. These positions are open immediately. They are contract, full-time, with a good chance to move to full-time permanent. Immediate work will be on two large scale publicly-sited data projects. The first has 3 million data points, 40 foot tall projections, and close collaboration with a world-class statistician. The second is a data investigation of the history of computing, will combine text, images and statistics, and will live on two 300sqft video walls. YOU HAVE: - Proven skills in Processing, along with oF, Cinder, WebGL, or some combination of the above - Data processing & visualization abilities (NLP, Mongo, Python, R are all desired bonuses). - A deep interest in exploring the boundaries between data, art & culture WE HAVE: - A diverse set of truly fascinating projects ranging from pure R&D to gallery installations to editorials for major publications - A unique, research-focused approach to data-related problems - A studio on Bowery St. in Manhattan - An inclusive, friendly, open work environment - That new company smell We are looking to fill these positions immediately. Send an e-mail to jobs@o-c-r.org telling us why you might be the right person for the job. (For these positions we are looking for people that are NYC-based, or who can re-locate right away.) ———- END MEMORANDUM ———-

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#001: Introducing The Office for Creative Research

admin — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:43:27 +0000

OFFICE FOR CREATIVE RESEARCH TITLE: Introducing OCR DATE: January 1, 2013 AUTHOR(S): Rubin, B., Thorp, J. and Hansen, M. MEMORANDUM FOR FILE 1. Introduction The Office for Creative Research (OCR) will officially solicit clients as of today, January 1, 2013. Over the last decade, we, the three principals, have each had active careers exploring the expressive possibilities of algorithms, code and data, with work realized in print and site-specific installations. Through OCR, we will continue our individual work and also expand our collective practice, learning from each other as well as from new client-focused research projects. 2. Scope OCR design products are the output of a research process that engages the client as a collaborator. A project’s scope might include: * Protocols (human or machine) for collecting or repurposing data, * Tools (software and/or hardware) for gathering, organizing, interpreting, and computing with data, and * Presentation techniques for visualizing and interacting with data. In addition to client-focused work, we will document our process and promote like-minded creative practices through journal articles, curricular materials and a regular workshop series. 3. Conclusions and future work Data and data processing tools (read software), provide a flat terrain across which disciplinary boundaries disappear. New forms of creativity are emerging from the cross-breeding made possible by new technologies and problems that inspired their creation. As of today, the Office for Creative Research is setting out to explore and to cultivate this new creative territory. ———- END MEMORANDUM ———-

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