08 Return of the Periphery

Kitchen Budapest is offering guest researcher positions in 2008 for dedicated profesisonals, artist, engineers, interested in the convergence of new media and actual spaces, cultural experiences, new communities, and are highly motivated to create such projects in teams.

Beyond personal skills we are very much interested in team work and collaboration skills, as all projects at our lab have to be produced in teams. It is the task of the researchers to raise interest within our community and get others on board.

What we offer

• innovative and creative environment, teamwork
• International professional network
• Publicity
• Infrastructure (computers, servers, etc)
• Work space at our lab downtown Budapest
• Internal workshops, consultancies, etc
• Project budget
• Accommodation (a nice separate room within the Lab itself)

All rights to use/sell the projects created at KIBU stay with the creators, with a small tax which falls back on the researcher community and the right of our sponsor, Magyar Telekom, for first offer and last call. You are not restricted at all to create only commercially viable projects, but you can do so, if you like.
Projects exhibited on cultural venues (museums, exhibition spaces, etc worldwide) will be credited to the creator team and KIBU as well.

What we expect

• Experience in some of the fields you want to work on
• Experience in working in interdisciplinary teams
• Portfolio available online
• Some level of technological skills (you have to be able to DIY quality, functioning prototypes of your ideas)
• Divergent, creative thinking
• Good command of English
• Be open to learn new things

Applications should contain the following

1. Please choose some projects you see at our projects page, and send in some ideas, sketches, how you would change them, make derivative works. (you can also browse through our catalog (15Mb PDF)
2. Online portfolio
3. Proposal for projects you want to work on here. (please note, that it will be up to you and the other researchers if your proposed project happens, it might very well be that you have to be flexible to depart from your original ideas)
4. CV
5. A brief letter of motivation, where you explicitly state why you would be interested in working at KIBU

Applications should be electronic, and you should send a link pointing to your application to kitchenbudapest at gmail.com

We accept applications continuously, but as spaces are filling up, we advise you to apply as soon as possible.

Who is eligible

This call is for applicants residing outside Hungary, for domestic applications please visit this page

If you are a team of two, and don't mind sharing a room (we have 2 separate beds in there) you can apply together.

If you have any questions...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us at kitchenbudapest at gmail, or just comment this page.