[spectre] Re: JOB: Ass Prof, Dept Design & Computation Arts, Concordia/Montreal

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    * 1996-2002: Prepress Specialist. Wired Magazine/Conde Nast, San
Francisco, CA. (Introduced and produced in-house high-end CCD and PMT
color scanning: Agfa SelectScanPlus, Agfa XY15, EuroCore Hi-Scan. Kodak
Approval, Matchprint Digital Proofing, Press Checks, Color Management,
Color Correction and Photo/Design issues.
    * 1993-94: Visiting Professor. University of Victoria, Victoria,
British Columbia. (Initiated and taught the first course in Art &
Technology at the University: Arts in the Age of Digital
Dissemination. Instruction on Unix SunSparc station-networks,
Macintosh and PC platforms; photo-manipulation, page layout, paint and
music programs, and other software. Concentration on Internet and
other networks; their implications. Discussions in contemporary
culture and technology.)
    * 1992-93: Electronic Imaging Specialist. Daniel`s Printing,
Everett, Massachusetts. (Operated Hell Chromacom,
Scitex Prismax, Desktop, and Gateway systems for high-quality
color-separation and printing company. Dolev and Selectset output
devices.)
    * 1992: Systems Operator. ColorPrep, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
(Operated R-based Hell Chromacom pagination and color retouch station.
Desktop interface with high-end system.)
    * 1991-92: Computer Imaging Specialist. Graphic Color, Portland,
Oregon. (Introduced and operated Agfa Catalyst/Pix (Sun/Unix)
workstations, 2.0 beta site. Operated Selectset output devices, Crosfield
scanners, Macintosh and PC programs/interface for high-end merged color
separations.)
    * 1990-91: System Manager/Operator. Toucan Scan, Portland, Oregon.
(Introduced, managed and operated high-end Hell Chromacom 2000-M
pagination and retouch system. Integrated Scriptmaster desktop interface.
3000 Series scanner and recorder operation.)
    * 1989-90: Production Manager. Chinook Observer, Long
Beach, Washington. (Implemented desktop system, typeset display ads and
editorial copy, organized work flow, improved design of paper.)
    * 1988-89: Typesetter (Macintosh and Compugraphic), Mark-up,
Assembly, Proof-checking. Metroland (TorStar) Ltd., Scarborough, Ontario.
(Scarborough Mirror and Markham Economist & Sun newspapers, flyers, other
tabloids, job work)
    * 1984-88:  Proof-checking, Assembly, Mark-up, Stripping,
Scanning. Maclean-Hunter Ltd., Toronto, Ontario. (Dozens of trade and
consumer magazines)
    * 1979-84: Teaching Assistant (for graphic arts, photography,
video, drawing and painting courses), Audio-Visual Assistant, College
Press Assistant. Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova
Scotia.
    * 1976-82: (part-time/occasional) Board of Directors, Publication
Design/Assembly, Curatorial Staff, Funding Juries. University of Guelph
Gallery, Eye Level Gallery (Halifax), Centre for Art Tapes (Halifax),
Atlantic Centre for Photography (Halifax), Canada Council (Ottawa).
    * 1974-76: Founding Member. Ed Video Inc., Guelph, Ontario.
(Taught every imaginable segment of society the creative use of small
format television, editing, programming for cable T.V.)

EDUCATION:

* Heed Language and Culture Studies; EcoTourism advisory; Artist
   presentation (Dhaka, Bangladesh) 2007.
* Research Institute of Swahili Studies of Eastern Africa
   (Lamu, Kenya) 2006.
* Tufte Analytical Design course (Portland, OR) 2005.
* Thai Master Cooking classes, Film Production course (Chiang-Mai, Bangkok
   THA) 2005.
* Digital DV Film Production (Belize City, BZ) 2004.
* GATF courses in PDF and Press-checks (San Francisco, CA) 2002.
* Digital Printing workshop, Urban Digital Color, (San Francisco, CA)
   2000.
* Heidelberg Sheetfed Press training, Graphic Arts Institute, (San
   Francisco, CA) 1999-2000.
* Digital (Film) Production, Silicon Graphics Studio, (Santa Monica, CA)
   1998.
* Advanced Imaging Techniques, Center for Creative Imaging, (Camden, ME)
   1992.
* Agfa Pix, Catalyst, Selectset training, (Portland, OR) 1992.
* Hell Chromacom 2000 instruction, (Melville, NY); Scriptmaster
   instruction, (St. Louis, MO) 1990-91.
* Macintosh (& PC) Desktop Publishing Courses. Protomedia, Press-Work and
   Public Access, (Toronto, Halifax). 1985-89.
* Nexus Press Residency, (Atlanta, GA) 1988.
* Graduate Studies (MFA) (graphic arts, fine arts, photography, theory),
   Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
   1979-82.
* Ontario College of Art & Design, (Toronto, Ontario) 1977.
* St. Michael`s Printshop, (Burnt Cove, Newfoundland) 1976.
* Hons. B.A. Fine Arts, University of Guelph, (Ontario) 1973-76.
* University of Western Ontario, (London) 1972-73.

	SOFTWARE: Adobe InDesign, InCopy, GoLive, PhotoShop, ImageReady,
	Acrobat, Illustrator, AfterEffects, QuarkXPress/QPS, Final Draft, Maya,
	LivePicture, Microsoft Office, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash,
	Fireworks, Freehand, Extensis Portfolio, Pitstop, Corel Painter,
	Ableton Live, Amadeus, Bias Peak, SoundEdit16, Logic, Soundtrack,
	Shake, Adobe Premiere, DP3, ProTools, DSound, Max/DSP,
	Combustion3, FinalCutPro, QTVR Studio, et al.

SPECIAL INTERESTS: * Desktop and Electronic Publishing * Graphic Arts
(self-published works) * Fine Arts (exhibitions/installations) *
Typography * Photography * Painting * Writing * Gallery Curating *
Film * Audio/Soundworks * Offset and Letterpress Printing * Sailing *
The Internet * Travel * Teaching

	Recent Film Study: Whale Rider, Bladerunner, Bicycle Thief, Until the
End of the World, Wings of Desire, Blue Velvet, Pulp Fiction, Rear Window,
L-Avventura, The Machinist, Shadow Magic, American Splendor, Lolita, Vertigo,
Rollerball, The Pornographers, The Thomas Crown Affair, In the Heat of the
Night, NIghts of Cabiria, Touch of Evil, Derrida, Basquiat, Pollock, Ali: Fears
Eats the Soul, Bombay, Mother India, Voices of Iraq, Andrei Rublev, The Third
Man, The Killers, Red Beard, Chinatown, On the Waterfront, Sholay, Ran, Pyaasa,
The Life of Birds, Dev, Miss India, Twin Peaks, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,
Naach, Sarkar, Maya, The Motorcycle Diaries, Bold Born into Brothels, Chalti Ka
Naam, Gaadi, Anand, A Passage to India, Taxi Driver, The Terrorist, India:
Kingdom of the Tiger, Yasujiro Ozu's Good Morning, How to Draw a Bunny, Salaam,
Bombay, Nayagan: Tamil, Veer-Zaara, Gandhi, Foxy Brown, Visions of LIght,
Arakimentari, Rashomon, Blood of a Poet, Inch' Allah Dimanche, A Soul Haunted
by Painting, I Dreamed of Africa, A Panther in Africa: POV, Mama Africa,
Africa: The Serengeti, Out of Africa, Africa Blood and Guts, The American
Friend, National Geographic: Africa, Run Lola Run, Hidden Fortress, Breathless,
La Dolce Vita, The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia,
Children of Paradise, Lost Boys of Sudan, La Notte, Tokyo Story, L'Eclisse,
Lolita, Citizen Kane, Battleship Potemkin, Man with the Movie Camera, Legend of
1900, L'Avventura, La Belle Noiseuse, Nowhere in Africa, 8-1/2, The Battle of
Algiers, The Idiot, The Bad Sleep Well, Pi: Faith in Chaos, Ikiru, Eraserhead,
M, City of God, Hotel Rwanda




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