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Survival, what some expect from this life as a handful of water-proof matches from God: stale lines of waiting for the round about words that pass between corpse and corpse. In this favor I found myself gazing tunnel-visioned out a window in the wall. Neither wanting to look away, or really wanting to remain as I was. The vision was terminally revolting to the tired nerves it spat upon. A normal scene playing real for moment on moment: I saw its realness pulsing, grained by time and space, voided particles of no substance making an indiscrete wholeness that began to grab for some life shrinking throbbing in my chest. There was no glass in the window, as with the mind that perceived it: no flesh. What some call flesh responds to fractures in the physical continuity, and leaves soul untended by here.
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resume for John Hopkins
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- Master of Fine Arts (MFA): Photography/Electronic Media, University of Colorado, Department of Fine Arts, Boulder, Colorado, USA. Studied with film-maker Stan Brakhage and video artist Janice Tanaka.
- Bachelor of Science/Geophysical Engineering (BSc): (Minor: Business Economics), Colorado School of Mines, Department of Geophysical Engineering, Golden, Colorado, USA. Studied with Drs. George Keller and Alex Kaufmann. Special concentration in Potential Fields (Gravity, Magnetics, ElectroMagnetics) applied to petroleum and geothermal energy exploration.
- effective liaison between technologists, creatives, and users
- highly tuned abilities of cross-cultural communication and awareness
- human network facilitator; independent self-starter; highly organized
- comfortable multi-tasking in indeterminate, interstitial, collaborative and autonomous spaces
- fast, fearless, and systematic applications hardware/software learner
- effective critical analyst of situations, processes, and communications models
- skilled editor and interpreter of data and knowledge sets
- insightful practice-based understanding of the intersection of technology and society
- dynamic and engaging seminar leader and public speaker; careful listener
- focused lobbying and fund-raising skills; effective communicator via text and visual means
- flexible networker; experienced traveler; international point-of-view.
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- principled understanding of programming environments, database, and LAN management, telecommunications tools, streaming media, digital signal processing, networking, and Unix/Linux
- Mac OSX, RedHat, C-panel, and php web server management
- specific knowledge of video editing (AVID, FinalCut, and Premiere, linear and non-linear)
- present user/teacher of Photoshop, Quark, VDMX, KeyWorx, PageMaker, Word,
PowerPoint, Excel, AfterEffects, Peak, SoundEdit16, Deck 3, SoundDesigner,
Reason, Telnet, IRC, majordomo, sympa, FTP, Fireworks, DreamWeaver, BBEdit,
Norton/Virex anti-virus, ANAT, most IP-based communication and streaming applications,
among others
- experienced practical of the logistics of setting up digital media research laboratories
- former teacher of Illustrator, PageMaker, Director, Quark, Fontographer
- experienced master printer (B&W photography) with in-depth technical knowledge
of commercial and fine art (analog and digital) photography
- sophistocated camera-based, visual, and sound artist
- Languages: English (native) copy-reader/editor; Read French, Icelandic; familiar with Spanish, Danish, German, and Norwegian
- frequent traveler in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Iceland, Austria, Italy, England, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the US.
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- Provide expert advice to institutions (sized from 25 to 1000 people) and individuals on improving internal and external communications/networks and on establishing digital media research and production centers
- Developed, promoted, and led specialized workshops for communications managers, graduate students (art, design, and computer science/engineering), artists, and designers aimed at stimulating creative work with and within technological and networked environments
- Conceived and facilitated numerous major collaborative live and network-based /streaming-media events with actively contributing participants from more than 30 countries and a large public audience
- Workshops focus on effective development of deep networking and communications skills, personal and collaborative creativity, and cover a broad range of technology topics in telecommunications, digital production, and telepresence
- Workshops have been conducted in 40 institutions in Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Finland, Norway, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Iceland, Hungary, the UK, and the US as well as in other professional venues
- Frequent guest lecturer/panelist in many New Media technology venues speaking on tactical media, knowledge management, education, networking, and creativity
- Established a dynamic electronic forum (neoscenes occupation) for people from 30 countries dealing with issues of creativity as mediated by technology and the tactics of cultural expression through networking
- advisor to PNEK, a nationwide cultural networking project, Oslo, Trondheim, and Bergen, NO
- advisor to source, artknowledge and flash-or-flesh, a collaborative networking project between four art academies in DK and DE
- advisor to the FORUM / Virtual Teams project between the University of Lübeck and the Muthesius Kunst Hochschule, Kiel, DE
- advisor to the European Cultural Backbone initiative on educational affairs
- Webmaster for ICC ISP/solutions provider, Prescott, Arizona, USA, technical support, organization, and coordinating Internet and web services. Private tutoring on all PC/Mac platforms
- Advisor to the Art Museum of Reykjavík and the Reykjavík2000 committee for the cafe9.net project
- Advisor to the European Master of Printmaking, Art, and Research (PA&R) program, a consortium of six academies in FR, DE, ES, IS, and UK
- Member MUU (Alternative) Artists Association, Helsinki, FI and SIM (Union of Icelandic Artists), Reykjavík, IS
- Advisor to the Reykjavík Museum of Photography
- Taught workshops in Master Black and White Printing for members of the National Photographers Union, Reykjavík, IS
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- Creative work at the intersection of technology and art with an innovative trans-national practice, recent Internet/communications-based projects recognized and show-cased three times at the prestigious Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria
- Active participant in scores of international network-based projects and communities
- Solo exhibitions of camera-, time-, or network-based works in eight countries, group exhibitions globally, work is in numerous private and public collections including the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, and the Museum of Modern Art Library, NYC
- Receive funding support from many international arts/cultural organizations
- Maintain an active on-/off-line presence with many independent/experimental media organizations and individuals globally in an advisory and collaborative role
- Maintain an extensive global network of digital media content creators, researchers, and activists
- participated in long-term strategic planning for the Techne and EDAS teaching and research initiative
- served on the Department of Art and Art History Technology Committee
- facilitated solutions across the department for various digital technology issues
- active participant in the Dialogues between Two Cultures colloquium
- initiated first ad hoc teaching use of available streaming technologies campus-wide
- won support from the Computer Science Department for staging two innovative 24-hour live/online performance events
- facilitated a departmental community mailing list
- optimized and managed the EDAS lab and network
- Strategic role developing a unique cultural/technical networking project between nine European cities
- Applied for, lobbied, and secured USD200K in EU funding with total project funding of USD900K
- Supported local lobbying and PR efforts with persuasive presentations of the project concept, goals, and importance
- Developed conceptual and practical guidelines for constructing a distributed cultural/technical network
- Facilitated remote communications tactics in a complex cross-cultural situation
- Organized, trained, and remotely networked groups of young people in each city to act as hosts during the 2-month public operation of the venues
- Participated in successful budget negotiations under tight economic circumstances at the highest level of the Icelandic Ministry of Education to secure matching-funds for the program
- Maintained high-profile contact with the Ministry of Education and US State Department representatives
- Improved the political visibility of program through an aggressive personal lobbying effort
- Successfully lobbied for the establishment and funding of photography and digital media laboratories
- Developed and implemented a full BA/BFA-level curriculum which integrated
photographic and digital technology in the creative processes of textile, ceramic,
and graphic designers, and fine arts students
- Increased student use of photography, video, and digital imaging media in
their final projects (from zero to 60% within three years)
- Conducted in-house seminars on digital/telecommunications technology for faculty
- Increased awareness of possibilities of digital and networked tools in creative production
- Established a strong working relationship with ISMENNT, the Icelandic National Educational Network project
- Liason with ELIA (European League of Institutes of the Arts)
- Exchange teacher to Norway and Finland with the NORDPLUS and ERASMUS programs
- Organized funding and execution of several public cultural events with the support of the USIS and the Nordic Cultural Ministry
- Member College Arts Association (CAA), Society of Photography Educators (SPE), Icelandic University Teachers Union, and Inter-Society on Electronic Arts (ISEA)
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- Developed a challenging graduate-level course (Master Black and White Printing) which became one of the most popular Continuing Education course offered at the time
- Received several grants/awards for travel and attending media workshops
- Lecturer, 5 semesters of Intro to Photography
- Actor in Janice Tanaka's award-winning video production "Memories from the Department of Amnesia"
- Worked with Visiting Artists' Allan Sekula and Nathan Lyons
- Graduate Coordinator for the photography exhibition/catalog Four-by-Four and the CU Arts Fellowship Fund auction
- Audio Engineer on a Lindberg Foundation science documentary production, "Heat," in Rome, Isola Ischia and Isola Stromboli, Italy
- maintained exhibition-standard archival printing in demanding production mode at custom B&W laboratory serving many top art/commercial clients including Arthur Elgort, Joel Meyerowitz, New York Times Corp., Time/Life Corp., and The Diane Arbus Estate.
- Technical Supervisor: managing entire photo production laboratory and equipment cage, and provided users with a wide range of technical and aesthetic assistance
- Teachers Assistant: for William Abranowicz (Large Format Photography), Dennis Simonetti (Fine Printing), and George Tice (The Fine Photographic Print), Parsons School of Design, New York City
- Geophysical Engineer: Developed a specialized department with an annual budget of USD2.5M which oversaw all aspects of gravity and magnetic data acquisition, processing and interpretation world-wide
- Worked closely with the research division testing new data acquisition and analysis techniques
- Liaison with several external research organizations (WHOI, Lamont-Dougherty
Geophysical Observatory, CSM Potential Fields Institute)
- Member, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), and American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Responsibilities included monitoring on-site data acquisition in Latin America, Asia, and Africa
- Developed an internet/external data exchange and storage procedure for archive material
- Integrated remote sensing data and coordinated interpretation results with seismic explorationists
- Conducting in-house seminars on alternative exploration techniques
- Advisory/educational work extended direct vertically and laterally to senior management and to other corporate divisions
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- Assisted programmers developing visual interpretation techniques for TDEM-based (Time-Domain Electromagnetic) exploration techniques for geothermal energy sources
- supported multiple field operations with
- Produced a white paper and full bibliography covering the current economic status of US geothermal energy exploration and production
- Undergraduate student, Department of Geophysical Engineering, at the Colorado School of Mines, member Society of Student Geophysicists (SSG)
- Writer, copyreader, Photo Editor, and Special Editor for the Oredigger student newspaper and the Prospector yearbook
- Free-lance commercial photographer and photojournalist (Denver Post, Golden Transcript, Rocky Mountain News, Downbeat)
- Rough-neck for Marlin Drilling, Inc., on an off-shore oil-drilling platform Marlin #9 in the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana
- Maintenance crew-member Rockville Crushed Stone open-pit aggregate mine, Rockville, Maryland
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- available on request :: please email jhopkins (( a.t )) neoscenes.net
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