Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Practice-based / artistic research in film. The position is available at the Department of Film, Television and Scenography. It begins in August 2016 or as agreed. The assignment is for two years.

The position is connected to an art-practice-based/artistic research project: the Critical Cinema Lab, a laboratory for filmmaking and theorizing. The Critical Cinema Lab is committed to exploring the paradoxical relation of poetics and politics in different modes of filmmaking (documentary, experimental and fictional film). Its participants experiment with, theorize about and catalyze new possibilities and poetics of counter cinema practices and explore the potential of critical filmmaking practices in relation to historical and societal experiences.

The application deadline is June 3^rd 2016. For more information and application instructions please see

http://www.aalto.fi/en/about/careers/jobs/view/811/