Time-Based Media Art Conservation Internship

About the job

This opportunity is open to recent graduates (within two years of completing a relevant MA or MSc programme) who are interested in pursuing a career in time-based media conservation and contemporary art preservation.

We are offering a 12-month Conservation Internship for an early-career professional with an interest in time-based media art.

This opportunity, offered in partnership with The Heritage Council as part of its commitment to promoting best practices in conservation in Ireland, is ideal for someone passionate about the preservation of digital and performance-based artworks. Based on site at IMMA, the intern will gain hands-on experience working with video, sound, film, software, and performance, supporting the long-term preservation of TBM Collection works.

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Contract Duration: 1-year Internship

Salary: €38,803 per annum

Hours: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, net of breaks

Location: IMMA, Military Road, The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Kilmainham, Dublin 8

The Organisation

IMMA – the Irish Museum of Modern Art – is Ireland’s leading national institution for modern and contemporary art. Located in the historic Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin, IMMA is home to a dynamic Collection of over 3,500 artworks by Irish and international artists. With a strong focus on innovation and experimentation, IMMA is committed to engaging the public in new ways of experiencing art. The museum actively supports research, learning, and the development of best practices in caring for contemporary works, including time-based media such as video, sound, and performance. Joining IMMA means being part of a forward-thinking, collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Collection team with acquisitions — reviewing deliverables, purchase agreements, and conducting artist interviews.

• Catalogue, assess condition, report on, and archive (physically and digitally) received artwork components.

• Prepare TBM Collection works for exhibition and loan through condition assessments, object file review, and sourcing missing materials.

• Produce comprehensive written conservation documentation for installed/activated TBM works.

• Support the Collection team and IT with TBM server storage and digital preservation infrastructure.

• Contribute to the development and implementation of acquisition and exhibition workflows.

• Assist with ongoing cataloguing/inventory of the TBM Collection, including data cleaning, practice review, and risk assessment.

• Propose and implement individualized artwork preservation plans, coordinate conservation interventions, and conduct/publish original research on the TBM Collection.

Skills and Experience:

• Familiarity with Mac and Windows operating systems.

• Familiarity with video editing software (e.g., Premier, DaVinci Resolve), condition assessment software (e.g., QCTools), and playback hardware (including BlackMagic devices and legacy equipment) used in the condition assessment of audio-visual material.

• Familiarity using a command-line tools (e.g. BagIt, Mediainfo, FFmpeg), Python scripts for metadata extraction, condition assessment, and archival ingest, collection management systems and digital asset management tools.

• Experience working with artists and their assistants/representatives in the display and care of their work.

• Experience creating written conservation documentation of time-based media artworks including condition and treatment reports, installation and activation reports.

• Familiarity with risk assessments and collection surveys.

• Familiarity using collection management systems.

• Excellent verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills, and full English fluency.

The Ideal Candidate will have:

• A postgraduate degree (MA or MSc) from an accredited fine art conservation training programme or a related discipline (e.g., audio-visual archiving and preservation), with demonstrable coursework in time-based media art conservation.

• Experience (preferred) working with collections of time-based media artworks, including digitised and born-digital video, sound, slide and film, software, and live performance, e.g., through postgraduate placement, previous internships, volunteering, or work experiences.

For more detailed information about the role and how to apply, please follow the link:

https://imma.bamboohr.com/careers/76?source=aWQ9MTU%3D

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Maidir leis an bpost

Intéirneacht Ealaíne Meán-Bhunaithe Ama

Tá an deis seo oscailte do chéimithe nua (a bhaint céim amach laistigh de dhá bhliain ó chlár MA nó MSc ábhartha a chríochnú) ar suim leo dul le gairm bheatha i gcaomhnú meán ambhunaithe agus i gcaomhnú na healaíne comhaimseartha

Táimid ag tairiscint Intéirneacht Chaomhnaithe 12 mhí do ghairmí luathchéime a bhfuil spéis acu in ealaín meán ama-bhunaithe.

Tá an deis seo, arna tairiscint i gcomhpháirtíocht leis an gComhairle Oidhreachta mar chuid dá tiomantas dea-chleachtais i gcaomhnú in Éirinn a chur chun cinn, oiriúnach do dhuine a bhfuil paisean acu do chaomhnú saothar ealaíne digiteach agus feidhmíocht-bhunaithe. Bunaithe ar shuíomh in IMMA, gheobhaidh an t-intéirneach taithí phraiticiúil ag obair le físeán, fuaim, scannán, bogearraí, agus feidhmíocht, ag tacú le caomhnú fadtéarmach saothair Bhailiúchán TBM.

Cineál Conartha: Téarma Seasta

Fad an Chonartha: Intéirneacht 1 bhliain

Tuarastal: €38,803 in aghaidh na bliana

Uaireanta: Luan go hAoine, 35 uair an chloig sa tseachtain, glan ó shosanna

Suíomh: IMMA, Bóthar an Airm, Ospidéal Ríoga Chill Mhaighneann, Cill Mhaighneann, Baile Átha Cliath 8

An Eagraíocht

Is é IMMA – Áras Nua-Ealaíne na hÉireann – an phríomhinstitiúid náisiúnta d'ealaín nua-aimseartha agus comhaimseartha in Éirinn. Suite san Ospidéal Ríoga stairiúil i gCill Mhaighneann i mBaile Átha Cliath, tá Bailiúchán bríomhar ag IMMA de bhreis is 3,500 saothar ealaíne le healaíontóirí Éireannacha agus idirnáisiúnta. Le fócas láidir ar nuálaíocht agus ar thurgnamhaíocht, tá IMMA tiomanta don phobal a spreagadh chun taithí nua a fháil ar ealaín. Tacaíonn an músaem go gníomhach le taighde, foghlaim, agus forbairt dea-chleachtas i gcúram saothar comhaimseartha, lena n-áirítear meáin ama-bhunaithe cosúil le físeán, fuaim, agus feidhmíocht. Má thagann tú i gcuideachta IMMA, beidh tú mar chuid de thimpeallacht chomhoibríoch, fhís-aireach.

Príomhfhreagrachtaí:

• Tacú le foireann an Bhailiúcháin le fáltais — ag athbhreithniú seachadtaí, comhaontuithe ceannaigh, agus ag stiúradh agallamh le healaíontóirí.

• Catalógú, measúnú ar staid, tuairisciú, agus cartlannú (go fisiciúil agus go digiteach) ar chomhpháirteanna saothar ealaíne a fuarthas.

• Saothair Bhailiúchán TBM a ullmhú le haghaidh taispeántais agus iasachta trí mheasúnuithe staide, athbhreithniú ar chomhaid oibiachtaí, agus ábhar atá in easnamh a lorg.

• Doiciméadú caomhnaithe cuimsitheach scríofa a chur ar fáil do shaothair TBM atá suiteáilte/gníomhachtaithe.

• Tacú le foireann an Bhailiúcháin agus an TF le stóráil freastalaí TBM agus le forbairt bonneagair um chaomhnú digiteach.

• Rannchuidiú le forbairt agus le cur i bhfeidhm sreabha oibre um fháltais agus taispeántais.

• Cúnamh a thabhairt le catalógú/fardal leanúnach ar Bhailiúchán TBM, lena n-áirítear glanadh sonraí, athbhreithniú cleachtas, agus measúnú riosca.

• Pleananna caomhnaithe aonair a mholadh agus a chur i bhfeidhm do shaothair ealaíne, idirghabhálacha caomhnaithe a chomhordú, agus taighde bunaidh a dhéanamh/a fhoilsiú ar Bhailiúchán TBM.

Scileanna agus Taithí:

• Eolas ar chórais oibriúcháin Mac agus Windows.

• Eolas ar bhogearraí eagarthóireachta físe (m.sh., Premiere, DaVinci Resolve), bogearraí measúnaithe staide (m.sh., QCTools), agus crua-earraí athsheinnte (lena n-áirítear gléasanna BlackMagic agus trealamh oidhreachta) a úsáidtear i measúnú staide ábhair chlosamhairc.

• Eolas ar úsáid uirlisí líne na n-orduithe (m.sh., BagIt, MediaInfo, FFmpeg), scripteanna Python le haghaidh eastóscadh meiteashonraí, measúnú staide, agus iontráil chartlainne, córais bainistíochta bailiúcháin agus uirlisí bainistíochta sócmhainní digiteacha.

• Taithí ag obair le healaíontóirí agus lena gcúntóirí/ionadaithe i dtaispeáint agus i gcúram a saothair.

• Taithí ag cruthú doiciméadú caomhnaithe scríofa ar shaothair ealaíne mheán ama-bhunaithe lena n-áirítear tuairiscí staide agus cóireála, tuairiscí suiteála agus gníomhachtaithe.

• Eolas ar mheasúnuithe riosca agus ar shuirbhéanna bailiúcháin.

• Eolas ar úsáid córas bainistíochta bailiúcháin.

• Scileanna sármhaithe cumarsáide ó bhéal, idirphearsanta, agus scríofa, agus líofacht iomlán Béarla.

An tIarrthóir Idéalach:

• Céim iarchéime (MA nó MSc) ó chlár oiliúna caomhnaithe ealaíne aitheanta nó disciplín gaolmhar (m.sh., cartlannú agus caomhnú closamhairc), le cúrsaí léirithe i gcaomhnú ealaíne meán ama-bhunaithe.

• Taithí (roghnach) ag obair le bailiúcháin saothar ealaíne meán ama-bhunaithe, lena n-áirítear físeán, fuaim, sleamhnán agus scannán digitithe agus dúchasach-digiteach, bogearraí, agus feidhmíocht bheo, m.sh. trí shocrúchán iarchéime, intéirneachtaí roimhe seo, obair dheonach, nó taithí oibre.